Mergers & Acquisitions

  • January 13, 2025

    5 Firms Steer Up-To-$750M Sale Of Life Molecular Imaging

    Radiopharmaceutical-focused company Lantheus Holdings Inc. announced plans Monday to buy Life Molecular Imaging Ltd. for up to $750 million in a deal built by five law firms.

  • January 13, 2025

    T-Mobile To Pay Roughly $600M For Ad Tech Co. Vistar Media

    T-Mobile on Monday agreed to acquire advertising technology company Vistar Media, in an all-cash deal totaling around $600 million that was guided by Cleary Gottlieb and Lowenstein Sandler, respectively.

  • January 13, 2025

    Sidley Lands M&A Pros From Jones Day, Simpson Thacher

    Sidley Austin LLP is expanding its mergers and acquisitions team, announcing Monday it has brought on a Jones Day M&A expert and a Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP pro as partners in its New York office.

  • January 13, 2025

    Lilly To Buy Scorpion Cancer Program For Up To $2.5B

    Ropes & Gray LLP-led Eli Lilly and Co. said Monday it has agreed to purchase a precision breast cancer program of biotechnology company Scorpion Therapeutics Inc. for up to $2.5 billion. 

  • January 13, 2025

    76ers Drop Controversial Plan For New Center City Arena

    The Philadelphia 76ers are going to stay in South Philly rather than pursuing a plan to move into a new stadium by Chinatown, according to announcements Monday from the City of Brotherly Love's mayor and the 76ers' owner.

  • January 13, 2025

    Proskauer Faces Revived DQ Bid In NJ Hospital Antitrust Fight

    CarePoint Health is once again pushing to have Proskauer Rose LLP disqualified as counsel for healthcare network RWJBarnabas Health Inc. in an antitrust lawsuit in New Jersey federal court, asserting that a magistrate judge erred in previously denying its request.

  • January 13, 2025

    Cravath-Led J&J Paying $14.6B For Neuropsychiatric Drug Co.

    Johnson & Johnson said Monday it has agreed to purchase Intra-Cellular Therapies Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on therapies for neuropsychiatric and neurological disorders, for approximately $14.6 billion.

  • January 13, 2025

    CFIUS Grants Nippon, US Steel Extension To Abandon Deal

    The government committee that reviewed Nippon Steel's proposed $14.9 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel before President Joe Biden blocked the deal earlier this month has granted an extension until June for the companies to abandon the deal, according to a U.S. Steel securities filing Monday.

  • January 13, 2025

    3 Firms Build Clearwater's $1.5B Buy Of Enfusion

    Software company Clearwater Analytics on Monday unveiled plans to buy investment management and hedge fund industry-focused software company Enfusion in a $1.5 billion deal built by three law firms.

  • January 13, 2025

    Nvidia's Healthcare Ambitions Grow In New Partnerships

    Nvidia announced Monday that it has inked four new healthcare partnerships, a move that comes on the first day of the annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco.

  • January 13, 2025

    GSK To Buy US Biotech Biz IDRx For Up To $1.15B

    British pharmaceutical giant GSK PLC said Monday that it will buy Boston-based IDRx Inc. for up to $1.15 billion as it seeks to expand its portfolio of treatments for gastrointestinal cancers.

  • January 12, 2025

    Hospital Operator Hits Ch. 11 With $1B-Plus Debt, Sale Plans

    Listing more than $1 billion in debts, California-based hospital operator Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. and several subsidiaries on Saturday filed a Chapter 11 petition in bankruptcy court in the Northern District of Texas, saying they intend to advance the planned sales of several facilities and refocus on operations in their home state.

  • January 10, 2025

    X Fights Finding Severance Row Contract Claims Can Survive

    X Corp. and Elon Musk squared off with ex-Twitter workers in Delaware federal court, filing dueling briefs that took opposing stances over whether a district judge should adopt a recommendation to keep alive some breach-of-contract allegations in the workers' proposed class action claiming they were cheated out of severance benefits.

  • January 10, 2025

    4 Trends That Will Shape Venture Capital Funding In 2025

    Venture capital funding appears primed to improve in 2025 as market participants shake off the effects of a post-pandemic crash, with surging demand for artificial intelligence, expectations of friendlier government policies, and more exits through public listings and acquisitions.

  • January 10, 2025

    US Trustee Balks At Ch. 11 Bid Protections In First Mode Case

    A package of bid protections for the stalking horse of bankrupt electric-engine developer First Mode needs to be reined in, the Office of the U.S. Trustee has said, urging a Delaware bankruptcy judge to reject the debtor's request that expenses and fees tied to the $15 million bid be paid as priority claims.

  • January 10, 2025

    Off The Bench: Venu Deal Off, Fox Suit, Gender Rules Wobble

    In this week's Off The Bench, a last-minute merger ends litigation over the new sports streaming service Venu, only for its backers to mothball the project entirely, Fox Sports is rocked by lurid sexual harassment claims, and a federal judge knocks down an attempt to expand transgender discrimination protections.

  • January 10, 2025

    KKR, PSP Buy $2.8B Stake In American Electric Power Units

    Private equity giant KKR and Canada-based Public Sector Pension Investment Board, both advised by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, have agreed to take a minority stake in Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP-led American Electric Power's transmission companies in Ohio, Indiana and Michigan, in a $2.82 billion deal.

  • January 10, 2025

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    This past week in London has seen legal services group RBG Holdings face a winding-up petition from founder Ian Rosenblatt amid soured talks about the group's leadership, J.P. Morgan file a fresh claim against WeRealize, retailer Asda face an intellectual property claim over a specific type of mandarin and financier Nathaniel Rothschild sue German entrepreneur Lars Windhorst and his investment vehicle Tennor International. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • January 10, 2025

    EU Greenlights $35B Synopsys-Ansys Deal With Remedies

    The European Commission said Friday it has conditionally approved Synopsys Inc.'s proposed $35 billion acquisition of Ansys Inc. after the companies agreed to certain divestitures, as the megadeal continues to make regulatory progress across jurisdictions.

  • January 10, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Davis Polk, Wachtell

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Constellation acquires Calpine, Cintas seeks a deal with UniFirst Corp., Stryker Corp. acquires Inari Medical Inc., and Paychex Inc. buys Paycor.

  • January 10, 2025

    Justices Seem Inclined To Uphold TikTok Sale-Or-Ban Law

    The U.S. Supreme Court seemed likely Friday to uphold a law requiring TikTok to divest from its Chinese parent company over national security concerns or face a nationwide ban, despite some justices expressing concern over the law's impact on the free speech rights of Americans who use the wildly popular social media platform.

  • January 10, 2025

    ESPN, Fox, Warner Bros. Abruptly Scrap Sports Streaming JV

    ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery called off their Venu joint live sports streaming venture Friday, just days after ESPN parent company The Walt Disney Co. used the acquisition of a majority stake in streaming startup FuboTV Inc. to nix Fubo's challenge to Venu on the courthouse steps.

  • January 10, 2025

    BCLP's Global Healthcare Chair Jumps To Dechert

    Dechert LLP has brought on the former global chair of healthcare and life sciences at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP as a corporate and securities partner and leader of its healthcare regulatory practice.

  • January 10, 2025

    Travers Smith-Led DBAY Bids £350M For Alliance Pharma

    Asset manager DBAY Advisors said Friday that it and a European private equity fund have agreed to acquire British consumer healthcare company Alliance Pharma for approximately £350 million ($428 million) in a deal guided by Slaughter and May and Travers Smith LLP.

  • January 10, 2025

    DOJ Sues To Block Amex GBT's $570M Deal For Rival CWT

    The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Friday seeking to block American Express Global Business Travel Inc.'s planned $570 million acquisition of corporate travel management rival CWT Holdings LLC.

Expert Analysis

  • 8 Trends And Predictions Following PE's Late 2024 Surge

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    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.

  • Series

    Playing Esports Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    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.

  • An Associate's Guide To Career Development In 2025

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    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.

  • What To Watch For In The 2025 Benefits Landscape

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    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.

  • 5 Antitrust Issues For In-House Counsel In 2025

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    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.

  • 2024 Election Results May Prove Fortuitous For Family Offices

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    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.

  • Series

    Fixing Up Cars Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    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.

  • Advancing Storage-Integrated Power Generation In Turkey

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    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.

  • Making The Pitch To Grow Your Company's Legal Team

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    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.

  • The Story Of 2024's Biggest Bank Regs, And Their Fate In 2025

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    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.

  • Considering European-Style Lockboxes For US M&A In 2025

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    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.

  • Gov't Scrutiny Of Workplace Chat Apps Set To Keep Growing

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    The incoming Trump administration and Republican majorities in Congress are poised to open numerous investigations that include increasing demands for entities to produce communications from workplace chat apps, so companies must evaluate their usage and retention policies, say attorneys at Orrick.

  • Del. Dispatch: The 2024 Corporate Cases You Need To Know

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    The Delaware Court of Chancery in 2024 issued several decisions that some viewed as upending long-standing corporate practices, leading to the amendment of the Delaware General Corporation Law and debates at some Delaware corporations about potentially reincorporating to another state, say attorneys at Fried Frank.

  • 2025's Midmarket M&A Terrain May Hold A Few Bright Spots

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    Attorneys at Stoel Rives assess middle-market merger and acquisition trends, and explain why many dealmakers have turned cautiously optimistic about the sector's 2025 prospects, despite potential inflation and new Federal Trade Commission rules.

  • When US Privilege Law Applies To Docs Made Outside The US

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    As globalization manifests itself in disputes over foreign-created documents, a California federal court’s recent trademark decision illustrates nuances of both U.S. privilege frameworks and foreign evidentiary protections that attorneys must increasingly bear in mind, say attorneys at Hunton.

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