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June 20, 2025
PE Firm Demands FDA Docs For Defense In Deal Challenge
Private equity firm GTCR BC Holdings LLC is seeking a court order for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to produce over a decade's worth of medical device approval applications, arguing the documents are necessary in its defense against a merger challenge by the federal government.
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June 20, 2025
2 Firms Guide $455M BMO-Burgundy Asset Management Deal
BMO, advised by Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, has unveiled plans to purchase Torys LLP-led Burgundy, a Canadian independent asset management firm, for CA$625 million (about $455 million) and fold it into the bank's wealth management business.
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June 20, 2025
Norton Rose Adds Holland & Knight Tax Partner In DC
Norton Rose Fulbright has expanded its tax insurance underwriting offerings in the nation's capital with the addition of a partner from Holland & Knight LLP.
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June 20, 2025
Taxation With Representation: Latham, Paul Weiss, Covington
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Nippon Steel closes its purchase of U.S. Steel, Hunter Point Capital buys a minority stake in Equitix, Eaton acquires Ultra PCS Ltd. from the Cobham Ultra Group, and Eli Lilly and Co. acquires Verve Therapeutics.
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June 20, 2025
Tech-Focused PE Firm Takes Couchbase Private In $1.5B Deal
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC-advised software company Couchbase on Friday announced plans to go private through an acquisition by technology-focused investment firm Haveli Investments, advised by Latham & Watkins LLP, in a $1.5 billion all-cash deal.
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June 20, 2025
UK Miner Sweetens Bid For Aussie Rival To $128M
U.K. miner Central Asia Metals said Friday it has increased its bid for Australian rival New World Resources to approximately AU$197 million ($128 million) and proposed an alternative method to complete the deal after it noted that another investor was bolstering its stake in the company.
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June 19, 2025
Henderson, Fidelity European To Merge To Create £2.1B Trust
Henderson European Trust, advised by Stephenson Harwood LLP, and Fidelity European Trust said Thursday that they plan to merge in order to create a combined London-listed entity with £2.1 billion ($2.8 billion) of net assets.
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June 19, 2025
EU Clears £1.7B KKR, Stonepeak Bid For Property Biz Assura
The European Commission has approved the planned £1.7 billion ($2.3 billion) acquisition of healthcare property business Assura PLC, co-bidder KKR said on Thursday.
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June 19, 2025
Miner Weir Expands In N. America With £111M Townley Deal
Global miner Weir Group PLC has agreed to acquire Townley, a minerals processing products maker, for an enterprise value of £111 million ($149 million), as it moves to "enhance" its presence in North America.
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June 18, 2025
Dealmakers Eye More Crypto-Targeted SPAC Mergers
More special purpose acquisition companies plan to seize upon the revival of cryptocurrencies under a second Trump administration and take cryptocurrency-related ventures public in the coming months, an attorney told a gathering of dealmakers on Wednesday.
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June 18, 2025
FCC Approves Windstream-Uniti Tie-Up
The Federal Communications Commission signed off on Windstream's merger with Uniti Group Inc. on Wednesday, approving the transfer of Windstream, Uniti and their respective subsidiaries to the newly formed New Windstream LLC.
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June 18, 2025
MLB's Rays Discussing Sale To Fla. Real Estate Developer
The Tampa Bay Rays confirmed on Wednesday the Major League Baseball franchise is in "exclusive discussions" to be sold to a group led by real estate developer Patrick O. Zalupski, three months after the team pulled out of an agreement to build a new stadium in St. Petersburg.
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June 18, 2025
Online Bookstore Investors Seek Del. Sale Suit Revival
Stockholders of an online "virtual" bookstore that lost money for years urged Delaware's Supreme Court Wednesday to reverse a Court of Chancery decision upholding a $12.5 million sale to the company's preferred shareholders under a disputed liquidation preference.
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June 18, 2025
Google's $32B Wiz Bid Gets DOJ Scrutiny, And Other Rumors
The U.S. Department of Justice is reviewing Google’s $32 billion Wiz deal, Mitsubishi could pay $8 billion for Aethon Energy's assets, and hedge fund Millennium could fetch a $14 billion valuation with a minority stake sale. Here’s a breakdown of the notable deal rumors from the past week.
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June 18, 2025
Trump Set To Delay TikTok Sale-Or-Ban Deadline For 3rd Time
President Donald Trump is planning to extend for an additional 90 days a looming deadline for TikTok to cut ties with its Chinese parent company or face a nationwide ban, according to the White House, which said that the administration would use the extra time to finalize a deal to keep the popular social media app from going dark.
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June 18, 2025
3 Firms Build Array's $179M Buy Of Fellow Solar Tech Biz
Solar tracking products provider Array Technologies on Wednesday announced plans to acquire engineered foundations company APA Solar LLC in a deal that boasts an enterprise value of roughly $179 million and was guided by three law firms.
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June 18, 2025
Judge Skeptical That Assa Abloy Needn't Extend Supply Deal
A D.C. federal judge suggested Tuesday that Assa Abloy faces an uphill fight resisting efforts by its divestiture buyer to extend a supply agreement inked as part of an asset sale deal resolving a U.S. Department of Justice merger lawsuit.
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June 18, 2025
DOJ Defends Using Written Depos In HPE-Juniper Merger Trial
The U.S. Department of Justice is defending its proposal to include written deposition testimony into the record for its upcoming antitrust trial against Hewlett Packard Enterprise's $14 billion purchase of Juniper Networks, saying that playing depositions live would waste crucial time in what is scheduled to be an eight-day trial.
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June 18, 2025
Former Holland & Knight Partner Joins Husch Blackwell
Husch Blackwell has announced that former Holland & Knight LLP partner Bruce Toppin has joined the Kansas City, Missouri-headquartered law firm as a partner in its financial services and capital markets industry group.
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June 18, 2025
New PGA Tour CEO Arrives From NFL With LIV Deal Unsettled
The PGA Tour made its change in leadership structure and leader official by hiring longtime National Football League executive Brian Rolapp as its chief executive officer, with Commissioner Jay Monahan ceding day-to-day operations but staying with the tour through the end of 2026.
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June 18, 2025
Simpson Thacher Steers $1.3B Buyout Of Mortgage Co. Guild
Growth-oriented mortgage company Guild Holdings Company, advised by Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, on Wednesday said that it has agreed to be bought by a fund managed by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP-led investment firm Bayview Asset Management LLC for $1.3 billion.
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June 18, 2025
Squire Patton Adds Polsinelli Trio To New Private Credit Group
Squire Patton Boggs has added a three-lawyer team from Polsinelli PC to its private credit and direct lending practice group.
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June 18, 2025
Nippon, US Steel Officially Close Deal, Backed By 5 Law Firms
Nippon Steel has officially closed its purchase of U.S. Steel, the companies announced Wednesday, forming a global steelmaking partnership backed by $11 billion in planned U.S. investments and a national security agreement with the federal government.
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June 18, 2025
PE Firm's £570M Buy Of Tech Biz Clears US Antitrust Check
U.S. private equity firm TA Associates said Wednesday that the U.S. antitrust authorities have not objected to its approximately £570 million ($756 million) cash acquisition of British tech businesses FD Technologies PLC.
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June 17, 2025
Decarb Investors Reach $8.8M Deal In Hyzon Motors SPAC Suit
An investor who challenged a $2.1 billion take-public merger for Hyzon Motors Inc. in 2021 that he says deprived them of the opportunity to make an informed choice between sticking with the deal or cashing out told a Delaware vice chancellor Monday they've settled the case for $8.8 million.
Expert Analysis
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7 Tips For Associates To Thrive In Hybrid Work Environments
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As the vast majority of law firms have embraced some type of hybrid work policy, associates should consider a few strategies to get the most out of both their in-person and remote workdays, says James Argionis at Cozen O’Connor.
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Series
Playing Beach Volleyball Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My commitment to beach volleyball has become integral to my performance as an attorney, with the sport continually reminding me that teamwork, perseverance, professionalism and stress management are essential to both undertakings, says Amy Drushal at Trenam.
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How Law Firms Can Counteract The Loneliness Epidemic
The legal industry is facing an urgent epidemic of loneliness, affecting lawyer well-being, productivity, retention and profitability, and law firm leaders should take concrete steps to encourage the development of genuine workplace connections, says Michelle Gomez at Littler and Gwen Mellor Romans at Herald Talent.
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Opinion
DOJ's HPE-Juniper Challenge Is Not Rooted In Law
Legal precedents that date back as far as 1990 demonstrate that the U.S. Department of Justice's recent challenge to the proposed $14 billion merger between Hewlett Packard and Juniper is misplaced because no evidence of collusion or coordinated conduct exists, says Thomas Stratmann at George Mason University.
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5 Keys To Building Stronger Attorney-Client Relationships
Attorneys are often focused on being seen as the expert, but bonding with clients and prospects by sharing a few key personal details provides the basis for a caring, trusted and profoundly deeper business relationship, says Deb Feder at Feder Development.
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How Rising Secondary Private Markets Affect Tech Disputes
The rise of secondaries is a natural by-product of growing and evolving private markets and, as such, we can expect their growth will continue, signaling an increase in the use of secondaries in damages as well as litigation revolving around secondaries themselves, says Farooq Javed at The Brattle Group.
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How The AI Antitrust Landscape Might Evolve Under Trump
The Trump administration's early actions around artificial intelligence and antitrust policy, along with statements from competition regulators, suggest that the AI competition landscape may see reduced scrutiny around acquisitions, but not an entirely hands-off enforcement approach, say attorneys at Hogan Lovells.
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Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The skills I use when racing Corvettes have enhanced my legal practice in several ways, because driving, like practicing law, requires precision, awareness and a good set of brakes — complete with the wisdom to know how and when to use them, says Kat Mateo at Olshan Frome.
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Bill Would Bring Welcome Clarity To Del. Corporate Law
A recently proposed bill in Delaware that would provide greater predictability for areas including director independence and controlling stockholders reflects prudential adjustments consistent with the state's long history of refining and modernizing its corporate law, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.
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Opinion
Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence
Given the Trump administration's recent moves threatening the independence of the judiciary, including efforts to impeach judges who ruled against executive actions, lawyers must protect the rule of law and resist attempts to dilute the judicial branch’s authority, says attorney Bhavleen Sabharwal.
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Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises
“No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.
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Del. Supreme Court TripAdvisor Ruling May Limit 'MFW Creep'
The Delaware Supreme Court's recent Maffei v. Palkon ruling regarding TripAdvisor's proposed reincorporation to Nevada potentially signals a turning point in the trend of expanding the protections from Kahn v. M&F Worldwide to other types of transactions, says Andrew J. Haile at Elon University.
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Antitrust In Retail: Rude Awakening For FTC In Tempur Sealy
A Texas federal court's recent denial of a Federal Trade Commision order to stop a giant mattress merger because of lack of evidence on market segments shows that such definitions are only a viable path for regulating vertical mergers if antitrust agencies provide adequate documentation, says David Kully at Holland & Knight.
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How Design Thinking Can Help Lawyers Find Purpose In Work
Lawyers everywhere are feeling overwhelmed amid mass government layoffs, increasing political instability and a justice system stretched to its limits — but a design-thinking framework can help attorneys navigate this uncertainty and find meaning in their work, say law professors at the University of Michigan.
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Opinion
US Steel-Nippon Merger Should Not Have Been Blocked
The Biden administration's block of the U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel merger on national security grounds was unconstitutional overreach and needs to be overturned, with the harms remedied in federal court, says attorney Chuck Meyer.