Mergers & Acquisitions Archive » January, 2023

Mergers & Acquisitions - January, 2023

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• Disney Calls ESPN Deals 'Vertical' In Bid To Nix Antitrust Suits
• Amgen, Horizon Say FTC Is Reviewing Proposed $28B Merger
• Achaogen Claims Over Lost Ch. 11 Sales Can Go Forward
• Aimia To Buy Indian Rope And Net Maker For $188M
• Auto Parts Supplier Sues Buyer For $12.5M Merger Earnout
• GM, Lithium Americas Ink $650M Mine Development Deal
• Global M&A Fell By More Than One-Third In 2022, Bain Says
• Lotus Technology Inks SPAC Deal At $5.4B Enterprise Value
• SPAC Sues After Sparks Energy Backs Out Of $475M Merger
• Former Eversheds Sutherland Counsel Returns As Partner
• AI Firm Sues Carlyle Group, Tech Firms For IP Infringement
• KnowBe4 Investors Sue In Del. Over $4.6B Take-Private Deal
• With No Ruling In Sight, FTC Wants Delay On Meta VR Deal
• Goodwin Adds Simpson Thacher Counsel As Partner In DC
• Israeli Citizen Wants SEC Securities Fraud Suit Tossed
• 2 Firms Lead Chiquita Buy Of Dole Veggie Biz In $293M Deal
• PE Firm GI Partners Signs $1B Deal For Atlas Technical
• UBS, UniCredit Set Out 2023 Buybacks After Strong Results
• UK Launches Probe Into Yokohama's €2B Swedish Acquisition
• 3 Firms Steering Chinese Auto Insurer's $841M SPAC Merger
• Kroger Fights State AGs Bid To Revive Albertsons Case
• Microsoft Says Sony Misled EU Officials About Activision Deal
• Ritchie Bros. Investors Divided Over $7.3B IAA Merger
• What To Expect From Shareholder Activism This Year
• Unilever Names New CEO Backed By Shareholder Activist
• Anticipating Tech Market Volatility With R&W Policies
• BlockFi Approved For Ch. 11 Mining Operation Sale Process
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Sullivan & Cromwell Partner Moves To Asia-Pacific Market
• Wilson Sonsini Guides Marqeta's $275M Power Finance Buy
• Takeaways From First Anti-Terrorism Act Prosecution Of A Co.
• Cakemaker Finsbury Gets Sweet Deal In £5.7M Purchase
• Warren Wants FTC To Block $4.7B L3Harris-Aerojet Deal
• Pharma Co. Hit With 2nd Suit Over $1.8B AstraZeneca Deal
• Sen. Warren Wants FTC Scrutiny Of $29B Pharma Deals
• HR Tech M&A Logs 2nd Straight $11B Year, Fueled By PE
• Xerox Spinoff, Investors Get Early OK For $32M Deal
• Don't Miss It: Skadden, Latham Guide Week's Hot Deals
• New FTC Thresholds May Mean A Closer Look At Fewer Deals
• 5 Ways Attorneys Can Use Emotion In Client Pitches
• Danone Ponders Sale Of Underperforming US Brands
• 3 New Salesforce Directors Part Of 'Board Refreshment'
• Biffa Shares Stop Trading On LSE After £1.3B Takeover
• DOJ Deputy Says Certainty Not Needed To Block Mergers
• T-Mobile Gets Suit Over 5G Move Kicked Into Arbitration
• Old Biz, New Court, Big Breakup: Inside The New Google Suit
• OpenWeb Pays $100M For Audience Engagement Biz Jeeng
• Tech Co. Wants Suit Over $500M Dividend Pause Thrown Out
• DC Circ. Told To Remand Albertsons Case After Wash. Ruling
• Tricida Gets OK To Seek Stalking Horse For Ch. 11 Auction
• DOJ Asks Rail Industry Regulator To Scrutinize $31B Deal
• Redstone Gives Detail On Cleary Email Amid Chancery Fight
• SPAC Buys Longevity In $236.2M Deal Led By 2 Firms
• 5 Keys To A Productive Mediation
• Benefits Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown
• Deals Rumor Mill: Twitter, Juul, Elliott Management
• France's €9.7B EDF Takeover Suspended For Court Decision
• SPAC To Buy Back 95% Of Shares After Merger Talks End
• North Atlantic SPAC To Dissolve After Failure To Merge
• News Corp. May Sell Move To CoStar After Fox Merger Collapse
• Freshfields, Goodwin Steer $375M Sale Of Storage Solutions
• Canadian Appeals Court Won't Revive Telecom Deal Challenge
• Bernstein Litowitz Will Lead Anaplan Merger Suit In Chancery
• Signify Health Sued In Del. For Breach Of $300M Merger Deal
• Environmental Consultant Buys Digital Modeling Biz For £24M
• UK Probes Chipmaker's Proposed $61B Tech Biz Purchase
• Finland's Caverion Backs Improved €1.2B Bain Capital Bid
• Investor Files Securities Suit Over $952M Albireo Merger
• Murdoch Drops Effort To Combine Fox, News Corp
• Chancery Orders Talks On Deleted Texts Of Fired MSG Exec
• Dye & Durham Acquires UK-Based Insight Legal Software
• McWin Snags Majority Stake In Italian-Themed Food Chain
• Disney, KKR Execs Team Up To Buy Thrive Capital Stake
• V&E, Baker Botts Lead More Than $1.6B Bolt-On Acquisition
• Conducting M&A Transactions In A Challenging Market
• Swedish Medical Tech Biz To Issue Almost $10M In Shares
• Energy Biz Bosses Quit After Investor Resists $338M Merger
• Pharma Co. Faces Investor Suit Over $1.8B AstraZeneca Deal
• Sony Fights Microsoft's Info Demands In FTC Activision Case
• Hedge Fund Chief 'Optimistic' On Completing Tegna Deal
• 2 Energy-Focused SPACs Withdraw IPOs Totaling $400M
• Evaluating The Legal Ethics Of A ChatGPT-Authored Motion
• Ritchie Bros Sweetens $7.3B Deal Terms for IAA Shareholders
• Emerson 'Pleased' By NI's Response To $7.6B Acquisition Bid
• TikTok, Hearst Top Meta's Discovery Problems In FTC Case
• Seven From Cohen & Grigsby Join K&L Gates In Pittsburgh
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• M&A Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
• Former Troutman Pepper Attys Launch Goodwin Philly Office
• Gibson Dunn, Jones Day Rep On Xylem's $7.5B Evoqua Buy
• Funeral Biz's £281M Takeover Deal Guided By 2 Law Firms
• Judge Confirms Award In Telecom Shareholder Fight
• Calif. AG Greenlights $14M Residential Care Facility Sale
• Minority Motor Trend Shareholder Loses Chancery Dispute
• 4 Firms Lead $1.34B Thoma Bravo Buy Of Magnet Forensics
• Twitter Stiffed Consulting Firm On $2.2M Tab, Suit Claims
• Milbank-Led ABB Sells Power Conversion Biz In $505M Deal
• Dating App Clover's Go-Public SPAC Merger Canceled
• Microsoft Can't Pause Private Challenge To Activision Deal
• 7 Tips To Increase Your Law Firm's DEI Efforts In 2023
• M&A Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Keys To A 9-0 High Court Win: Get Back To Home Base
• Don't Miss It: Mintz, Latham Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Angry Birds Maker To Evaluate €683M Mobile Game Biz Offer
• Dough Deal Unwound To Protect UK Grocers, Consumers
• Hagens Berman Atty Accuses Quinn Emanuel Of Gender Bias
• Telecom-Focused SPAC Hangs Up Plans For $300M IPO
• DC Circ. Asks About Impact Of Wash. State Albertsons Case
• Deal Talks Between Kushner, Veris Sour
• Mattress Company 'Disappointed' In Hedge Fund Board Bid
• 2 Firms To Guide Australian Fintech's $90M SPAC Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: Liberty Mutual, Commanders, Lottomatica
• Ex-SPAC Founder Fights For Legal Fees Over Merger Probe
• Playtika Seeks To Buy 'Angry Birds' Maker For Nearly $739M
• M&A Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher
• Former Jones Day M&A Practice Leader Joins Davis Polk
• Chancery Keeps $26B T-Mobile-Sprint Merger Suit Alive
• 3rd Circ. Prods DOJ On Sugar Distributors In Merger Appeal
• Judge Slams 'Bickering' In DOJ Assa Abloy Merger Case
• FTC Won't Stay In-House Trial Over Meta-Within Deal
• Performance Powersports Gets OK For $3.5M Ch. 11 Loan
• 2 Firms Steer As Shell Nabs EV Charging Co. Volta For $169M
• Oil Co. Transferred $73.9M During Class Action, Suit Says
• Real Estate Rumors: Sortis, BanReservas, Related
• Rough Waters Continue In Defunct Euronav, Frontline Merger
• 3 Firms Lead Biotech Deal With Wilbur Ross-Backed SPAC
• Grill-Maker Weber Sued In Chancery For Docs On $3.7B Deal
• Atty-Client Privilege Arguments Give Justices A Moving Target
• M&A Group Of The Year: Skadden
• M&A Group Of The Year: Cravath
• Mayer Brown Antitrust Practice Gains Freshfields Counsel
• Dickinson Wright Sued Over 'Poison Pill' Contract
• Mercia To Sell Manchester Biz To US Firm For £14.5M
• BNP Paribas Cleared For $16.3B Bank Of The West Sale
• Chancery Orders More Madison Square Garden Suit Discovery
• Ex-SEC Officials, Law Professors Challenge New Proxy Rules
• Wash. Supreme Court Ends Block On $4B Albertsons Payout
• Five Legal Teams Compete To Rep Bitcoin Miner Investors
• Norfolk Southern Presses Challenge To STB Immunity Denial
• Skadden, Simpson Thacher Steer $975M S&P Global Deal
• Insurers Can't Get Resolution Yet In Acquisition Dispute
• 5 Gen X Characteristics That Can Boost Legal Leadership
• Apple Resists Info Request From Meta Users In Antitrust Case
• Pharma Co. Seeks $2M Fee For Bid In Canceled Ch. 11 Auction
• Latham, Skadden Drive Emissions Monitoring Co. SPAC Deal
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Quinn Emanuel Antitrust Head Stephen Neuwirth Dies At 60
• ​​​​​​​Davis Polk To Launch EU Antitrust Practice In Brussels
• Emerson Takes Public $7.6B Bid For National Instruments
• UK Chipmaker To Buy Silicon Valley Rival For Up To $18M
• A&L Goodbody Guides Gallagher Dublin Broker Purchase
• Biffa's £1.3B Takeover Wins Regulatory Approval In Gibraltar
• Drinks Giant Diageo To Buy Filipino Rum Biz For Up To €438M
• INEOS To Acquire Concrete Biz From Sika After CMA Probe
• Legal Services Biz Buys Southwest England Law Firm For £2M
• Endo Claimants Say It's Time For Alternative Ch. 11 Plans
• Robbins Geller Gets $12.6M Fee In Grubhub Suit
• Attorneys See Sober Outlook For Deals After JP Morgan Event
• SEC Taps Ex-Cleary Lawyer To Lead Corporation Finance Unit
• Musk Says SEC Has 'Long History' Of Unconstitutional Deals
• Voyager Sells Digital Assets For $1B, FTX Finds $5B In Crypto
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• 2 Firms Lead Stratospheric Exploration Co.'s Go-Public SPAC
• 6 Questions For Boutique Firms Considering Mergers
• Del. High Court Sides With Insurers In $20M D&O Dispute
• Chancery Ruling Reiterates Its Skepticism Of De-SPAC Deals
• Activist No Longer Pursuing Takeover Of Wendy's Food Chain
• Ex-Sidley Finance Atty Moves To Alston & Bird In LA
• IBA Elects First Woman President In 20 Years
• Pipeline Health Gets OK For Plan To Cut $330M In Debt
• National Instruments Explores Sale, Among 'Strategic Options'
• Don't Miss It: Gibson Dunn, Skadden Guide Week's Hot Deals
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Windstream Assures FCC It's Not Tied To Allianz Wrongdoers
• Warren Calls On FCC To Reject Tegna Go-Private Deal
• Delaware Ruling Increases Scrutiny Of SPAC Economic Costs
• Ex-CEO Sues Engineering Co. In Chancery For Legal Costs
• Meta's Response To Monopoly Claims: Since When?
• Microsoft Says Private Merger Suit Should Wait On Enforcers
• White & Case To Keep Docs After Dropping Russian Oligarch
• Fuel Firm Gets OK For $9M Stalking Horse Bid In Ch. 11 Sale
• Deals Rumor Mill: Microsoft, Subway, Goldman Sachs Layoffs
• Canadian Metals Miner Drops Plans To Sell Assets
• Lucid Defeats Investor Suit Over $11B SPAC Merger, For Now
• Chancery Keeps 'Weird' Claims Alive In Dura Medic Sale Case
• Kerry Mulls €500M Sweet Ingredients Sale To PE-Backed IRCA
• What's On Deck For Antitrust Enforcement In 2023
• Latest Illumina-Grail Appeal Challenges EU Separation Order
• 5 Resolutions That Could Help Cos. Pass A DOJ Checkup
• American Airlines-JetBlue Antitrust Class Suits Consolidated
• Cadwalader Adds Former Cravath Atty To NY Tax Group
• WWE's Vince McMahon Sued In Del. Over Board Takedown
• Magellan Health Blasts 'Bravado' Of Fee Bid In Chancery Case
• Euronav Rejects Frontline's Bid To Back Out Of $4B Merger
• FTX Says $5B In Assets Located Since Ch. 11 Filing
• Biz Board Overlap A Low-Hanging Fruit Ripe For More Cases
• Voyager's $1B Binance Sale Approved After FTX Deal Failed
• Carlyle Buys Majority Stake With $300M Beauty Biz Injection
• 'Threadbare' Pleadings Doom DraftKings Investor Lawsuit
• Stockholder Sues In Del. For Books On $190M Microsoft Buy
• Del. Justices' Reversal Of Boardwalk Award May Apply Widely
• Block Inc. Urges Chancery To Toss Shareholder's Tidal Suit
• Pot Co. Owner Pushes Back On Bid To Nix Contract Suit
• Judge Says Law Profs Can Weigh In On Assa Abloy Case
• White & Case, Skadden Lead Vehicle Data Co.'s SPAC Merger
• BioNTech To Buy Rest Of UK AI Startup Through $439M Deal
• Triton Makes €1.1B Offer For Finland's Caverion
• 5 Tips For Adding Value To Legal Clients' Experience In 2023
• Team Telecom To Review Puerto Rico Broadcast Deal
• Frontline Sinks $4B Shipping Merger With Rival Euronav
• Resonetics To Buy Medical Materials Biz In Deal Worth $900M
• Endo Ch. 11 Could Stiff Future Opioid Claimants, Judge Told
• Student Loan Debt Processor's Board Fight Hits Del. Chancery
• Energy-Focused M&A Atty Rejoins V&E After 5 Years
• FTX Defends Plans To Market Business Units In Ch. 11
• Lewis Brisbois, Weil Guide $335M Cancer Biotech SPAC Deal
• Del. Justices Affirm Toss Of $1.1B Calgon Sale Challenge
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• DC Says Commanders' Extension Request Is A Delay Tactic
• Barley Snyder Promotes 4 Attorneys To Partner
• V&E Adds ESG, Corporate Governance Atty From Clorox Co.
• Latham Brings On Private Equity Pro From DLA Piper In NY
• Gibson Dunn Expands Into Abu Dhabi Global Market
• Pharma Biz Sues PE Firm In Delaware, Alleging Raid On Staff
• 3 Firms Rep On Nuvei's $1.3B Deal For Payment Co. Paya
• Skadden, Paul Weiss, Kirkland Lead $2.6B Take-Private Deal
• 3 Firms Lead French Pharma Biz's $952M Biotech Co. Deal
• Slaughter And May-Led Vodafone Nears €1.7B Hungary Exit
• Covington Steers AstraZeneca's $1.8B Bid For US Biotech Biz
• Icahn Stuck With Xerox Investors' Suit Over Nixed HP Merger
• Treasury Guidance Eases But Doesn't End SPAC Tax Worries
• Microsoft, Activision Scrap Challenge To FTC In Merger Case
• Investor Sues To Halt $615M Boston Scientific Deal
• Unpacking The Interim Guidance On New Stock Buyback Tax
• Don't Miss It: Paul Hastings, Cravath Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Snyder Seeks Extension To Defend Keeping Suit In Fed Court
• 4 Firms Lead $3.8B Phillips 66 Midstream Stock Acquisition
• Health Software Firm To Go Public Via $98M SPAC Merger
• Eversheds Adds M&A Pro To DC Corporate Team
• Mayer Brown Steers Insurer R&Q On $341M Legacy Deal
• Kirkland-Led WWE Founder Reenters The Ring To Review Biz
• Law Professors Want To Weigh In On Assa Abloy Merger Case
• Home Health Care Provider Cancels $681M SPAC Merger
• Top Groups Lobbying The FCC
• How Hospitals Can Adapt To Growing Challenges In 2023
• Chancery Court Greenlights SPAC Share Redemption Suit
• Ex-Goldman Banker Rips Feds For Premature Subpoenas
• Zimmer Buys Medical Tech Co. Embody For Up To $275M
• Horizon Therapeutics Investor Sues To Halt $28B Amgen Deal
• SPAC Seeks To Delay $425M Merger With Chile Fruit Exporter
• Deals Rumor Mill: SpaceX, Fanatics, Tokyo Gas
• Worldwide M&A Fell By More Than A Third In 2022
• DAC Beachcroft Guides GRP On Regional Broker Purchase
• UK Energy Biz Rejects Alternative To $340M Merger Deal
• SEC, US Trustee Object To Voyager's $1B Binance.US Deal
• Judge Recommends Class Cert. In $6.1B Energy Deal Fight
• Fox Purchase Option In FanDuel Worth $3.7B, Court Confirms
• Activist Firm Takes Aim At Fintech Biz With 4 Board Nominees
• GAO Says FTC, DOJ Deal Clearance Fights Infrequent
• Trinity Health Abandons Hospital Deal Despite Calif. AG's OK
• Weil's Paris Office Adds Tax Partner From EY
• Dubai Man Accused Of Fake $14B Merger Bid Settles SEC Suit
• Lynn Tilton Pushes For Immediate Sale Of Stila Styles
• Preparing For Congressional Oversight Of Chinese Trade
• Why Bidding Format Can Be A Problem In Section 363 Sales
• UK Electronics Distributor Expands In Mexico With $275M Buy
• V&E, Bracewell Guide $621M Sale Of Oil & Gas Pipeline Biz
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• A Tumultuous 2022 For CRE And What Comes Next
• Wash. High Court Fast-Tracks Albertsons $4B Payout Row
• Ace Global's 2nd Blank-Check Co. Cancels IPO
• Goodwin Guides UC's $4B Blackstone REIT Investment
• Canadian Competition Court Won't Block $20B Telecom Deal
• Assessing Contractual Litigation Risk Amid Market Volatility
• Data Co. Says Rival Used Sales Info From Merger Talks
• Canadian Enforcers Cut Deal Clearing $2.7B Paper Merger
• Cineworld Says It's Not In Sales Talks With AMC
• DOJ Gives Up On Booz Allen-EverWatch Merger Challenge
• Acacia Research Ex-CEO Challenges Ouster In Del. Suit
• 6 Ways To Avoid Compounding Errors When Practicing Law
• 4 Firms Lead Med Tech, Clean Energy SPAC Deals
• Former Mayer Brown Partner Joins MoFo In Singapore
• Targa Buys Blackstone's Interest In Pipeline For $1.05B
• Inchcape Completes £1.3B Acquisition Of Derco
• IPOs Could Be Headed For A Rocky Road In 2023
• Antitrust Conduct Issues And Cases To Watch In 2023
• M&A Opportunities May Prevail For The Diligent This Year
• Retail Cases To Watch 2023
• 2023 To Be A Year Of Merger Appeals, Fix-First Fights
• 5 Sports & Betting Cases To Watch In 2023
• Delaware Cases To Watch In 2023
• What Will Keep Legal Talent Professionals Up At Night In 2023
• M&A Falls Back Down To Earth, Faces New Challenges In 2023
• Hospitality Cases To Watch In 2023
• Expect More CPSC Litigation, Regulation, Penalties In 2023