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April 14, 2025
FTC Joins DOJ In Targeting Anticompetitive Regulations
The Federal Trade Commission launched a public inquiry Monday to look into reducing regulations that are hindering competition, following a similar move by the U.S. Department of Justice last month.
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April 14, 2025
Women's Healthtech Co. Chiaro Files Ch. 15 In Delaware
British women's healthtech company Chiaro Technology Ltd. has filed for Chapter 15 recognition in Delaware bankruptcy court, seeking acknowledgment of an insolvency proceeding in the United Kingdom through which it aims to manage its American assets while pursuing a sale to a competitor.
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April 14, 2025
Real Estate-Focused SPAC Prepares For $200M IPO
Special purpose acquisition company Timber Road Acquisition Corp. filed documents on Monday that outlined its plans for a $200 million initial public offering in search of merger targets in real estate and consumer industries, with Reed Smith LLP representing the company and Loeb & Loeb LLP as counsel for an underwriter.
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April 14, 2025
Morgan Stanley Raises $2.3B For 3rd Co-Investment Fund
Morgan Stanley Investment Management said Monday it has closed its third dedicated private equity co-investment fund at its hard cap of about $2.3 billion, underscoring investor demand for direct exposure to deals alongside leading buyout firms.
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April 14, 2025
Clifford Chance Hires Corporate M&A Atty From White & Case
Clifford Chance LLP has grown its U.S. corporate mergers and acquisitions practice with the addition of a former White & Case LLP partner in New York, the firm said Monday.
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April 14, 2025
Wilson Sonsini, Kirkland Lead $2.5B Driverless Truck Biz Deal
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC-steered Kodiak Robotics, a firm valued at $2.5 billion that specializes in driverless truck technology, said Monday it plans to go public later this year by merging with blank-check company Ares Acquisition Corp. II, which is being represented by Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
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April 14, 2025
Sidley Lands M&A, Private Equity Pro From Skadden In NY
Sidley Austin LLP announced on Monday it has hired a partner from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP to strengthen its mergers and acquisitions and private equity practices.
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April 14, 2025
Norton Rose Leads TowerBrook On £283M Buy Of Equals
A consortium of private equity firms, including TowerBrook Capital Partners LP, has completed its £283 million ($373 million) takeover of technology company Equals Group PLC, triggering the suspension of its shares from the London Stock Exchange, the British business said on Monday.
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April 14, 2025
Slaughter And May-Led Wood In £242M Bid After £1.6B Offer
Scotland-based engineering consultancy Wood Group said Monday that its West Asian rival Sidara has made an approximately £242 million ($379 million) takeover proposal, guided by Slaughter and May, after making a £1.6 billion offer in 2024.
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April 14, 2025
Silver Lake To Buy Stake In Intel Chips Unit At $8.8B Value
Skadden-led Intel Corp. said Monday it has agreed to sell a 51% stake in its Altera business to Latham & Watkins LLP-advised Silver Lake, valuing the semiconductor solutions business at $8.75 billion.
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April 14, 2025
3 Firms Guide $3.1B KKR Purchase Of S&P, CME Trading Unit
KKR has agreed to acquire post-trade solutions provider OSTTRA from Davis Polk-led S&P Global and Skadden-advised CME Group for $3.1 billion, with Simpson Thacher guiding the private equity giant on the deal, the companies said Monday.
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April 14, 2025
A&O Shearman-Led Ageas Inks £1.3B Deal For UK Insurer
Belgian insurer Ageas said Monday that it has reached an agreement with Bain Capital to buy Esure Group PLC, which provides motor and home cover, for £1.295 billion ($1.7 billion) as it moves to expand in the U.K. online market.
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April 11, 2025
FTC Democrat Members Seek Quick Win In Trump Firing Suit
Recently fired Federal Trade Commission Democrat members Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro M. Bedoya on Friday asked a D.C. federal court for an expedited summary judgment ruling in their case challenging their removals, arguing that President Donald Trump's attempted firings run afoul of decades-old precedent and the FTC Act.
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April 11, 2025
Chancery Tosses Exabeam Stockholder's Appraisal Suit
A former stockholder of cybersecurity venture Exabeam Inc. saw his suit for Court of Chancery share appraisal shot down on Friday, after a vice chancellor concluded that the suit was launched as an unsupported workaround to secure documents unavailable to him on the company's merger with LogRhythm Inc.
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April 11, 2025
Tariff Reprieve Offers Little Comfort For Venture-Backed IPOs
President Donald Trump's move to pause most tariff threats is not reassuring venture-backed startups eyeing public listings, many of which will likely postpone initial public offerings for at least another quarter or until shaky market conditions stabilize, a new report concludes.
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April 11, 2025
NC AG Can't Shield Most Merger Review Docs, Judge Holds
The North Carolina Attorney General's Office can't shield a host of internal records pertaining to its review of a 2019 hospital merger at the center of a compliance case, a state court judge has said, finding "only a few" records constitute protected attorney-client communications or work product.
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April 11, 2025
FTC Starts Process That May Nix Chevron, Exxon Deal Limits
The Federal Trade Commission took the first steps Friday toward potentially lifting bans on the CEOs of Hess and Pioneer Natural Resources serving on the boards of Chevron and Exxon, respectively, under agreements assailed by the FTC's Republican leadership who want to permit the Chevron-Hess and Exxon-Pioneer mergers without those restrictions.
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April 11, 2025
Live Nation, Ticketmaster Can't Nix Consumer Antitrust Suit
A California federal judge Friday denied a bid from Live Nation and Ticketmaster to toss an antitrust case from consumers alleging monopolization of the concert ticketing market, following a tentative ruling issued earlier this week while finding a recent antitrust win for Amazon doesn't translate to the case before him.
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April 11, 2025
FTC Says Chamber's Merger Notice Rule Suit Belongs In DC
The Federal Trade Commission has asked a Texas federal judge to transfer a U.S. Chamber of Commerce regulation challenge to Washington, D.C., arguing that the only claims to Lone Star State jurisdiction are vague assertions that a local chamber's members could be affected by a new overhaul of merger filing requirements.
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April 11, 2025
Future Pak Goes Public With $255M Theratechnologies Bid
Pharmaceutical manufacturer and packager Future Pak LLC, advised by Honigman LLP, on Friday publicly unveiled its proposal to acquire pharmaceutical company Theratechnologies Inc. for up to $255 million, a move that comes after Future Pak has received "minimal engagement" from the other company.
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April 11, 2025
Nikola Corp. Gets OK For $30M Arizona Factory Sale
A Delaware bankruptcy judge Friday gave electric vehicle and hydrogen fueling technology maker Nikola Corp. the go-ahead to sell its Arizona factory and headquarters to electric carmaker Lucid Motors for $30 million.
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April 11, 2025
FTC Probing Valvoline's $625M Breeze Autocare Deal
Valvoline Inc. said Friday that the company and Greenbriar Equity Group LP have each received second requests from the Federal Trade Commission for Valvoline's proposed $625 million acquisition of Breeze Autocare from the middle market private equity firm.
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April 11, 2025
Trump Walks A Fine Line In Effort To Steer US Steel's Future
Nippon's hopes of acquiring U.S. Steel were revived when President Donald Trump ordered a fresh national security review of the deal, but he faces a delicate balancing act to strike an agreement acceptable to all parties without giving a foreign power full control of the vital American steelmaker.
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April 11, 2025
Envestnet Sued For Docs On $4.5B Bain Capital Deal In Del.
A former trust investor in wealth and data management giant Envestnet Inc. sued in Delaware's Court of Chancery on Thursday for access to books and records on the company's $4.5 billion take-private deal with Bain Capital last year, citing concerns over both price and potential conflicts.
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April 11, 2025
Fox Rothschild Hires Familiar Corporate Partner In Boston
Fox Rothschild LLP has expanded its Boston office with the addition of a Withers mergers and acquisitions attorney and corporate partner, who noted his path to the firm was shaped years ago, when he sat across the negotiation table from its lawyers on a memorable deal.
Expert Analysis
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FTC Picks Augur Pro-Business Bent For Much Of Economy
President-elect Donald Trump's choice of two top Federal Trade Commission officials suggests a business-friendly climate for a significant portion of the U.S. economy, with noteworthy exceptions of continued scrutiny of healthcare and Big Tech companies, excluding artificial intelligence, say attorneys at BCLP.
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Exploring Venue Strategy For Trump-Era Regulatory Litigation
Litigation will likely play a prominent role in shaping policy outcomes during the second Trump administration, and stakeholders have several tools at their disposal to steer regulatory litigation toward more favorable venues, say attorneys at Covington.
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Opinion
3 New Year's Resolutions For Antitrust Agencies To Consider
James Fredricks at Skadden rings in 2025 with his wish list for the federal antitrust agencies, starting with a provision for a presumptive safe harbor for information sharing.
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FTC Focus: A Changing Of The Guard
While rigorous antitrust enforcement is unlikely to slow down at the Federal Trade Commission, the focus will undoubtedly change, including when it comes to Big Tech, as Andrew Ferguson prepares to take the reins from Chair Lina Khan, say attorneys at Proskauer.
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8 Trends And Predictions Following PE's Late 2024 Surge
Private equity will remain at the forefront of value creation in 2025, and anticipated market trends include sponsors' desire to return capital to investors and a more business-friendly tack by the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, say attorneys at Weil.
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Series
Playing Esports Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Competing in a global esports tournament at Wimbledon last year not only fulfilled my childhood dream, but also sharpened skills that are essential to my day job, including strategic thinking, confidence and networking, says AJ Schuyler at Jackson Lewis.
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An Associate's Guide To Career Development In 2025
As the new year begins, associates at all levels should consider establishing career metrics, fostering key relationships and employing other specific strategies to help move through the complexities of the legal profession with confidence and emerge as trailblazers, say EJ Stern and Amanda George at Fractional Law Firm.
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What To Watch For In The 2025 Benefits Landscape
While planning for 2025, retirement plan sponsors and service providers should set their focus on phased implementation deadlines under both Secure 1.0 and 2.0, an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court ruling, and the fate of several U.S. Department of Labor regulations, says Allie Itami at Lathrop GPM.
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5 Antitrust Issues For In-House Counsel In 2025
Attorneys at Squire Patton evaluate the top areas where U.S. antitrust policy is likely to change in the next 12 months, including major challenges to the Federal Trade Commission's authority that could reshape enforcement.
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2024 Election Results May Prove Fortuitous For Family Offices
Thanks to the decisive Republican victories in the 2024 elections, family offices have a unique opportunity for accelerated growth and influence, particularly through the benefits afforded by patient capital, says Edward Taibi at Olshan Frome.
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Series
Fixing Up Cars Makes Me A Better Lawyer
From problem-solving to patience and adaptability to organization, the skills developed working under the hood of a car directly translate to being a more effective lawyer, says Christopher Mdeway at Kaufman Dolowich.
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Advancing Storage-Integrated Power Generation In Turkey
Recent proposals by energy regulators in Turkey have laid the groundwork for further development of electricity generation plants with integrated energy storage facilities — offering opportunities for project developers and investors, and a possible model for U.S. regulators, say attorneys at Norton Rose.
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Making The Pitch To Grow Your Company's Legal Team
In a compressed economy, convincing the C-suite to invest in additional legal talent can be a herculean task, but a convincing pitch — supported by metrics and cost analyses — may help in-house counsel justify the growth of their team, say Elizabeth Smith and Roger Garceau at Major Lindsey.
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The Story Of 2024's Biggest Bank Regs, And Their Fate In 2025
U.S. federal bank regulators were very active in 2024 with initiatives ranging from antitrust and capital to proposals regarding controlling shareholders and incentive-based compensation, but many regulations face an uncertain future under the new administration, say attorneys at Latham.
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Considering European-Style Lockboxes For US M&A In 2025
The lockbox mechanism, commonly used in Europe, offers an attractive alternative to the postclosing price adjustments that dominate U.S. merger and acquisition transactions in private equity, particularly with the market's demand for transparency likely to remain steadfast under Trump, says Laurent Campo at Potomac Law.