Mergers & Acquisitions

  • September 23, 2024

    Clifford Chance-Led BNP To Buy HSBC Unit In Germany

    BNP Paribas SA said Monday that it has agreed to buy HSBC's private banking unit in Germany as part of its plans to expand its wealth management arm in a "key strategic market."

  • September 23, 2024

    Murdoch's REA Makes Higher £6.1B Offer For UK Property Biz

    Rupert Murdoch's Australian online real estate advertising company said Monday that it has made a sweetened proposed offer of £6.1 billion ($8.1 billion) for Rightmove PLC after the British property business rejected two earlier bids.

  • September 20, 2024

    EV Battery Co. Hit With $207M Default Loss For Lack Of Attys

    Shareholders of electrical vehicle battery maker Romeo Power Inc. have secured a $206.8 million default win against the company after it failed to retain new counsel in a proposed class action alleging it concealed its acute shortage of high-quality battery cells before going public via a merger with a blank check company.

  • September 20, 2024

    SEC To Seek Sanctions For Musk Deposition 'Gamesmanship'

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission plans to seek sanctions against Elon Musk for not showing up to a scheduled deposition over his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter and instead flying to Florida to oversee a SpaceX launch, telling a California federal judge Friday that his excuse "smacks of gamesmanship."

  • September 20, 2024

    Agriculture Tech Biz's $147M SPAC Merger Is Scrapped

    Miami-headquartered special purpose acquisition company Agrinam Acquisition Corp. and Boston-based agricultural technology company Freight Farms Inc. have nixed their merger plans that would have seen Freight Farms go public at a market capitalization of around $147 million.

  • September 20, 2024

    Fed's Surprise Rate Cut Gives M&A Markets Needed Relief

    Mergers and acquisitions activity is inextricably linked to borrowing costs, which means the Federal Reserve's larger than expected half-point interest rate cut could provide just the type of relief dealmakers need for a significant rebound, attorneys say.

  • September 20, 2024

    US Chamber Warns Del. Justices On TC Energy Case Fallout

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce warned Delaware's Supreme Court Friday of "detrimental and expensive consequences" from an unprecedented, $199 million damages ruling against TransCanada Corp. last year for aiding seller fiduciary breaches in its $13 billion acquisition of Columbia Pipeline Corp.

  • September 20, 2024

    BNP Paribas Plugging $5B Into Apollo-Backed Atlas

    Private equity giant Apollo and its Atlas SP Partners platform, both advised by Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, on Friday unveiled a strategic partnership with European Union bank BNP Paribas, led by Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP, that will see the global bank plugging an initial $5 billion investment into the collaboration.

  • September 20, 2024

    HCA Presses For NC Attorney General's Merger Review Docs

    HCA Healthcare is demanding North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein turn over certain public records pertaining to his office's review of a 2019 hospital merger at the center of a compliance case, saying they aren't privileged or otherwise protected under work-product.

  • September 20, 2024

    Cardinal Health Pays $1.12B For Integrated Oncology Network

    Ropes & Gray LLP-advised Cardinal Health on Friday announced that it has agreed to buy the physician-led independent community oncology entity Integrated Oncology Network for $1.115 billion in cash, in a deal that Cardinal says builds on its commitment to helping community healthcare providers hold on to their independence.

  • September 20, 2024

    Taxation With Representation: Gibson Dunn, Holland & Knight

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, CACI International buys Azure Summit Technology, Hotel Engine lands a valuation led by Permira, and Knowles Corp. sells its microphone business to Syntiant Corp.

  • September 20, 2024

    Ventilation Biz Volution To Acquire Aussie, NZ Rival For $190M

    Volution Group PLC said Friday that it has agreed to acquire rival Fantech Group, for 280 million Australian dollars ($191 million), as the U.K. ventilation provider looks to expand in Australia and New Zealand.

  • September 20, 2024

    EQT To Buy Indian Affordable Housing Finance Biz For $210M

    Swedish investment giant EQT plans to buy Indostar Home Finance of India for $120 million, to help its growth as the Asian country struggles with housing shortages.

  • September 19, 2024

    Chancery Fast-Tracks Suit Over Renewable Energy Co. Buyout

    Delaware's Court of Chancery on Thursday expedited a lawsuit accusing a Repsol SA subsidiary of breaching an agreement requiring it to buy out the remaining shares in a Chicago-based renewable energy venture the Repsol unit co-owns.

  • September 19, 2024

    Potomac Law Group Adds Morgan Lewis Partner

    A former Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP real estate attorney has joined Potomac Law Group, framing the move as a strategic shift out of BigLaw amid a "sluggish" transactional environment.

  • September 19, 2024

    Senate Panel Holds Steward CEO In Contempt After No-Show

    A U.S. Senate committee voted unanimously Thursday to hold Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre in civil and criminal contempt after he defied a subpoena to testify about the bankrupt health system's downfall.

  • September 19, 2024

    Live Nation Looks To Trim Gov't Antitrust Case

    Live Nation has asked a New York federal court to toss claims seeking damages in the government's antitrust case, arguing that consumers were not harmed by its dealings with concert venues and promoters, and also asked to nix a tying claim from the case.

  • September 19, 2024

    Sidley-Led Knowles Sells Microphones Biz For $150M

    High-performance electronics company Knowles Corp., led by Sidley Austin LLP, on Thursday announced plans to sell its Consumer MEMS Microphones business to Latham & Watkins LLP-advised Syntiant Corp. in a $150 million cash and stock deal.

  • September 19, 2024

    No Coverage For Santander Shareholder Suit, Allianz Says

    Allianz told a Massachusetts federal court that it doesn't owe coverage to Santander Holdings for an underlying class action brought by shareholders over the company's $2.5 billion deal to take its consumer finance entity private, arguing that multiple exclusions bar coverage for claims arising from the transaction.

  • September 19, 2024

    Pink Floyd, NFL And PE Take Limelight In Latest Deal Rumors

    Sony Music could be on the verge of paying roughly $500 million for the rights to music recorded by Pink Floyd, and NFL teams including the Miami Dolphins and Los Angeles Chargers are exploring options to sell stakes to private equity firms. Here, Law360 breaks down these and other notable deal rumors from the past week.

  • September 19, 2024

    3 Firms Lead Vistra's $3B Buy Of Leftover Stake In Nuclear Biz

    Retail electricity and power generation company Vistra Corp. has agreed to acquire the remaining 15% equity stake in its subsidiary Vistra Vision LLC, which owns nuclear generation facilities, from minority investors Nuveen Asset Management LLC and Avenue Capital Management II LP in a deal valued at more than $3 billion and built by three law firms.

  • September 19, 2024

    Furth Wilensky, Raz Dlugin Guide $1.95B Mobile Gaming Deal

    Playtika Holding Corp. has agreed to acquire SuperPlay, a fellow mobile gaming company founded by former Playtika employees, for up to $1.95 billion, in a deal guided by Furth Wilensky Mizrachi Knaani – Law Offices and Raz Dlugin & Co., respectively. 

  • September 19, 2024

    Touchstone Criticizes UK Rules After Failed Trinity Bid

    Touchstone Exploration Inc. criticized the U.K. takeover rules on Thursday and said that it will not enforce its takeover of Trinity after the London-listed rival disclosed Wednesday that it will legally walk away from the Canadian petroleum company's offer.

  • September 19, 2024

    HSF Guides REIT NewRiver On £50M Placing, Retail Offer

    NewRiver REIT said Thursday it has raised £50.2 million ($66.7 million) with a sale of its shares to help finance the planned purchase of U.K. shopping mall owner Capital & Regional.

  • September 19, 2024

    Close Brothers To Sell Wealth Manager To Oaktree For £200M

    Close Brothers said Thursday that it has agreed to offload its wealth management business to Oaktree Capital Management for up to £200 million ($265 million) in a bid to boost its capital position and "navigate the current uncertain environment."

Expert Analysis

  • Behind Indiana's Broad New Healthcare Transactions Law

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    The high materiality threshold in Indiana's recently passed healthcare transaction law, coupled with the inclusion of private equity in its definition of healthcare entities, makes it one of the broadest state review regulations to date, say attorneys at DLA Piper.

  • Highlights From The 2024 ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting

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    U.S. merger enforcement and cartels figured heavily in this year's American Bar Association spring antitrust meeting, where one key takeaway included news that the Federal Trade Commission's anticipated changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino form may be less dramatic than many originally feared, say attorneys at Freshfields.

  • What FERC's Disclosure Demands Mean For Cos., Investors

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    Two recent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission orders reflect the commission's increasingly meticulous approach to reviewing corporate structures in applications for approval of proposed consolidations, acquisitions or changes in control — putting the onus on the regulated community to track and comply with ever-more-burdensome disclosure requirements, say attorneys at Willkie.

  • Del. Match.com Ruling Maintains Precedent In Time Of Change

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    Despite speculation that the Delaware Supreme Court could drive away corporations if it lowered the bar for business judgment review in its Match.com stockholder ruling, the court broke its recent run of controversial precedent-busting decisions by upholding, and arguably strengthening, minority stockholder protections against controller coercion, say Renee Zaytsev and Marc Ayala at Boies Schiller.

  • FDIC Bank Merger Reviews Could Get More Burdensome

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    Recently proposed changes to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. bank merger review process would expand the agency's administrative processes, impose new evidentiary burdens on parties around competitive effects and other statutory approval factors, and continue the trend of long and unpredictable processing periods, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.

  • Series

    Whitewater Kayaking Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Whether it's seeing clients and their issues from a new perspective, or staying nimble in a moment of intense challenge, the lessons learned from whitewater kayaking transcend the rapids of a river and prepare attorneys for the courtroom and beyond, says Matthew Kent at Alston & Bird.

  • Del. Lessons For Director-Nominees On Sharing With Activists

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    The Delaware Chancery Court's recent decision in Icahn Partners v. deSouza finding that a director wasn't permitted to share certain privileged information with the activist stockholders that nominated him shows the need for companies to consider imposing appropriate confidentiality requirements on directors, say attorneys at Sullivan & Cromwell.

  • This Earth Day, Consider How Your Firm Can Go Greener

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    As Earth Day approaches, law firms and attorneys should consider adopting more sustainable practices to reduce their carbon footprint — from minimizing single-use plastics to purchasing carbon offsets for air travel — which ultimately can also reduce costs for clients, say M’Lynn Phillips and Lisa Walters at IMS Legal Strategies.

  • New Proposal Signals Sharper Enforcement Focus At CFIUS

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    Last week's proposed rule aimed at broadening the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States' enforcement authority over foreign investments and increasing penalties for violations signals that CFIUS intends to continue expanding its aggressive monitoring of national security issues, say attorneys at Kirkland.

  • 4 Ways AI Tools Can Improve Traditional Merger Analyses

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    Government officials at the American Bar Association's annual antitrust spring meeting last week reinforced the view that competition cases will increasingly rely on sophisticated data analysis, so companies will likewise need to use Big Tech quantitative techniques to improve traditional merger analyses, say Patrick Bajari, Gianmarco Calanchi and Tega Akati-Udi at Keystone.

  • Oracle Ruling Underscores Trend Of Mootness Fee Denials

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    The Delaware Chancery Court’s recent refusal to make tech giant Oracle shoulder $5 million of plaintiff shareholders' attorney fees illustrates a trend of courts raising the standard for granting the mootness fee awards once ubiquitous in post-merger derivative disputes, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.

  • Blocked JetBlue-Spirit Deal Illustrates New Antitrust Approach

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    The U.S. Department of Justice’s recent successful block of a merger between JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines demonstrates antitrust enforcers’ updated and disparate approach to out-of-market benefits versus out-of-market harms, say Lisa Rumin and Anthony Ferrara at McDermott.

  • Comparing Corporate Law In Delaware, Texas And Nevada

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    With Elon Musk's recent decision to reincorporate his companies outside of Delaware, and with more businesses increasingly considering Nevada and Texas as corporate homes, attorneys at Baker Botts look at each jurisdiction's foundation of corporate law, and how the differences can make each more or less appealing based on a corporation's needs.

  • Practicing Law With Parkinson's Disease

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    This Parkinson’s Awareness Month, Adam Siegler at Greenberg Traurig discusses his experience working as a lawyer with Parkinson’s disease, sharing both lessons on how to cope with a diagnosis and advice for supporting colleagues who live with the disease.

  • Opinion

    Aviation Watch: Not All Airline Mergers Hurt The Public

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    The U.S. Department of Justice's actions to block recent attempted airline mergers have been touted as serving the interests of the consumers — but given the realities of the deregulated air travel market, a tie-up like the one proposed between JetBlue and Spirit might have been a win for the public, says Alan Hoffman, a retired attorney and aviation expert.

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