Mergers & Acquisitions Archive » May, 2026

Mergers & Acquisitions - May, 2026

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• Biz Court Says $4.5M Drag-Along Sale Overcomes Affiliate Bar
• Suirui And Jupiter Systems Appeal Injunction, Receiver Order
• Gate City Sues White Energy For $200M Over Carbon Project
• Church & Dwight Buys Stain Removal Biz In $325M Deal
• NewsGuard Wants Appeal Over FTC 'Retaliation' Fast-Tracked
• Universal Music Rejects $65B Pershing Square Proposal
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, White & Case, Vischer
• Your Next Litigation Hold Should Cover AI Chat Logs
• Skadden-Led IFF Selling Ingredients Biz To CVC For $4.3B
• REIT Take-Privates Pick Up As Valuation Gaps Persist
• Latham Advises CoStar On $800M Zonda Acquisition
• Davis Polk Adds A&O Shearman Antitrust Partner In NY
• EU Merger Overhaul Gives New Weight To Deal Efficiencies
• EU Greenlights Bahrain Aluminum Giant's French Smelter Buy
• EU Clears Dairy Cooperatives' Merger Plan
• Judge To Alter Critique Of Investor Vying To Be Lead Plaintiff
• Chancery Tosses Insider Financing Suit Against Ayala Brass
• Broadcasters Want Rules Relaxed Due To 'Fierce' Competition
• 9th Circ. Warned Of Market Forces In Nexstar-Tegna Case
• Feds Want More Info On Union-Pacific, Norfolk Southern Deal
• HVAC Biz Valued At $10B After Apollo Backing, More Rumors
• Energy Firm Insiders Forced Co-Founder's Ouster, Suit Says
• 7 Firms Guide $1.8B Butterfield, CIBC Caribbean Bank Deal
• Ex-Reebok CEO Says Biotech Investor Suit Was Shakedown
• EU Probes Chinese Retailer's €2.2B Deal For Tax Distortions
• Studying Foreign Languages Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• 4 Firms Steer Fertitta's $17.6B Caesars Entertainment Buy
• Baker McKenzie-Led Fattal Hotels Preps £930M Bid For PPHE
• CMA Clears $3.4B Kimberly-Clark, Suzano Joint Venture
• Eversheds-Led Johnson Matthey Inks $460M Cormetech Deal
• Live Nation Wants AGs' Discovery To Wait On New Trial Bid
• $3.6B Cabinetry Merger Clears FTC Scrutiny
• 6 Firms Build DigitalBridge's $1.05B ArcLight Buy
• Pierce Atwood Rips Billionaire's 'Absurd' Suit Over Asset Sale
• 3 Firms Steer Battery-Maker ProLogium's $3.8B SPAC Merger
• WWE Shareholders Win Sanctions Over Lost Signal Messages
• M&A Lawyer Joins Wilson Sonsini In NY From Weil
• 3 Firms Guide Nuclear Power Startup's $2.4B SPAC Merger
• NCUA Proposal Could Streamline Credit-Union-Bank Mergers
• AkzoNobel Snubs €12.5B Sherwin-Williams, Nippon Paint Bid
• Bridge Stockholders Say They Were Stiffed In Apollo Deal
• Investors, Schwab Defend Antitrust Settlement At 5th Circ.
• Kirkland, Davis Polk Lead Defense Contractor's $634M IPO
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Fla. Judge Quashes Lutnick Subpoena In Trump Media Fight
• Arraignment Set For M&A Atty, Others In Insider Trading Case
• FTC Tells DC Circ. That Meta Monopoly Judge Botched Timing
• Latham, Milbank Guide Data Center Power Co.'s $2B IPO Pitch
• AI Due Diligence Is Key For Healthcare M&A
• Honeywell's Quantinuum Launches Plans For $1B IPO
• Lowenstein Brings Former Steptoe Atty To M&A Team In NY
• Eli Lilly Expands Vaccine Push With Deals Worth Up To $3.8B
• 6 Firms Build Terra Quantum's $3.5B SPAC Merger
• Linklaters Helps On Jardine Matheson's $2.4B Med Tech Buy
• Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar
• NC Justices Clash Over Rate Reviews In Duke Energy Cases
• DOJ Demands Divestiture For Acquisition Of Concrete Plants
• States Seek Ticketmaster Sale As Live Nation Wants New Trial
• Nexstar Says It Needs Tegna Deal To Compete With Big Tech
• Microsoft To Pay $250M To End Activision Merger Suit
• Fed, OCC Urged To Block 'Predatory' Enova's Bank Buy
• Don't Miss It: Cooley, Simpson Thacher Steer Hot Deals
• Taxation With Representation: Goodwin, McGuireWoods
• Apollo Eyes $2B Takeover Of UK Heat Treatment Co. Bodycote
• Trump's Melding Of Politics, Antitrust Hard To Roll Back
• Looking Beyond Calif. Climate Laws As NY Bills Advance
• Estée Lauder, Spanish Beauty Co. Puig End Merger Talks
• Latham, PedersoliGattai Lead Funds In €10.7B Recordati Bid
• NFL Teams Valued At $9B In Stake Sales, And Other Rumors
• Consumers Want Prelim Block On Paramount-Warner Bros.
• BigLaw Deals Scandal Puts Boston Back On White Collar Map
• Nexstar Asks 9th Circ. To Narrow Tegna Merger Block
• Foley, Kirkland Advise Sale Of Lee Denim Brand For Up To $1B
• Haynes Boone Brings On Dentons Corporate Atty In Houston
• Kirkland, Jones Day Steer $2.55B Sale Of Circor Aerospace
• NY Times Word Puzzles Make Me A Better Lawyer
• AvalonBay, Equity Residential Agree To $69B Merger
• UK Closer To Backing Welltower's $14B Care Home Deal
• DOJ Looks To Nix Dish's Requirement To Operate 5G Network
• FTC Looks For Ways To Avoid 'Litigating The Fix'
• Adobe Worker's Spouse Traded On Semrush Buy, SEC Says
• Gibson Dunn, Davis Polk Guide SpaceX's IPO Filing
• Eli Lilly Paying Up To $202M In Genetic Medicine Deal
• Murdoch's Lupa To Acquire New York Magazine, Vox Assets
• Law School's Missed Lesson: Diagnose Before Arguing
• Kirkland-Led Investors Merge To Form $21B Asset Manager
• Shoppers Seek Fees At 9th Circ. For Kroger, Albertsons Fight
• Wachtell Lipton, Goodwin Steer $1.5B Analog Devices Deal
• Webster Bank Investor Drops Suit Over $12B Santander Sale
• Mentari, InMed Merge In Deal Backed By $290M Funding
• Food52 Confirms Ch. 11 Liquidation Plan
• FTC Wants 5th Circ. To Pause Appeal In Merger Filing Case
• Becoming The Biz-Savvy GC That Portfolio Companies Need
• THL Partners' Agiliti Buyout Suit To Settle For $32M
• Latham Grows Benefits Team With 5th Wachtell Lipton Partner
• Maynard Nexsen Adds Transactional Tax Pro In NC
• ArcelorMittal Sells $667M Of Shares In Steel Tubes Maker
• Nikola Founder Accused Of Dodging $2.5M Settlement Share
• USPTO Data Error Kept Patent Assignment Files From Public
• Calif. AG Previews Live Nation Remedies At Democratic Forum
• Chancery Sends Sinovac Biotech Suit To Antigua And Barbuda
• Nielsen Appeal Tests Antitrust Limits Of Pricing And Bundling
• Del. Dispatch: The Hurdles To Early Fraud Claim Dismissal
• Wachtell Lipton Guides Publicis On $2.2B LiveRamp Deal
• King & Spalding, MoFo Guide $3.4B Industrial REIT Merger
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Ex-Pol's Insider Trading Case Not Fit For Top Court Review
• Bitcoin Depot Hits Ch. 11, Blaming Crypto Crackdown
• Commerzbank Urges Shareholders To Reject UniCredit Bid
• Kirkland, McGuireWoods Guide NextEra's $67B Dominion Deal
• Judges On AI: How Courts Can Survive The Tech Revolution
• Prudential To Buy 75% Of Indian Insurer Bharti For $370M
• Latham Reps Anglo American On $3.9B Australia Coal Mines Deal
• DC Circ. Has Doubts About Standard General's FCC Bias Suit
• Metal Card Maker Sued Over $5B Deal, Nevada Move From Del.
• How US Policy, Capital Flows Are Reshaping Defense M&A
• Startup Founder Disputes Increasingly Turn On Governance
• Food Kiosk Merger Offers FTC Insights For Dealmakers
• Genco Issues Fresh Rejection Of Diana Shipping Offer
• Taxation With Representation: Cassels, Ropes & Gray
• Getty Gets UK OK For $3.7B Shutterstock Deal With News Sale
• 3 AI Adoption Mistakes GCs Should Avoid
• Paul Weiss, Gibson Dunn Guide Deal For LVMH's Marc Jacobs
• Verizon's Array Buy Gets Green Light From FCC Staff
• Insider Trading Case Shows BigLaw Associate Vetting Gaps
• Akamai To Buy Cybersecurity Biz LayerX In $205M Deal
• Playing Basketball Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Ex-Investor Seeks Records On $8.9B Thermo Fisher Payout
• Brookfield To Acquire World Freight In $1.2B Deal
• Brown-Forman Rejects $15B Takeover Offer, More Rumors
• 3 Firms Steer Iridium, Aireon On $367M Aviation Satellite Deal
• How Del. Courts Will Likely Evaluate AI Oversight Claims
• Nexstar Offers A Cautionary Tale On State-Level Deal Scrutiny
• Seward & Kissel Adds Milbank Lawyer To Lead Credit Team
• Ingredion Makes £2.7B Bid For UK Rival Tate & Lyle
• Derailed BIC Razor Blade Deal Leads To $291M Award
• Judge Asks If Musk Is Getting Special Treatment In SEC Deal
• The Biz Court Digest: Georgia Court Has Business On Its Mind
• WWE Investors Want Sanctions For Deleted Signal Messages
• NHL's Blackhawks Challenge Fintech's Sponsor Deal In Ch. 11
• 5 Firms Steer Equinox, Orla Plan To Form $18.5B Gold Giant
• Baker Botts Adds V&E Employee Benefits Pro In Dallas
• Two Harbors Pans UWM's 'Inferior' New Acquisition Bid
• Intertek Board Set To Recommend EQT's £9.4B Final Offer
• Webster Investor Challenges 'Flawed' $12B Santander Merger
• NJ Court Not Sure Bristol-Myers Investor Pled Negligence
• Ex-Lottery.Com CEO Wants SEC Fraud Suit Tossed
• Quotient Investors Seek Approval Of $48M Merger Deal
• Cintas Gives FTC More Time To Review $5.5B UniFirst Deal
• Businessman Fights Subpoena In Trump Media Dispute
• 4 Emerging Approaches To AI Protective Order Language
• Pillsbury Adds WilmerHale VC Pro In Silicon Valley
• SPAC, Investors Sue Aesthetics Co. Over Failed $250M Merger
• Assessing Material Adverse Event Clauses Amid Iran Conflict
• EBay Rejects $56B GameStop Bid, Says Offer Isn't 'Credible'
• Employee Benefits Atty Joins Freshfields From Debevoise
• 4 Firms Guide Bank's Sale Of Truck Finance Biz To Stonepeak
• EQT Ups Bid To £9.4B In 'Final Offer' For Intertek
• Latham, Freshfields Steer Byron Allen's BuzzFeed Purchase
• No Need To Halt Delayed Nexstar Deal, FCC Tells DC Circ.
• Television Group Wants Affiliate Ownership Loopholes Closed
• Trading Scheme Is A 'Wake-Up Call' For BigLaw Compliance
• OpenAI Launches New Venture With $4B Initial Investment
• Blackstone, Halliburton Plug $1B In Energy Startup VoltaGrid
• Apollo Agrees To Buy Events Businesses Emerald, Questex
• UWM Ups Two Harbors Bid To Thwart CrossCounty Deal
• Heppner Ruling Left AI Privilege Risk For Lawyers Unresolved
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Foley & Lardner Guides Dream Finders On $704M Beazer Bid
• Weil Steers Blackstone On E-Commerce Buy From CVC
• Freshfields-Led Aspex Buys €335M Delivery Hero Stake
• Musk, SEC Face Judge's Scrutiny Over $1.5M Settlement
• 2 Firms Advise On OnlyFans Stake Sale At $3.15B Valuation
• Ex-Wachtell Lipton Atty Tied To Stolen BigLaw Info Trades
• Don't Miss It: Paul Hastings, V&E Steer Latest Hot Deals
• The Ethics And Practicalities Of Representing AI Agents
• Taxation With Representation: Corrs, Kirkland, Linklaters
• Hydroturbine Buyer Said Seller Hid $10M In Liabilities
• CrossCountry Raises Bid For Two Harbors To Fend Off Rival
• Mattel Investor Urges Sale To PE, Toy Makers Or Media Cos.
• Slaughter And May-Led Intertek Rejects EQT's Higher £9B Bid
• SEC Fines Ex-BigLaw Atty For Insider Trades On Apollo Deal
• DOJ Antitrust Head Tells Merging Firms: No Games
• 2 Firms Guide Payward's $600M Crypto Payments Co. Deal
• UK Says Welltower's Senior Home Deals May Hurt Competition
• Judge Wants States To Outline Live Nation Antitrust Remedies
• Broadfield Adds Corporate Partners From Sidley, Cooley In NY
• Simpson Thacher Guides $1.3B Cold Storage Joint Venture
• Safeguarding RWI Coverage As Materiality Focus Persists
• Davis Polk-Led Roche To Pay Up To $1.05B For PathAI
• Blue Owl's Stack Could See $30B Price Tag, And More Rumors
• Speed Jigsaw Puzzling Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Hogan Lovells Helps Angelini Buy Catalyst Pharma For $4.1B
• Altria, Juul Ask For Stay During Antitrust Class Cert. Appeal
• 'Drugs Made In America' SPAC Eyes $1B Deal With AI Platform
• FCC Dem Calls For 'Rigorous' Paramount, WBD Review
• FTC Focus: Ad Deal Signals Viewpoint Suppression Is A Risk
• Ametek To Acquire PE-Owned Indicor Instrumentation For $5B
• Feds Say Stolen BigLaw Deal Info Aided Huge Trading Scheme
• Cooley Steers Okla. Data Center Growth With Crypto Farm Buy
• Baker McKenzie-Led Bayer To Buy Perfuse For Up To $2.45B
• Ex-CEO Gets 5 Years In Prison For $212.5M Fraud Case
• Kilpatrick Adds Buchalter Financial Services Partner In Seattle
• FCC Asks DC Circ. To End Nexstar-Tegna Merger Challenges
• Willkie Guides Bridge Growth's $790M Vehicle
• 3 Firms Steer Crypto Exchange Bullish's $4.2B Equiniti Buy
• Duane Morris Integrates Gambling, Sports Industry Groups
• 2 Firms Guiding Creation Of $7.7B Australian Gold Miner
• 4 Mass. Rulings You May Have Missed In April
• Transocean's $5.8B Bid For Drilling Rival Valaris Draws DOJ Eye
• EQT Tables New £8.9B Offer For FTSE-Listed Intertek
• Slaughter & May Guides Vodafone's £4.3B JV Buyout
• Kroger Fights AGs' $10M Fee Ask In Albertsons Merger Case
• Spirit Airlines' Demise To Reshape Low-Cost Competition
• MLB's Padres Sold To Clearlake Capital Group Co-Founder
• FTC Stipulates Unit Sale For $848M Food Kiosk Deal
• SPAC Says Investor Bought In Knowing $29M Deal Had Failed
• Judge OKs $55M Deal In BP Archaea Suit
• Musk Settles SEC Case Over Late Report Of Twitter Ownership
• Blank Rome Adds Fla. Cannabis Pros From Fox Rothschild
• Wachtell Lipton, Kirkland Steer Hubbell's $3B NSI Buy
• Paul Weiss Expands In Houston With Kirkland, Latham Attys
• 5 Firms Guide Long Lake's $6.3B Amex Travel Unit Purchase
• 2 AI Snafus Show Why Attys Can't Outsource Judgment
• Reed Smith Adds Private Equity Partner In LA
• Spirit Airlines Seeks Court Approval To Wind Down Business
• Two Harbors Backs CrossCountry Bid Over $1.3B UWM Offer
• Skadden Adds Former Collins Aerospace GC In Boston
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• 4 Firms Guide Global Net Lease's $535M Modiv Industrial Buy
• EBay Is Reviewing Unsolicited $55.5B GameStop Offer
• Don't 'Throw' Young Attys Under Bus, Judge Warns Musk Atty
• Consumers Challenge Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal
• Pharma Co. Investor Sues Over Misleading Aurinia Deal
• Untangling The Legacy Of LIV's Bid To Upend Pro Golf
• Sidley, Goodwin Lead $1.1B Take-Private Deal For Esperion
• How 'Spillover' Effects Can Skew AI Securities Class Actions
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• 4 Key Takeaways From PitchBook's Latest Global M&A Report
• Baker McKenzie-Led Daily Mail Owner To Sell Data Biz For $1B