Mergers & Acquisitions

  • 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. 

  • September 03, 2025

    Akin Opens In Chicago With 4 New Partners

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has opened the doors to its newest office, in Chicago, the firm announced Wednesday, with a quartet of partners who joined the firm this spring from Mayer Brown LLP.

  • September 03, 2025

    Latham Adds Former Fried Frank Atty To M&A, PE Team In NY

    Latham & Watkins LLP announced another addition to its mergers and acquisitions and private equity practice Tuesday, welcoming a former Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP attorney with broad expertise in asset management M&A transactions.

  • September 03, 2025

    4 Firms Steer $2.7B Sale Of Aon's NFP Wealth Biz

    Aon said Wednesday it has agreed to sell various business units that make up the majority of NFP's wealth management operations to private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners in a transaction worth $2.7 billion, with Skadden, Dentons, Paul Weiss and Kirkland representing the parties.

Expert Analysis

  • Opinion

    Lawsuits Shouldn't Be Shadow Assets For Foreign Capital

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    Third-party litigation financing amplifies inefficiencies from litigation and facilitates national exposure to foreign influence in the U.S. justice system, so full disclosure of financing arrangements should be required as a matter of institutional integrity, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.

  • 2 Del. Rulings Reinforce Proof Needed For Records Demands

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    Two recent Delaware Court of Chancery decisions involving Amazon and Paramount Global illustrate the significance of the credible basis standard on books and records requests, underscoring that stockholders seeking to investigate wrongdoing must come forward with actual evidence of misconduct — not mere allegations, say attorneys at Cleary.

  • How To Accelerate Your Post-Attorney Career Transition

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    Professionals seeking to transition to nonattorney careers may encounter skepticism as nontraditional candidates, but there are opportunities for thought leadership and to leverage speaking and writing to accelerate a post-attorney career transition, say Janet Falk at Falk Communications and Evgeny Efremkin at Toronto Metropolitan University.

  • Key Takeaways From The 2025 Spring Antitrust Meeting

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    Leadership changes, shifting priorities and evolving enforcement tools dominated the conversation at the recent American Bar Association Spring Antitrust Meeting, as panelists explored competition policy under a second Trump administration, agency discretion under the 2023 merger guidelines and new frontiers in conduct enforcement, say attorneys at Freshfields.

  • How Tariffs May Affect Proxy Contests This Season

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    While global tariffs imposed by the Trump administration will certainly chill at least some activity this proxy season, and make defending contests significantly easier, there will likely be many new activist investments once there is more economic certainty, meaning more proxy fights this fall, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • A Closer Look At New NYSE, Nasdaq Listing Rule Changes

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has recently approved changes to the New York Stock Exchange's and the Nasdaq's listing rules on reverse stock splits, minimum share price requirements and required liquidity for initial listings, meaning listed companies facing delisting will have fewer means to regain compliance, say attorneys at Cahill Gordon.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Be An Indispensable Associate

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    While law school teaches you to research, write and think critically, it often overlooks the professional skills you will need to make yourself an essential team player when transitioning from a summer to full-time associate, say attorneys at Stinson.

  • 23andMe Case Highlights Privacy Complexities In Ch. 11

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    Attorneys at Pryor Cashman discuss the interplay between a sale of personally identifiable information and bankruptcy law in light of genetics and health company 23andMe's recent filing for Chapter 11 relief.

  • SEC Confidential Review Process Provides Issuers Flexibility

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recently announced enhancements to the process for confidentially submitting draft registration statements will be immediately impactful for issuers seeking to access the public capital markets, and should provide more grounds to explore and plan public offerings, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.

  • Series

    Birding Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Observing and documenting birds in their natural habitats fosters patience, sharpens observational skills and provides moments of pure wonder — qualities that foster personal growth and enrich my legal career, says Allison Raley at Arnall Golden.

  • 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.

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