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Mergers & Acquisitions - April, 2025

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• Judge Rejects $5M Fee Bid In Prospect Medical's Ch. 11
• Akoustis Gets OK For $30M Sale To SpaceX Subsidiary
• 2 SPACs Tap Public Markets For $321M Combined
• 5 Takeaways From PitchBook's Surprising Q1 Report
• TikTok Exec Calls Facebook, Instagram 'Complements'
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Morgan Lewis Expands Tax Practice With Milbank Hire
• Honeywell, Sourcing Co. End Scuffle Over Soured Supply Deal
• Barclay Damon Continues Growth With Morrison Cohen Hire
• TWG Global, Mubadala Capital Ink Multibillion-Dollar Alliance
• Adapting To Private Practice: From DOJ Enviro To Mid-Law
• Novartis Buying Regulus In Up To $1.7B Kidney Drug Deal
• Sports Illustrated Owner Ends TM Row With Former Publisher
• Judge Mulls If Google Could Still Vie To Be Default Search
• Perkins Coie Leads 2 SPAC Listings Raising $300M Combined
• Meta Looks To Delete User Antitrust Claims Over Pay For Data
• Chicken Joint Sticky's Gets $2M Sale After Turnaround Woes
• Sullivan M&A Chief Sees Opportunities Amid Tariff Turmoil
• Morgan Lewis' Dallas Office Head Moves To Haynes Boone
• Florida, 20 Other States Back FTC Commissioner Firings
• Stonepeak Buying Stake In Spain's Repsol For $340M
• Bakkavor Completes China Exit, Eyes Greencore Acquisition
• Second Round Of Conn. Firm Windup Fight Sent To Arbitration
• Exec 'Can't Believe' X Offers Itself As Place For Friends
• DOJ's Slater Outlines 'America First Antitrust' Priorities
• DOJ Wants Live Nation Case Split Between Liability, Damages
• Tax Services Provider Andersen Files Confidential IPO Plans
• Google Claims Row Delays Dormify's Ch. 11 IP Asset Sale
• 'Shake & Bake': 4th Circ. Cites Ricky Bobby In NASCAR Ruling
• Defense-Focused SPAC Kochav Files $220M IPO
• Nikola Seeks Court OK For $9M Climate-Credit Sale Process
• PE Giant TPG Snags Sabre's Hospitality Biz For $1.1B
• Airbus To Acquire Assets Of Aircraft Parts Maker For $439M
• Sullivan & Cromwell-Led Merck To Buy SpringWorks For $3.9B
• Italy's Mediobanca Offers €6.3B For Rival Banca Generali
• Judge Urges Creativity For Nonparties In Sprint Merger Row
• Live Nation Investors Get 1st OK For $20M Eras Tour-Tied Deal
• SPAC Deals Are Buzzing Again Despite Tariff Turmoil
• EU Probing Universal Music's $775M Deal For Downtown
• Legal Ethics Considerations For Law Firm Pro Bono Deals
• SPAC Raises $220M As It Eyes Partners In 'Disruptive' Sectors
• DoorDash Woos Deliveroo With $3.6B Acquisition Bid
• Sullivan & Cromwell Adds V&E Shareholder Activism Leaders
• Atkins Vows SEC Will Pursue 'Common-Sense' Crypto Policy
• Bradley Arant Adds Chamberlain Hrdlicka Corp. Pro In Texas
• Taxation With Representation: Dechert, Brown Rudnick
• Fried Frank Guides StepStone On $705M Fund Close
• Nutter McClennen, Goodwin Steer $490M Mass. Banking Deal
• Del. Dispatch: Open Issues After Corp. Law Amendments
• Playing Football Made Me A Better Lawyer
• What Del. Supreme Court LKQ Decision Means For M&A Deals
• Slaughter And May Leads Coach Biz's $600M US Unit Sale
• Judge Won't Halt Auction Over Unpaid SPAC Finder's Fee
• ServiceNow To Give Enforcers More Time On $2.85B AI Deal
• Ex-CEO Of Trump-Tied SPAC Reaches Deal With SEC
• 2 SPACs Join Recovering Market With $461M In New Capital
• DOJ Probing Disney-FuboTV Deal, And Other Rumors
• 10 Arbitrations And A 5th Circ. Ruling Flag Arb. Clause Risks
• Mubadala, Fortress Team Up For $1B Strategic Partnership
• Sullivan & Cromwell Guides Columbia Banking On $2B Deal
• UPS Paying $1.6B For Andlauer's Healthcare Logistics Co.
• Shareholders Back Miami's £70M Bid For European Exchange
• Senate Panel To Vote On Trump FCC Nominee Next Week
• Law Firm Fights Sanctions Bid In Mootness Fee Row
• Tech-Focused Texas Ventures SPAC Raises $200M IPO
• SCOTUSblog Sold Amid Goldstein's Criminal Case
• Sierra Metals, Alpayana Reach $176M Deal After 'Hostile' Bid
• 3 Firms Guide Launch Of $3.6B SoftBank-Backed Bitcoin Co.
• Apollo Plugs $220M Into Energy-Focused Joint Venture
• Kirkland Brings On V&E Corporate Pro In Houston
• Skadden Adds Partner To NY Financial Institutions Group
• FCC Seeks Industry Data In Probing T-Mobile, UScellular Deal
• Lockheed Buying Amentum National Security Biz For $360M
• M&A 'Pause' Requires Nimble, Creative Dealmaking
• Power To The Paralegals: The Value Of Unified State Licensing
• BT Sells Rest Of Italian Telecoms Biz To Local B2B Service
• Bernstein Litowitz Looks To Hire SEC's Ex-Top Crypto Cop
• Swiss Drug Developer Veraxa To List In US In $1.6B SPAC Deal
• Majority Shareholders Sanctioned In Telecoms Control Fight
• Instagram Founder Says Meta 'Starved' Co. After Acquisition
• Pharmaceutical Co. Buyers Win Del. Fraud Suit Revival
• 23andMe Has Received 'Significant Interest' In Ch. 11 Auction
• Tivity Health Denied Win In Suit Over Nutrisystem Buy
• Key Digital Asset Issues Require Antitrust Vigilance
• Del. Justices Order Matterport CEO Cash-Out Recalculation
• Nuclear Startup To Go Public Through $475M SPAC Deal
• At Least 10 Firms Assist On $1B Barrick Gold Alaska Deal
• 3 Firms Build $7B Moss Adams, Baker Tilly Merger
• Simpson Thacher-Led KKR Bids $1.2B For Sweden's Biotage
• Mayer Brown, Kirkland Steer $10.6B Boeing Tech Asset Sale
• Fieldfisher Steers Swedish Investor's UK Monitoring Biz Buy
• Trump Media Exec Seeks Penalties In 'Frivolous' Hacking Suit
• Verizon Fights Telecom Group's Claims Against Frontier Deal
• Paramount Global, Stockholders Pause Skydance Doc Suit
• 10 Soft Skills Every GC Should Master
• How Proxy Advisory Firms Are Approaching AI And DEI
• Unions Score Block On Orders To Fire Probationary Workers
• 3 Firms Guide Brazilian Energy Producer's $155M SPAC Deal
• Neogen Selling Cleaners Biz To Kersia For $130M
• CMOC Buying Lumina Gold For $420M
• DOJ's Google Ad Litigation Lead Joins BakerHostetler
• Navis Capital Partners Clinches $230M Next Generation Fund
• Solar Co. Oya Gets OK On Ch. 11 Liquidation After Asset Sales
• Eletson's New Owners Look To Oust Reed Smith From Cases
• Heritage Coal Challenges Ex-Owner's Liens In Ch. 11 Offshoot
• Latham-Led Vacasa Sticks With Casago, Rejects $131M Bid
• An Unrestrained, Bright-Eyed View Of Legal AI's Future
• Saxton & Stump's M&A Chair Moves To Fox Rothschild
• KKR Blasts 'Draconian' DOJ Suit Over Alleged Filing Errors
• Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Simpson Thacher
• 5 Takeaways From Texas Stock Exchange's SEC Filing
• Capital One's Discover Deal Gets Bank Regulators' Approval
• Sandberg Says FTC Market View Makes No Sense In Meta Case
• SolarWinds Sued For Docs On $4.4B Take-Private Deal
• Tracking The Evolution In Litigation Finance
• NC Hospital Operator Can't Escape AG's Merger Suit Yet
• QXO Prices $500M Offering Connected To $11B Beacon Buy
• Keys To Regulatory Diligence In Life Sciences Transactions
• OpenAI Eyes Windsurf, Activist Targets HP, And More Rumors
• Hidden Road Nabs Broker-Dealer Approval After Ripple Deal
• 7-Eleven Parent Floats Refreshed Board With 4 New Nominees
• Strava To Acquire UK-Based Running Training App Runna
• Mubadala Joins $14.5B Education JV With $600M Investment
• Volunteer Firefighting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Global Payments To Acquire Worldpay In $24.3B Deal
• Barclays To Offload Payments Business To Brookfield
• Zuckerberg Calls TikTok Meta's 'Highest Competitive Threat'
• Mexico's Vista Buys Stake In Argentine Oil Project For $1.5B
• Calif. Antitrust Laws May Turn More Zealous Than US Regs
• Napster Owner Infinite Reality Adds AI Power With $500M Deal
• Consumer-Focused SPAC Details $150M IPO Plans
• Ex-US Atty Chosen To Monitor T-Mobile Merger Compliance
• Baker McKenzie-Led Lyft To Buy Rival Freenow For €175M
• Hengeler Mueller-Led KKR To Buy German IT Biz For €451M
• Sidley Brings On Gibson Dunn M&A Expert In California
• Zuckerberg Calls Buying Rival, Building Co. Two Sides Of 1 Coin
• Seller Of NC Concrete Co. Cements Midtrial Victory
• Cloud Startup Figma Confidentially Files IPO Amid Volatility
• FTC Wants More Time To Examine $5.3B H&E Rentals Deal
• SPAC Officers Seek Coverage For Post-Merger Lawsuits
• Dems Back Ex-FTC Commissioners In Firing Suit
• 39 AGs Urge Congress To Ban PBM Pharmacy Ownership
• Davis Polk Guides StoneX On $900M RJ O'Brien Buy
• Ares Nabs Stake In Legal Asset-Focused PE Fund For $203M
• Simpson Thacher Advises On $2.2B Cross-Border Power Deal
• Kirkland-Led Canadian Biz Buys Auto Parts Maker For £1B
• Haleon Paying $221M For Full Control Of Chinese Pharma JV
• King & Spalding Leads Atlas In £263M Bid For De La Rue
• E-Discovery Quarterly: The Perils Of Digital Data Protocols
• DLA Piper Helps KKR Buy £100M Properties From L&G
• Irish Watchdog OKs Telecoms Firm's €22M BT Unit Buy
• Covington, Latham Guide In Lowe's $1.3B Artisan Design Buy
• Linking Friends No Longer Meta's Focus, Zuckerberg Says
• Akerman Calls Back Labor And Employment Atty As Partner
• Conn. PE Firm Wants $12M Joy Dish Soap Suit Washed Away
• FTC Joins DOJ In Targeting Anticompetitive Regulations
• Women's Healthtech Co. Chiaro Files Ch. 15 In Delaware
• Real Estate-Focused SPAC Prepares For $200M IPO
• Morgan Stanley Raises $2.3B For 3rd Co-Investment Fund
• A Look At M&A Trends In An Uncertain Deal Environment
• Clifford Chance Hires Corporate M&A Atty From White & Case
• Wilson Sonsini, Kirkland Lead $2.5B Driverless Truck Biz Deal
• Sidley Lands M&A, Private Equity Pro From Skadden In NY
• Norton Rose Leads TowerBrook On £283M Buy Of Equals
• Slaughter And May-Led Wood In £242M Bid After £1.6B Offer
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Preparing For Corporate Work
• Silver Lake To Buy Stake In Intel Chips Unit At $8.8B Value
• 3 Firms Guide $3.1B KKR Purchase Of S&P, CME Trading Unit
• A&O Shearman-Led Ageas Inks £1.3B Deal For UK Insurer
• FTC Democrat Members Seek Quick Win In Trump Firing Suit
• Chancery Tosses Exabeam Stockholder's Appraisal Suit
• Tariff Reprieve Offers Little Comfort For Venture-Backed IPOs
• NC AG Can't Shield Most Merger Review Docs, Judge Holds
• FTC Starts Process That May Nix Chevron, Exxon Deal Limits
• Live Nation, Ticketmaster Can't Nix Consumer Antitrust Suit
• FTC Says Chamber's Merger Notice Rule Suit Belongs In DC
• FTC Focus: Synthetic Data Yields Antitrust Considerations
• Future Pak Goes Public With $255M Theratechnologies Bid
• Nikola Corp. Gets OK For $30M Arizona Factory Sale
• FTC Probing Valvoline's $625M Breeze Autocare Deal
• Trump Walks A Fine Line In Effort To Steer US Steel's Future
• Envestnet Sued For Docs On $4.5B Bain Capital Deal In Del.
• Fox Rothschild Hires Familiar Corporate Partner In Boston
• Taxation With Representation: Norton Rose, Ropes & Gray
• Apollo Plugs $400M Into Joint Venture With Solar Company
• Irish Food Biz Gets More Time For £1.2B Bid For UK Rival
• UK Probes $3.1B SES-Intelsat Satellites Biz Merger Plan
• Senate Confirms Meador To Fill 3rd GOP Seat AT FTC
• 1st Circ. Asked To Save $34M Fee Bid In JetBlue-Spirit Case
• Bakery Sellers Seek $2M Award From Buyer After Deal Sours
• Live Nation Cites Amazon's Win In Urging Nix Of Antitrust Suit
• Amazon CEO, Bain Take Spotlight Amid Recent Rumors
• Ex-PE Fund CEO Rejoins Legal Field As Nelson Mullins Partner
• Dechert Tax Pro Jumps To Whiteford In NY
• Slater Heralds Return To US Antitrust Norms, Innovation
• A Cold War-Era History Lesson On Due Process
• Cooley-Led Drone Operator Launches Plans For $75M IPO
• Cantor Fitzgerald, Lutnick Beat BGC Stockholder Suit In Del.
• Faegre Drinker Adds Morgan Lewis Corporate Partner In Philly
• UK Open To SLB-ChampionX Fixes For $8B Oil Services Deal
• Prada Bags Versace From Capri Holdings In $1.37B Deal
• Meta Trial Rooted In Decade-Old WhatsApp, Instagram Buys
• Blackstone Bolsters Warehouse Portfolio In $718M Texas Buy
• Emirates' Renewables Co. Completes €3.2B Buy Of Greek Biz
• Improv Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• 'Evasive' Unions Told To List Fired Probationary Workers
• Trump Orders Agencies To Identify Anticompetitive Rules
• Chancery Lets Paramount Investors Probe Skydance Deal
• Live Nation Likely Won't Escape Concertgoers' Antitrust Suit
• Defunct Concrete Co.'s Profits Were An 'Illusion,' NC Jury Told
• White & Case-Led EQT Inks Nearly $3B Health Deal With KKR
• How BigLaw Executive Orders May Affect Smaller Firms
• Winston & Strawn Leads Fintech-Focused SPAC's $240M IPO
• Pillsbury Expands Houston Office With 3 Corporate Attys
• 23andMe Asks For Independent Customer Data Rep In Ch. 11
• 3 Firms Build Bain's $825M Lincoln Financial Stake Buy
• Ex-Qualcomm Executive Convicted Of $180M Fraud
• 4th Circ. Health Data Ruling Opens Door To State Law Claims
• Ancora Drops US Steel Pursuit After Trump Flags Nippon Deal
• Lawsuits Shouldn't Be Shadow Assets For Foreign Capital
• Paper Towel Maker For Trader Joe's, Aldi Files For Ch. 11
• MoFo Hires Ex-Proskauer Private Equity Partner In NYC
• 2 Del. Rulings Reinforce Proof Needed For Records Demands
• Simmons Leads E-Retailer To Buy UK Rival For $154M
• Assura Backs KKR's £1.6B Takeover Offer, Rejects PHP
• Univ. Of The Arts Gets Last Ch. 7 Property Sale Approved
• Attys In Javice Case Warned About Post-Trial Juror Contact
• Warner Bros. Wants Rights Protected In Film Co. Ch. 11 Sale
• MSP Recovery Sued For Docs In Del. After $33B SPAC Dispute
• Barings Snags Aircraft Portfolio Valued At Over $200M
• Hospital Operator Gets 'Burdensome' Antitrust Info Bid Pared
• How To Accelerate Your Post-Attorney Career Transition
• Fla. Cloud Co. Accuses Ex-Board Member Of SPAC Fraud
• Key Takeaways From The 2025 Spring Antitrust Meeting
• 3 Firms Advise On $1.25B Ripple-Hidden Road Crypto Deal
• Morrison Foerster-Led Infineon Paying $2.5B For Auto Tech Biz
• DLA Piper Adds Wilson Sonsini Corporate Ace In LA
• Cravath Private Equity Co-Leader Joins Sidley In New York
• Sidley Austin Expands M&A Group, Hires Ex-Milbank Partner
• Amedisys Gets Merger Filing Claim Paused In DOJ's UHG Suit
• How Tariffs May Affect Proxy Contests This Season
• PHP Wins Extension To Make £1.5B Bid For Assura
• Vice Chancellor Warns Plaintiff Over AI-Generated Filings
• Chancellor Asks About High Court Case In $2.1B SPAC Row
• Kroger Says State AGs' Strategy Dooms Merger Row Fees Bid
• Trump Reopens Security Review Of US Steel-Nippon Deal
• Pair Of Blank Check IPOs Raising $411M To Pursue Mergers
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Grocers Say Colo. AG Can't Fish For More 'No-Poach' Claims
• Nelson Mullins Team Joins Duane Morris In DC, Atlanta, Miami
• A Closer Look At New NYSE, Nasdaq Listing Rule Changes
• 3 Firms Lead $5.7B Stonepeak, Woodside Louisiana Gas Deal
• 3 Firms Help Steer Bally's $187M Bailout Deal For The Star
• A&O Shearman Adds Mayer Brown Energy Infrastructure Duo
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Be An Indispensable Associate
• Royal Mail's £3.6B Sale To Tycoon Wins 33% Approval So Far
• Chancery Trims Claims, Limits Ruling On Focus Financial Suit
• Radius Health Stockholders Sue Ex-CEO After $890M Co. Sale
• Morgan Properties Nabs $501M Midwest Multifamily Portfolio
• Trevor Milton Wants Nikola Corp. Ch. 11 Subpoena Quashed
• 23andMe Case Highlights Privacy Complexities In Ch. 11
• SEC Confidential Review Process Provides Issuers Flexibility
• Gibson Dunn Guides Hershey On $750M LesserEvil Buy
• Off The Bench: City Sues Sportsbooks, Ex-NFLer Battles TMZ
• Trump Extends TikTok Sale Deadline Another 75 Days
• Kirkland-Led Blackstone Plugs CA$7B Into Rogers
• Taxation With Representation: Ropes & Gray, Paul Hastings
• Birding Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Kirkland-Led Brookfield Buying Colonial Pipeline In $9B Deal
• State Enforcers Are Developing Their Local Antitrust Laws
• Tequila Maker Sues Acquirer In Del. Alleging Earnout Dodge
• Critics Fail To Pinpoint Verizon, Frontier Deal Harm, FCC Told
• Skadden Steers $1.5B Deal For SunnyD, Juicy Juice Maker
• How Del. Law Rework Limits Corporate Records Requests
• 'No Serious Question' Federal Firings Broke Law, Justices Told
• Amazon Bids For TikTok As US Ban Nears, And More Rumors
• Former Jones Day Partner Joins Sidley Austin's M&A Practice
• Cango Selling China Biz For $352M In Bitcoin Mining Push
• TowneBank Acquires Old Point In $203M Deal
• CMS-Led Real Estate Biz Puts In £1.5B Rival Bid For Assura
• QuantumScape, SPAC Brass Settle Merger Suit For $8.75M
• Hooters Can Tap $5M Of Its $40M In Proposed Ch. 11 Loans
• Trump Media Refiles President's Shares For Potential Sale
• Serial Acquisitions Are Still On The FTC's Radar
• Insurer Says $9M OpenText Merger Settlement Not Covered
• Siemens Buying Scientific Software Co. Dotmatics For $5.1B
• NBA's Timberwolves To Be Sold, Ending Ownership Dispute
• Endeavor-Silver Lake Deal Sparks Over $1B In Appraisal Suits
• As Global Markets Struggled, Private Equity Pounced In Q1
• Freshfields Guides Leggett & Platt On $285M Aerospace Sale
• Davis Wright Welcomes Longtime Jones Day Finance Atty
• Adapting To Private Practice: From DOJ Leadership To BigLaw
• Experian Completes $350M Deal For Brazil Biz ClearSale
• ​​AP Moller To Take Former Maersk Unit Private In $690M Deal
• Greencore To Buy Freshfields-Led Meals Maker For £1.2B
• Javice Must Don Ankle Bracelet For Now, Despite Pilates Gig
• Saudi Co. Wants 11th Circ. To Revive Oil Suit Against Siemens
• CarePoint's Bankruptcy Plan Needs Changes, Judge Says
• Trump Admin Fights Wash.'s Bid To Expand Layoff Injunction
• Chancery OKs $500K Incentive Fee After Santander Class Win
• Issues To Watch At ABA's Antitrust Spring Meeting
• Nordstrom Family Faces Class Action Over Merger Deal
• Printing Company Wins Suit Over $265M ESOP Sale
• Jack Nicklaus Defeats Suit Over NIL Rights
• Loeb, Skadden Steer Siddhi Acquisition's Upsized $240M IPO
• Court Won't Toss FTC's Merger Penalty Case Against 7-Eleven
• FDA Cuts Prompt Biotech Players To Rethink Deal Strategies
• Paramount Investor Gets Partial Win In $8B Merger Doc Suit
• 3 Firms Guide MDA Space's $269M SatixFy Deal
• Law Firm Executive Orders Create A Legal Ethics Minefield
• Oil & Gas Dealmakers Undaunted Despite Industry Worries