Mergers & Acquisitions Archive » September, 2023

Mergers & Acquisitions - September, 2023

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• Senate Re-Ups FCC Members Starks And Carr
• Voyager Aviation Gets $801M Aircraft Fleet Sale Approved
• Pro Say: A Cheat Sheet For The New Supreme Court Term
• EV Car SPAC To Pay SEC $11M For Alleged Bogus Revenues
• States Ask To Block Sandoz Spinoff Over Price-Fixing Claims
• How Gov't Agencies Will Fare In The Event Of A Shutdown
• Off The Bench: Tucker Fired, Leagues Merge, Title IX Appeal
• Orrick-Led EV Maker Lands $150M From Existing Investor
• Avoiding The Ethical Pitfalls Of Crowdfunded Legal Fees
• Chancery Blocks Failed SPAC's Folding After Atty Fee Claim
• 'Administrative State' Attacks Soar To High Court Crescendo
• Kirkland-Led Cinven Paying $1.3B In Synlab Buyout
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• UK Clears UnitedHealth's £1.2B NHS Health Care Tech Deal
• WilmerHale, Fenwick Serve Up $103M Blue Apron Deal
• First-Time Advocates Dominate High Court's Fall Schedule
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Ropes & Gray
• 5 Supreme Court Cases To Watch This Fall
• London SPAC's $1B Planned Brazil Mine Purchase Called Off
• HSF Steers Investor's €730M Bid For 49% Of Cellnex Nordic
• UK Opens Probe Into Qualcomm's Plan To Buy Israeli Tech Biz
• Calfee Halter Steers J.M. Smucker's $34M Snack Unit Sale
• SEC's 'Shadow Trading' Test Case Fails Miserably, Court Told
• SEC Fines Siblings For Insider Trading Over Storage Co. Deal
• Kirkland, Paul Weiss Drive $1B Deal For Retailer Chico's
• Deals Rumor Mill: Manchester U, Warriors, Citigroup China
• Skadden-Led XFL Inks Merger With Football League USFL
• Xerox Buys Out Activist Carl Icahn's Stake For $542M
• Ex-Goldman Analyst Fed Stream Of Tips To Friends, Gov't Says
• Schulte Roth Forms Firmwide Special Situations Group
• Landlord Calls Pittsburgh Court Reporting Co. Sale A Sham
• Eastman Chemical To Sell Texas City Operations For $490M
• AGCO To Pay $2B For Majority Ownership In Ag Joint Venture
• Stratasys Shareholders Sink $1.8B Desktop Metal Deal
• UK Raises Antitrust Concerns Over Whirlpool, Arcelik Deal
• Court Finds La. Hospital Merger Exempt From FTC Review
• How Looming Gov't Shutdown Could Put IPO Recovery On Ice
• Schulte Roth Sues SPAC For $1.9M After Scuttled $2.6B Deal
• Hydrogen Auto Co. Hyzon Motors Settles SEC Suit For $25M
• FTC Revives In-House Challenge Of Microsoft, Activision Deal
• IsoEnergy And Consolidated Uranium To Merge In $668M Deal
• Pillow Co. Slashes Stalking Horse Fee That 'Shocked' Court
• Latham Lands Two Former Fried Frank M&A Partners
• Ex-Winston & Strawn Corporate Duo Rejoin Holland & Knight
• Surgalign Gets Texas Judge's OK For Ch. 11 Plan
• Virgin Pulse To Merge With HealthComp In $3B Deal
• Alfa Financial Engages New PE Firm After EQT's £615M Bid
• Integrated Wellness SPAC Announces Termination Of Merger
• Gov't Shutdown Would Block New IPOs, SEC's Gensler Says
• Pendragon Gets £447M Takeover Proposal From US Rival
• Andersen Starts Global Valuation Practice For Legal Services
• Betfair Owner Gambles On 51% Stake In Balkan Biz For €141M
• Consumers Want Live Nation Arbitration Appeal Fast-Tracked
• Seyfarth Sees More 'Seller-Friendly' Middle-Market M&A Terms
• 3 Firms Build Alfasigma's Nearly $800M Intercept Pharma Buy
• Astellas Sued In Del. Over Millions In Drug Milestone Payouts
• SiriusXM Enlists Debevoise To Weigh Liberty Biz Combo Offer
• Goodwin M&A Atty Brings STEM Background To Pillsbury
• Lathrop GPM Restructures Biz Group, Adds 6 Attys
• The 2023 Law360 Pulse Social Impact Leaders
• Why Law Firm ESG Is Likely Here To Stay
• What Large Language Models Mean For Document Review
• Nucleus Completes £242M Deal For Pension Provider
• Monsanto's 1971 PCB Study Had Fake Data, Seattle Jury Told
• T-Mobile Blasts DOJ Compromise On Dish Extension Request
• Tech M&A Due Diligence Checklist: Critical IP Areas Of Inquiry
• Sustainability-Focused SPAC Global Lights Files $60M IPO
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• US Trustee Blasts $1M Expense Payment For Pegasus Bidder
• Reed Smith VC Chair Joins Dentons' Tech Practice In Calif.
• Arnold & Porter Adds Ex-Hughes Hubbard Int'l M&A Partner
• Amazon, Anthropic Team Up Via $4B Partnership
• Sports-Based SPAC Ceases Operations After Failed Merger
• Electric Motor Co. Regal Rexnord Makes $400M Sale To WEG
• Allen & Overy Reps Enovis On €800M LimaCorporate Buy
• Participating In Living History Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Ex-Schnader Corporate Pro Joins Fox Rothschild In NY
• Building Biz Plans $1B Buyback After Listing Moves To NYSE
• EU Blocks Booking.com's €1.6B Takeover Of Online Travel Biz
• Aviva To Acquire AIG's UK Protection Biz For £460M
• Judge Dismisses Catalog Retailer's Ch. 11 Case
• JetBlue, American Say Flyers Gave Up Class Action Rights
• Fortis Alleges SentinelOne Merger Failures In Chancery
• Stratasys Investor Raises Alarm About Desktop Metal Deal
• SPAC To Liquidate After Failed Merger With Casino Owner
• Vexatious Vs. Virtuous: Del. Chancery Battles Dip In Decorum
• Ex-Cadwalader Partner Joins Jones Day Corporate Practice
• 2 Litigators Rejoin Greenberg Traurig In Ariz. From DLA Piper
• Private Equity Owners Can Remedy Law Firms' Agency Issues
• ATS Corp. Buys Water Purification Equipment Co. For $195M
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• AgileThought Gets OK For November Ch. 11 Auction
• Norwegian Marketplace Site's Shares Jump After Takeover Bid
• UK Open To Clearing Microsoft's $68.7B Activision Deal
• DOJ Tackling Voluntary Self-Disclosure In M&A, Official Says
• FDIC's Hill: We Can't Do Everything, Everywhere, All At Once
• DOJ Says JetBlue Deals Can Both Harm Competition
• Tech Company Trade Compliance Programs Need A Check-Up
• FTC Accuses PE Firm Of Raising Anesthesia Prices In Texas
• Skadden Nabs $19M Fee For 4 Months' Work On Endo Ch. 11
• Mass. Judge Tosses Desktop Metal Securities Suit For Good
• Haynes Boone Brings On Troutman Pepper Litigator In Calif.
• Feds Nab Plea Over Inside Info Stolen From BigLaw Associate
• Cisco Makes $28B AI Splash With Splunk Buy Led By 3 Firms
• Polsinelli Adds 2 Corporate Attorneys In St. Louis From BCLP
• Insurer To Sell 50% Stake In JV To Rival For $101M
• No Unity On Merger Enforcers' Attack On 'Underenforcement'
• Newmont Hit With Shareholder Suit Over $19.5B Acquisition
• Pendragon Rejects £392M Takeover Bid From Hedin, PAG
• Ex-Gartner GC Joins RPCK To Lead Social Enterprise Group
• How To Protect Atty-Client Privilege While Using Generative AI
• Orbital Gets OK For $15M DIP, October Ch. 11 Auction
• SPAC Buys Printing Co. Tied To Abu Dhabi Wealth Fund
• Kraft-Heinz Shareholder Class Counsel Get $90M In Fees
• Norwegian Storage Group Agrees To TIAA's $345M Buyout Bid
• Orrick Benefits Partner Jumps To Crowell & Moring
• AssetCo To Sell 70% Rize ETF Stake For Up To £10.5M
• JetBlue Says Flyers' Expert Needs To Do Own Analysis
• Buyer Of Kitchen Biz Sues In Del. Over Product Recalls
• Two Del. Suits Seek Info On $462M Paratek Deal's Losing Bids
• How New Lawyers Can Leverage Feedback For Growth
• DOJ Backs More 'Modest' Extension For Dish Spectrum Buy
• Convera Denies Western Union's Claims Of Atty Conflict
• How Reps And Warranties Insurance Can Aid Sellers In M&A
• Oil & Gas Data Co. TGS Raises $89M As Rival Merger Looms
• Boston Scientific To Buy MedTech Biz In $850M Cash Deal
• 2 Firms Help Swedish Drug Co. Sobi Raise $540M
• Raymond James Rep Didn't Report AML Red Flags, SEC Says
• Kohlberg Pushes Back In Chancery On Akademos 'Washout'
• Brown Rudnick Tax Adds Exec Comp Pro From Davis Polk
• Newmont Secures 2 More Approvals For $19.5B Newcrest Buy
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Gamehaus, SPAC Ink $500M Deal Guided By 6 Law Firms
• Insolvent Catalog Retailer Nears Ch. 11 Dismissal
• Morgan Lewis Adds Ex-FTC Mergers Deputy Director In DC
• Batteries Biz Commits To SPAC Deal Despite Nasdaq Warning
• CMS-Led Car Dealer Pendragon To Sell UK Auto Biz For £280M
• Equans To Sell UK Heating Network For £260M
• Seismic Data Giant To Shake Up Market With $2.6B M&A Deal
• SEC Fines Ex-Tech Worker For Inside Trades Amid Deal Talks
• Bankrupt Envision Strikes Settlement To End Securities Suit
• Warren Doubts Pentagon Role In $4.7B L3Harris-Aerojet Deal
• Off The Bench: NFL Racism, Pac-12 Exodus, And Golf Docs
• Don't Miss It: Sidley, Willkie Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Playtika Paying Up To $300M For Gaming Peer Innplay Labs
• Rimon Adds Global Commercial Atty From ArentFox Schiff
• Ex-Alexion Vice President Admits To Insider Trading Charges
• Del. Corporate Law Overhaul Delivers On Flexibility For Cos.
• US PE Firm Buys Everton Soccer Club In Reported $682M Deal
• Sen. Hawley Takes On Meatpacking, Poultry Giants In New Bill
• Yellow Corp. Gets OK For Ch. 11 Financing, Asset Auctions
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Novartis Shareholders OK Spinoff Of $9.6B Sandoz Unit
• Vaccine Maker Beats Investor Suit Over Private Investment
• Abcam Founder Opposes Danaher Deal, Wants Board Gone
• Restructuring Concerns For Distressed De-SPACs
• Info Exchanges Must Stay Inside Now-Invisible Antitrust Lines
• Deals Rumor Mill: EagleView Technologies, New Era, Alibaba
• Dental Co. Seller Countersues Buyer In Del. Over $312M Deal
• Myovant, Sumitomo Deal Hurt By Skadden Conflict, Suit Says
• Latham, V&E Advise Vital Energy On $1.2B Oil Field Expansion
• Boutique East Coast Employment Firm Acquires Calif. Group
• 4 Firms Build $3.8B Deal For Canadian Semiconductor Co.
• Twitter Legal Fees Suit Offers Crash Course In Billing Ethics
• Blockchain Tech's Role As A Driver Of M&A Action Evolves
• 7 Firms Lead Deal For College Sports Rights Management Co.
• UK Probes $7.9B Cameco, Brookfield Deal For Westinghouse
• Ad Tech Biz Seeks Israeli Court OK For $20M Buyback
• Chopra Says CFPB High Court Loss May Risk Housing Havoc
• Old Offer To Drop Chancery Case Roils Bioverativ Settlement
• Cardinal Health, Investors Get Final OK For $109M Settlement
• Treasury Official Defends Scrutiny Of Overseas Investments
• Chancery Tosses Some Claims In Parts Firm Merger Suit
• Prime Trust Parent's Sale Plan To Wrap Ch. 11 By December
• AbbVie Asks Court To Compel IRS Docs For $1.6B Dispute
• 6 Firms Steer $372M In Deals For Carbon Credit, Software Cos.
• Shkreli-Tied Pharma Co. Cleared For $650K Ch. 11 Sale
• Major League Pickleball Unites With Rival In PE-Backed Deal
• Amgen-Horizon Deal May Signal FTC's Return To Bargaining
• SPAC Cancels $306M Merger With Electric Powertrain Maker
• Hunton Grows M&A Team With Ex-Holland & Knight Atty In DC
• Blumenthal Subpoenas Saudi Fund's US Hub In Golf Probe
• Ireland's Kingspan Confirms Early Talks To Buy US Biz
• Sorrento OK'd For Alternative $110M Ch. 11 Stock Sale
• Phone Co. Should Face Investor's Revived Suit, Judge Says
• JetBlue Flyers Fight Sanctions Bid Over Redaction Flub
• 5th Circ. Presses Illumina On Cancer Test Competition
• Fanatics Says Rival Is No Victim, Was Beaten At Its Own Game
• Retailer Soft Surroundings Gets $17M DIP For Quick Ch. 11
• SEC Fines Marcum Partner Over Audit Quality Failures
• Redbox Class Suit Brands Apollo Global Sale Terms Unfair
• BigLaw Associate's Ex Faces January Insider Trading Trial
• Transaction Risks In Residential Mortgage M&A Due Diligence
• Goodwin Hires Kirkland Private Equity Ace In San Francisco
• PE Fund HIG Makes £293M Bid For Parcel Group DX
• Fintech Alpha Inks €9.4M Deal To Buy 85% Stake In Dutch Biz
• Furniture Retailer Noble Hits Ch. 11 With $85M Sale Offer
• 3 Firms Help Smurfit Kappa Wrap Up $11B Deal For WestRock
• JetBlue Cuts Another Deal Over Spirit Merger Worries
• Can 'Green Tech' SPAC Deals Buck The Overall Downturn?
• Sculptor Capital Investor Sues Board Over $639M Rithm Deal
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Live Nation Taking Antitrust Arbitration Bid To 9th Circ.
• ABA's Money-Laundering Resolution Is A Balancing Act
• Wachtell Says Arbitration 'Clear' Route For Twitter's Fee Suit
• Longtime Sidley Partner Charles Douglas Dies At 75
• NJ Health Systems Settle Emergency Room Contract Fight
• Stanadyne Creditors File Ch. 11 Plan To Wrap Up Case
• Wachtell, Morgan Lewis Guide $5.6B Hostess Acquisition Deal
• Chancery Pauses Western Union-Convera Fight For DQ Motion
• Retailer Soft Surroundings Hits Ch. 11 With Store Closure Plan
• UK Probes Wolseley's Deal To Buy Aircon Provider Kooltech
• Dickson Minto-Led Betting Biz To Go Private, Delist From LSE
• Caterpillar Unit Hits Wabtec With Antitrust Suit
• 3 Firms Guide AI Co.'s Plans To Go Public Via SPAC Merger
• EV-Maker Lucid Pans Securities Suit Over Production Targets
• Katz SPAC Sues Medical Imaging Co. To Close $151M Merger
• Chancery OKs $9.25M Deal To End HF Foods Derivative Suit
• Kroger, Albertsons Unveil Asset Sale To Help Close Megadeal
• Errant Lead Plaintiffs DQ'd, Likely Killing $10M Settlement
• Tech Partner Rejoins Goodwin In Calif. From Blockchain Group
• 3 Firms Build Sale Of Jim Koons Automotive Companies
• With Equity Markets Down, Venture Lending Provides Solution
• Feds Say Mass. Cop Can't Undo ADI Insider Trading Verdict
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Kirkland, Latham
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Don't Miss It: Sidley, Wachtell Lead Week's Hot Deals
• US Copyright Biz Rocks World Of UK Peer With $470M Bid
• 4 Firms Guide Artemis' Purchase Of Creative Artists Agency
• Williams Industrial Approved For Ch. 11 Sale To Stalking Horse
• Microsoft Urges 9th Circ. To Reject FTC's Activision Challenge
• Chancery Rules Out Order To Close In $2.6B Casino SPAC Suit
• UK Competition Regulator Reviewing Veterinary Industry
• IRobot Tanked Stock Price To Save Amazon Deal, Suit Says
• Cooley-Led Tenable Inks $265M Deal For Cloud Security Biz
• Law Firm Professional Development Steps To Thrive In AI Era
• Senate Confirms Anna Gomez As 5th FCC Commissioner
• Summit Materials To Merge With Argos USA In $3.2B Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Great Wall Motor, Carlyle, Amer Sports
• Blackstone, Thomson Reuters Sell £2.2B In LSE Shares
• Skadden-Led Property Insurer Bids £520M For Direct Line Unit
• $167.5M CBS Class Settlement OK'd In Del. Viacom Deal Suit
• Telecom Shareholders Ordered To Halt Rogue Arbitrations
• Calif. Lays Claim To Land Parcel In Venoco's Ch. 11 Sale
• Brewery Investors Accuse Ex-Leaders Of Fraud, Flubbing Sale
• FCC Nominee Gomez Poised For Senate Confirmation Vote
• Enforcers Say Economics Still Matters In New Merger Guides
• AI Co. Valued At $200M In Merger With Andretti-Backed SPAC
• Weber Stockholder Sues In Del. For Docs On $3.7B BDT Buy
• FTC-Amgen Deal: 'Major Advance,' Or 'Narrow Assurance'?
• Cos. Pledge Up To $3B As Part Of US Battery Cell Venture
• TreeHouse Foods Selling Snack Bars Biz In $63M Deal
• Suboxone End Payor Attys Seek $12.5M In $30M Antitrust MDL
• 3 Firms Build Up To $600M Sale Of Medical Device Biz
• Latham, Goodwin Rep On Thoma Bravo's $1.6B NextGen Buy
• Simpson Thacher Guides Bridgepoint On £835M ECP Deal
• 3 Firms Guide $14B Enbridge Buy Of Dominion Energy Units
• EU Competition Commissioner Vestager To Step Aside
• Proterra Sued For Allegedly Hiding Post-SPAC Merger Risks
• Trump-Linked SPAC Scores Merger Deadline Extension
• Chancery Finds Drug Exec Breached Pact With Sorrento
• Chancery Upholds Part Of Indiana Steel Co.'s $7M Fraud Suit
• Investor Applauds As Health, Office REITs Call Off Merger
• Software Engineer Admits Raking In $2M Via Insider Trading
• Simpson Thacher Adds Ex-Paul Weiss IP Atty In NY
• Akin-Led Viper Energy Paying $1B For PE-Held Oil Interests
• Georgia-Based CT Developer To Go Public Via SPAC Merger
• Intel Makes Foundry Deal With Tower After $5.4B Merger Fail
• Paul Weiss Adds New Co-Head Of Infrastructure From Latham
• Natural Gas Cos. Reach $885M Deal Led By V&E, Gibson Dunn
• Baker McKenzie Helps Orora Buy Saverglass For €1.3B
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Goldman's $1.6B Kahoot Deal Wins Antitrust Approvals
• LATAM Airline Creditors Claim Aircraft Auction Was Rigged
• T-Mobile 'Hindering A Rival,' Dish Says In Spectrum Buy Row
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Fanatics Slams Rival's Smokescreen Tactic In Suit-Moving Bid
• Chancery OKs Some Fee Claims By Ousted Cannabis Co. CEO
• Merger Proposals Reflect Agency Leaders' Antitrust Principles
• Slaughter And May Guide Next In £128M Reiss Share Deal
• Robinhood Buys Back $605M Of Seized Bankman-Fried Stock
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Attys Prepare For IPO Pickup As Market Shows Signs Of Life
• Amgen Gets FTC Green Light On $28B Horizon Deal