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Mergers & Acquisitions

  • April 25, 2025

    Slaughter And May Leads Coach Biz's $600M US Unit Sale

    Public transport operator Mobico Group PLC said Friday it has agreed to sell its U.S. school bus business to I Squared Capital, a private equity firm that specializes in infrastructure, in a transaction worth up to $608 million.

  • April 24, 2025

    Judge Won't Halt Auction Over Unpaid SPAC Finder's Fee

    A Florida federal judge denied a cloud company's request to halt an auction of its assets to collect a $2.4 million debt, finding that iCoreConnect failed to show it would likely win claims that PIGI Solutions LLC acted as an unregistered broker-dealer when advising on its merger with a blank check company.

  • April 24, 2025

    ServiceNow To Give Enforcers More Time On $2.85B AI Deal

    ServiceNow said it plans to give enforcers more time to review a planned deal to expand its artificial intelligence offerings through the $2.85 billion purchase of fellow California-based software company Moveworks.

  • April 24, 2025

    Ex-CEO Of Trump-Tied SPAC Reaches Deal With SEC

    The former CEO of the special purpose acquisition company that took President Donald Trump's social media platform public has reached a deal to end a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission case accusing him of failing to timely alert investors to the prospective deal.

  • April 24, 2025

    2 SPACs Join Recovering Market With $461M In New Capital

    Two special purpose acquisition companies raised $461 million combined through initial public offerings in the past two days in order to pursue mergers targeting several industries, represented by three law firms, extending an uptick in SPAC offerings despite broader market volatility.

  • April 24, 2025

    DOJ Probing Disney-FuboTV Deal, And Other Rumors

    The DOJ is investigating Disney's proposed FuboTV acquisition, Merck is close to a $3.5 billion deal for SpringWorks, and U.S. investor James Cameron offered $5 billion for a Luxembourg-based mining enterprise. Here, Law360 breaks down these and other notable deal rumors from the last week.

  • April 24, 2025

    Mubadala, Fortress Team Up For $1B Strategic Partnership

    Sovereign investor Mubadala Investment Company and private equity firm Fortress Investment Group on Thursday announced that they were furthering their partnership with a $1 billion investment focused on credit and special situations co-investment opportunities.

  • April 24, 2025

    Sullivan & Cromwell Guides Columbia Banking On $2B Deal

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP is advising Columbia Banking System Inc., the parent company of Umpqua Bank, on an agreement to acquire Holland & Knight LLP-advised Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc. in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $2 billion.

  • April 24, 2025

    UPS Paying $1.6B For Andlauer's Healthcare Logistics Co.

    UPS said Thursday it has agreed to acquire Andlauer Healthcare Group Inc. for approximately 2.2 billion Canadian dollars ($1.6 billion) in cash, expanding its global healthcare logistics footprint with a particular focus on so-called cold chain capabilities.

  • April 24, 2025

    Shareholders Back Miami's £70M Bid For European Exchange

    The International Stock Exchange said Thursday that its shareholders have backed an approximately £70.4 million ($94 million) takeover offer from the owner of the Bermuda Stock Exchange.

  • April 23, 2025

    Senate Panel To Vote On Trump FCC Nominee Next Week

    The Senate Commerce Committee plans to vote on the nomination of Olivia Trusty to the Federal Communications Commission on April 30.

  • April 23, 2025

    Law Firm Fights Sanctions Bid In Mootness Fee Row

    Attorneys at Monteverde & Associates PC urged an Illinois federal judge not to order certain sanctions against them in a challenge to so-called mootness fees paid to settle and dismiss allegedly baseless merger disclosure suits, saying more sanctions would be inconsistent with "well-established" pleading and sanctions standards.

  • April 23, 2025

    Tech-Focused Texas Ventures SPAC Raises $200M IPO

    Shares of special purpose acquisition company Texas Ventures Acquisition III began trading on Wednesday after the company raised $200 million in its initial public offering, with plans to seek out a merger with an industrial technology company.

  • April 23, 2025

    SCOTUSblog Sold Amid Goldstein's Criminal Case

    SCOTUSblog has been sold to digital media company The Dispatch, according to announcements from both publications Wednesday, marking a new chapter for the U.S. Supreme Court-focused legal publication while its co-founder Tom Goldstein faces criminal charges.

  • April 23, 2025

    Sierra Metals, Alpayana Reach $176M Deal After 'Hostile' Bid

    Toronto-based mining company Sierra Metals Inc. said Wednesday it has reached a preliminary agreement to sell the business to Alpayana Canada in a deal worth approximately $176 million, in a U-turn for the company after characterizing an earlier Alpayana offer as a "hostile" takeover bid.

  • April 23, 2025

    3 Firms Guide Launch Of $3.6B SoftBank-Backed Bitcoin Co.

    Bitcoin investment startup Twenty One Capital Inc. plans to go public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company affiliated with Cantor Fitzgerald at a $3.6 billion valuation, in a deal guided by three law firms, the parties announced on Wednesday.

  • April 23, 2025

    Apollo Plugs $220M Into Energy-Focused Joint Venture

    Private equity giant Apollo, advised by Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, on Wednesday announced plans to commit up to $220 million into a new joint venture partnership with Brown Rudnick LLP-led Bullrock Energy Ventures.

  • April 23, 2025

    Kirkland Brings On V&E Corporate Pro In Houston

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP announced Wednesday that it has boosted its corporate practice in Houston by bringing on a partner with deep private equity experience in the energy sector who came aboard after a decade at Vinson & Elkins LLP.

  • April 23, 2025

    Skadden Adds Partner To NY Financial Institutions Group

    Skadden has bolstered its New York-based team of finance attorneys with the addition of a longtime Covington partner into the firm's financial institutions group who brings with him more than two decades of experience including in-house and BigLaw work.

  • April 23, 2025

    FCC Seeks Industry Data In Probing T-Mobile, UScellular Deal

    The Federal Communications Commission has sought data from more than half a dozen telecom and cable companies as it probes T-Mobile's planned $4.4 billion merger with UScellular's wireless operations.

  • April 23, 2025

    Lockheed Buying Amentum National Security Biz For $360M

    Lockheed Martin said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire the Rapid Solutions business of Paul Hastings LLP-advised Amentum for $360 million in cash, bolstering Lockheed's capabilities in space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance tactical systems.

  • April 23, 2025

    M&A 'Pause' Requires Nimble, Creative Dealmaking

    With deals stalling in a market defined by uncertainty, attorneys and the dealmakers they counsel are leaning on creative structures — from earnouts to partial stake sales — to keep transactions alive, according to corporate lawyers advising on major mergers and acquisitions.

  • April 23, 2025

    BT Sells Rest Of Italian Telecoms Biz To Local B2B Service

    Retelit SpA said Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire British Telecom's remaining stake in BT Italia SpA to boost its capacity and meet growing demand.

  • April 23, 2025

    Bernstein Litowitz Looks To Hire SEC's Ex-Top Crypto Cop

    Investor-side firm Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP has disclosed in a court filing that it is seeking to hire Jorge Tenreiro, the former head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's crypto enforcement unit as well as the onetime chief of the agency's entire litigation team.

  • April 23, 2025

    Swiss Drug Developer Veraxa To List In US In $1.6B SPAC Deal

    Swiss life sciences investor Xlife Sciences said Wednesday that its portfolio company, Veraxa Biotech, will merge with blank-check business Voyager Acquisition Corp. in a $1.64 billion deal to list on Nasdaq.

Expert Analysis

  • HSR Amendments Intensify Merger Filing Burdens, Data Risk

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    The antitrust agencies' long-awaited changes to premerger notification rules under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act stand to significantly increase the time and cost involved in preparing an initial HSR notification, and will require more proactive attention to data issues, says Andrew Szwez at FTI Technology.

  • What's Inside Feds' Latest Bank Merger Review Proposals

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    Recent bank merger proposals from a trio of federal agencies highlight the need for banks looking to grow through acquisition to consider several key issues much earlier in the planning process than has historically been necessary, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.

  • State Of The States' AI Legal Ethics Landscape

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    Over the past year, several state bar associations, as well as the American Bar Association, have released guidance on the ethical use of artificial intelligence in legal practice, all of which share overarching themes and some nuanced differences, say Eric Pacifici and Kevin Henderson at SMB Law Group.

  • How Biden Admin Has Used Antitrust Tools, And What's Next

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    The last four years have been marked by an aggressive whole-of-government approach to antitrust enforcement using a broad range of tools, and may result in lasting change regardless of the upcoming presidential election result, say attorneys at Norton Rose.

  • How BIS' Rule Seeks To Encourage More Voluntary Disclosure

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    Updated incentives, penalties and enforcement resources in the Bureau of Industry and Security's recently published final rule revising the Export Administration Regulations should help companies decide how to implement export control compliance programs and whether to disclose possible violations, say attorneys at Freshfields.

  • 8 Childhood Lessons That Can Help You Be A Better Attorney

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    A new school year is underway, marking a fitting time for attorneys to reflect on some fundamental life lessons from early childhood that offer a framework for problems that no legal textbook can solve, say Chris Gismondi and Chris Campbell at DLA Piper.

  • Harris Unlikely To Shelve Biden Admin's Food Antitrust Stance

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    A look at Vice President Kamala Harris' past record, including her actions as California attorney general, shows why practitioners should prepare for continued aggressive antitrust enforcement, particularly in the food and grocery industries, if Harris wins the presidential election, says Steve Vieux at Bartko.

  • Opinion

    This Election, We Need To Talk About Court Process

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    In recent decades, the U.S. Supreme Court has markedly transformed judicial processes — from summary judgment standards to notice pleadings — which has, in turn, affected individuals’ substantive rights, and we need to consider how the upcoming presidential election may continue this pattern, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • Series

    Playing Diplomacy Makes Us Better Lawyers

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    Similar to the practice of law, the rules of Diplomacy — a strategic board game set in pre-World War I Europe — are neither concise nor without ambiguity, and weekly gameplay with our colleagues has revealed the game's practical applications to our work as attorneys, say Jason Osborn and Ben Bevilacqua at Winston & Strawn.

  • Mental Health First Aid: A Brief Primer For Attorneys

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    Amid a growing body of research finding that attorneys face higher rates of mental illness than the general population, firms should consider setting up mental health first aid training programs to help lawyers assess mental health challenges in their colleagues and intervene with compassion, say psychologists Shawn Healy and Tracey Meyers.

  • John Deere Penalty Shows Importance Of M&A Due Diligence

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent $10 million penalty against John Deere underscores the risks of not conducting robust preacquisition due diligence and not effectively integrating a new subsidiary into the existing compliance framework, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

  • 8 Issues AI Firms May Encounter As M&A Action Accelerates

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    As the AI merger climate heats up, potential complications may arise, including antitrust scrutiny, talent retention agreements, and aggressive and protective deal terms intended to compensate for lofty valuations, say Scott Schwartz and Kishan Barot at Manatt.

  • Series

    Collecting Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The therapeutic aspects of appreciating and collecting art improve my legal practice by enhancing my observation skills, empathy, creativity and cultural awareness, says attorney Michael McCready.

  • Del. Dispatch: Cautionary Tales Of 2 Earnout Effort Breaches

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    The Delaware Court of Chancery's tendency to interpret earnout provisions precisely as written, highlighted in two September rulings that found buyers breached their shareholder obligations when they failed to make reasonable efforts to hit certain product development milestones, demonstrates the paramount importance of precisely wording these agreements, say attorneys at Fried Frank.

  • Building US-Japan Relationships In The M&A Market

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    The prospect of U.S.-Japanese mergers and acquisitions presents stronger competition to U.S. investors in the global M&A markets, while also opening up an additional exit route for sellers looking to offload strategic assets, says Nick Wall at A&O Shearman.

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