Mergers & Acquisitions

  • September 05, 2025

    Paris-Based SPAC Joins US Pipeline Targeting $100M Listing

    Greenberg Traurig LLP will lead a Paris-based blank check company's planned $100 million initial public offering targeting a diverse portfolio of U.S. companies, according to the special purpose acquisition company on Friday.

  • September 05, 2025

    IPO Market Gears Up For Late-Year Surge In New Listings

    Initial public offerings appear poised for a surge to finish the year as the uncertainty surrounding President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff actions and geopolitical tensions has subsided, with experts saying that companies are getting more comfortable hitting the public markets.

  • September 05, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Milbank, Wachtell, Latham

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, aircraft lessor Air Lease Corp. agrees to a take-private deal, Evernorth Health Services invests billions in Shields Health Solutions, Cadence Design Systems Inc. acquires the design and engineering business of Hexagon AB, and Kraft Heinz Co. plans to split into two independent, publicly traded companies.

  • September 05, 2025

    How A 'Risky' Move Fueled Kobre & Kim's Win Over Phillips 66

    In the trial over Propel Fuels' claims that Phillips 66 stole trade secrets during due diligence for an acquisition, Kobre & Kim switched up standard witness order and convinced a jury to award $605 million.

  • September 04, 2025

    Door Maker Asks 4th Circ. To Kill Landmark Divestiture Order

    Door maker Jeld-Wen is accusing a rival who convinced a court to order a landmark divestiture as part of its antitrust case of moving the goalposts now that it's out of hot water, telling a Fourth Circuit that the forced sale is no longer necessary.

  • September 04, 2025

    Yale Hospital's Info Request Upheld In $435M Property Suit

    Three third-party hospital real estate holding companies and their corporate parent cannot challenge a decision requiring them to give records to Yale New Haven Health Services Corp. for its $435 million asset sale dispute with bankrupt Prospect Medical Holdings Inc., a Connecticut appeals court has ruled.

  • September 04, 2025

    SEC, CFPB Rulemaking Agendas Show Deregulatory Push

    Federal regulators overseeing the financial services sector on Thursday unveiled new rulemaking agendas that they say will return their agencies to their core missions with policies to define authority and limit compliance burdens.

  • September 04, 2025

    Justices Asked To Block FTC Commissioner Reinstatement

    The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to block the reinstatement of Democratic Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter while it appeals a ruling that found her firing was illegal, and also asked the high court to take up the case.

  • September 04, 2025

    Latham, Jones Day Advise On $3.15B Cadence-Hexagon Deal

    Latham-led Cadence Design Systems Inc. said on Thursday it has agreed to acquire the design and engineering business of Jones Day-advised Hexagon AB in a deal valued at approximately €2.7 billion ($3.15 billion).

  • September 04, 2025

    Music Lyrics Co.'s $1B Antitrust Suit Mostly Survives

    A California federal judge largely refused to dismiss LyricFind Inc.'s $1 billion suit accusing a streaming music lyrics rival of using an exclusive deal with Warner Music to edge it out of the market, crediting claims about the importance of Warner while nixing some business interference allegations.

  • September 04, 2025

    Albertsons Says Kroger CEO Docs Fair Game In Del. Suit

    An attorney for Albertsons Companies Inc. told a Delaware vice chancellor Thursday the food and drugstore giant should get access to The Kroger Co.'s documents related to CEO Rodney McMullen's abrupt exit from the job months after the collapse of the two companies' planned $25 billion merger.

  • September 04, 2025

    Returning SPAC Teams Kick Off Fresh IPOs Totaling $400M

    One SPAC targeting growth-focused U.S. businesses began trading on Thursday while another focused on the natural resources and decarbonization sectors was set to begin trading Friday, with the two having raised a combined $400 million in initial public offerings.

  • September 04, 2025

    Monthly Merger Review Snapshot

    The Justice Department settled a challenge to UnitedHealth's $3.3 billion home hospice acquisition while Democrats called for a judge to reject a different government settlement and the Federal Trade Commission moved against medical technologies transactions for heart valves and device coatings.

  • September 04, 2025

    NJ Judge Greenlights Ch. 11 Plan For Real Estate Firm

    A New Jersey federal judge said Thursday he will approve a Chapter 11 plan for a troubled real estate investment firm that includes selling an affordable housing complex in Pittsburgh and creating a litigation trust to recover hundreds of millions allegedly stolen by the company's now-imprisoned founder.

  • September 04, 2025

    5 Firms Guide Rithm Capital's Crestline Buy

    Five firms steered real estate-focused investment firm Rithm Capital Corp.'s purchase of Crestline Management, adding and expanding the firm's private credit, insurance and reinsurance capabilities with the acquisition.

  • September 04, 2025

    MFE Takes Majority Stake In ProSiebenSat.1 For About $1.8B

    MFE-MediaForEurope said Thursday it has become the majority shareholder of ProSiebenSat.1 Media after securing a 75.61% stake in the German broadcaster, a holding worth about $1.8 billion based on the company's earlier $2.4 billion valuation.

  • September 04, 2025

    US Steel, Nippon Drop Suit Against Cleveland-Cliffs, USW

    U.S. Steel and its new parent company, Nippon Steel, have ended their lawsuit accusing rival steelmaker Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. and the United Steelworkers union of attempting to sabotage their merger earlier this year.

  • September 04, 2025

    Cube Highways Trust Mulls $600M IPO, Plus More Rumors

    Indian infrastructure investment trust Cube Highways Trust is considering a $600 million initial public offering, premium diaper brand Coterie is in talks to be acquired by consumer goods business Mammoth Brands, and European antitrust regulators have reportedly paused their investigation into ADNOC's $17.1 billion acquisition of German chemicals producer Covestro.

  • September 04, 2025

    British SPAC Ends Talks To Buy Australian Mining Co.

    British blank-check company Pineapple Power said Thursday that it has called off its proposed acquisition of Australian mining company Buffalo Battery Metals, "despite significant effort by both parties" to reach a deal, with plans to resume trading after more than eight months.

  • September 04, 2025

    Shareholders Back Apax Partners' €916M Apax Global Deal

    Investment company Apax Global Alpha Ltd. said Thursday that its shareholders have thrown their weight behind a €916.5 million ($1.1 billion) takeover deal put forward by Apax Partners LLP, a private equity firm that it works with.

  • September 04, 2025

    Anglo American Spins Off Remaining Valterra Stake For $2.5B

    Mining giant Anglo American PLC said Thursday that it has offloaded its remaining 19.9% stake in Valterra Platinum Ltd. for $2.5 billion to South African investors, completing the sale of its platinum business.

  • September 03, 2025

    Derivative Claim Miss Dooms Chancery Squeeze-Out Suit

    A minority stockholder suit alleging a $15 million "sham foreclosure" of storage venture Clutter Holdings Inc. — allegedly once worth $1.2 billion — was tossed Wednesday in Delaware's Court of Chancery, in a ruling that found the claims unsupportable or derivative and ineligible for direct investor recoveries.

  • September 03, 2025

    Ex-OCC Acting Chief Counsel Joins Perkins Coie In DC

    The former acting chief counsel of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has joined Perkins Coie as a partner in the firm's Washington, D.C., office, where he will focus on bank mergers, regulatory matters, enforcement response and risk management, among other things.

  • September 03, 2025

    Weil, Cooley Lead Remedy Meds' $500M Thirty Madison Buy

    Consumer virtual-care and pharmacy platform Remedy Meds LLC, advised by Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, on Wednesday announced plans to buy virtual specialized healthcare company Thirty Madison Inc., led by Cooley LLP, in an all-stock deal valued just upwards of $500 million.

  • September 03, 2025

    Novartis Inks Up To $5.2B Deal With Chinese Cardio Biotech

    China's Argo Biopharmaceutical Co., a biotechnology company developing RNA-based medicines, said Wednesday it has struck an up to $5.2 billion deal with Novartis to advance several treatments for heart and blood vessel conditions. 

Expert Analysis

  • How Del. Law Rework Limits Corporate Records Requests

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    Newly enacted amendments to a section of the Delaware General Corporation Law that allows stockholders and beneficial owners to demand inspection of Delaware corporations' books and records likely curtails the scope of such inspections and aids defendants in framing motions to dismiss at the pleading stage, says Jonathan Richman at Brown Rudnick.

  • Series

    Adapting To Private Practice: From DOJ Leadership To BigLaw

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    The move from government service to private practice can feel like changing one’s identity, but as someone who has left the U.S. Department of Justice twice, I’ve learned that a successful transition requires patience, effort and the realization that the rewards of practicing law don’t come from one particular position, says Richard Donoghue at Pillsbury.

  • Issues To Watch At ABA's Antitrust Spring Meeting

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    Attorneys at Freshfields consider the future of antitrust law and competition enforcement amid agency leadership changes and other emerging developments likely to dominate discussion at the American Bar Association's Antitrust Spring Meeting this week.

  • Law Firm Executive Orders Create A Legal Ethics Minefield

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    Recent executive orders targeting BigLaw firms create ethical dilemmas — and raise the specter of civil or criminal liability — for the government attorneys tasked with implementing them and for the law firms that choose to make agreements with the administration, say attorneys at Buchalter.

  • Firms Must Embrace Alternative Billing Models Or Fall Behind

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    As artificial intelligence tools eliminate inefficiencies and the Big Four accounting firms enter the legal market, law firms that pivot from the entrenched billable hour model to outcomes-based pricing will see a distinct competitive advantage, says attorney William Brewer.

  • How Attorneys Can Master The Art Of On-Camera Presence

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    As attorneys are increasingly presented with on-camera opportunities, they can adapt their traditional legal skills for video contexts — such as virtual client meetings, marketing content or media interviews — by understanding the medium and making intentional adjustments, says Kerry Barrett.

  • Justices' TikTok Ruling Sets Stage For 1st Amendment Battle

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling upholding a law requiring TikTok's sale sets the stage for an inevitable clash between free speech and government interests and signals that future cases will turn on whether a regulation poses a substantial burden on speech, say attorneys at Dykema.

  • What Del. Corporate Law Rework Means For Founder-Led Cos.

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    Although the amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law have proven somewhat divisive, they will provide greater clarity and predictability in the rules that apply to founder-led companies navigating transactions concerning controlling stockholders and responding to books-and-records requests, say attorneys at Munger Tolles.

  • Series

    Baseball Fantasy Camp Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    With six baseball fantasy experiences under my belt, I've learned time and again that I didn't make the wrong career choice, but I've also learned that baseball lessons are life lessons, and I'm a better lawyer for my time at St. Louis Cardinals fantasy camp, says Scott Felder at Wiley.

  • Series

    Adapting To Private Practice: From Fed. Prosecutor To BigLaw

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    Making the jump from government to private practice is no small feat, but, based on my experience transitioning to a business-driven environment after 15 years as an assistant U.S. attorney, it can be incredibly rewarding and help you become a more versatile lawyer, says Michael Beckwith at Dickinson Wright.

  • How Del. Supreme Court, Legislature Have Clarified 'Control'

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    The Delaware Supreme Court's January decision in In re: Oracle and the General Assembly's passage of amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law this week, when taken together, help make the controlling-stockholder analysis clearer and more predictable for companies with large stockholders, say attorneys at Baker Botts.

  • Firms Still Have Lateral Market Advantage, But Risks Persist

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    Partner and associate mobility data from the fourth quarter of 2024 shows that we’re in a new, stable era of lateral hiring where firms have the edge, but leaders should proceed cautiously, looking beyond expected revenue and compensation analyses for potential risks, say Julie Henson and Greg Hamman at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.

  • What Rodney Hood's OCC Stint Could Mean For Banking

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    Acting Comptroller of the Currency Rodney Hood's time at the helm of the OCC, while temporary, is likely to feature clarity for financial institutions navigating regulations, the development of fintech innovation, and clearer expectations for counsel advising on related matters, say attorneys at Vedder Price.

  • Opinion

    We Must Allow Judges To Use Their Independent Judgment

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    As two recent cases show, the ability of judges to access their independent judgment crucially enables courts to exercise the discretion needed to reach the right outcome based on the unique facts within the law, says John Siffert at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.

  • Series

    Performing Stand-Up Comedy Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Whether I’m delivering a punchline on stage or a closing argument in court, balancing stand-up comedy performances and my legal career has demonstrated that the keys to success in both endeavors include reading the room, landing the right timing and making an impact, says attorney Rebecca Palmer.

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