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Mergers & Acquisitions

  • August 13, 2025

    BakerHostetler Hires Cooley Securities Litigation Atty

    BakerHostetler has added an experienced litigator to its white collar, investigations and securities enforcement litigation and securities and governance litigation teams in New York, bringing with him more than 25 years of BigLaw experience, including most recently with Cooley LLP.

  • August 13, 2025

    Simpson Thacher Lands Kirkland M&A Atty In Boston

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has brought on a former Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner to its mergers and acquisitions practice in Boston.

  • August 13, 2025

    4 Firms Advise On Gildan's $4.4B Acquisition Of HanesBrands

    Canada's Gildan Activewear Inc. has agreed to acquire HanesBrands for about $2.2 billion, or $4.4 billion including debt, the companies said Wednesday, with four law firms guiding on the cross-border apparel industry deal. 

  • August 13, 2025

    Crypto Co. Bullish Makes Public Debut After Upsized $1B IPO

    Venture-backed crypto exchange Bullish made its public debut Wednesday after raising $1.1 billion in its upsized initial public offering, marking the latest in a string of crypto-related companies to dabble in the public markets.

  • August 13, 2025

    Private Equity Biz's £184M Bid For Energy Adviser To Proceed

    U.S. private equity firm HGGC LLC's £183.6 million ($249 million) bid to acquire the commercial energy and sustainability adviser Inspired PLC can proceed after a rival offer by Regent International Holdings Ltd. failed to secure sufficient support from shareholders.

  • August 12, 2025

    Fanatics Loses Bid For Bar On Boies Schiller In Antitrust Row

    A New York federal judge Tuesday overruled Fanatics Inc.'s objection to an order requiring the sports collectibles company to turn over unredacted versions of licensing agreements to rival Panini America Inc., rejecting Fanatics' bid to place limits on Boies Schiller Flexner LLP attorneys who access the agreements.

  • August 12, 2025

    AstraZeneca, Stockholders Far Apart In Merger Damages Tally

    Syntimmune Inc. stockholders and Alexion Pharmaceuticals have landed tens of millions of dollars apart in new tallies of interest owed after a Court of Chancery ruling in June that Alexion failed a "best efforts" duty to fulfill an autoimmune drug candidate deal.

  • August 12, 2025

    Bayer Bets $1.3B On Kumquat Cancer Drug Candidate

    Pharmaceutical company Bayer and Kumquat Biosciences Inc., a clinical-stage biotech company, on Tuesday announced that they have entered into an exclusive global license and collaboration agreement under which Kumquat will receive up to $1.3 billion to help develop and commercialize its pancreatic cancer-focused drug candidate.

  • August 12, 2025

    FTC Skeptical Of 'Partial' Sale For GTCR Merger Fix

    The Federal Trade Commission told an Illinois federal court that enforcers are reviewing an offer by private equity firm GTCR BC Holding to sell parts of a medical device coatings company in order to fix concerns raised by the company's planned purchase of Surmodics, but said a full sale is preferable.

  • August 12, 2025

    Google Gets $34.5B Chrome Offer Amid Antitrust Fight

    Perplexity AI has submitted a $34.5 billion offer to acquire Google's ubiquitous Chrome web browser, according to a Tuesday term sheet obtained by Law360, as part of a proposed antitrust remedy following ongoing U.S. Department of Justice proceedings against Alphabet Inc.'s Google.

  • August 12, 2025

    Crypto-Focused SPAC Apex Treasury Unveils $250M IPO Plans

    Special purpose acquisition company Apex Treasury Corp. has filed plans for a $250 million initial public offering, with the goal of acquiring a blockchain or crypto treasury company.

  • August 12, 2025

    Petition Seeks FCC Files On Trump-Skydance Meeting

    The head of an artificial intelligence streaming platform called on the Federal Communications Commission to release its findings on his complaint alleging improper lobbying by Skydance Media for its $8 billion merger with Paramount, claiming that Skydance planned an impromptu meeting with President Donald Trump at an April UFC fight.

  • August 12, 2025

    3 Firms Advise As Cardinal Health Makes $1.9B Urology Push

    Cardinal Health said Tuesday that one of its specialty platforms has agreed to acquire a top urology company known as Solaris Health from Lee Equity Partners and Solaris' physician owners for $1.9 billion, in a deal steered by three law firms.

  • August 11, 2025

    2nd Circ. Revives Hezbollah Terrorism Suit Against Bank

    The Second Circuit held Monday that a Lebanese bank is subject to the personal jurisdiction of New York courts on claims over its predecessor's alleged assistance to Hezbollah, citing the state highest court's certified answer in the case while also reasoning that the bank being subjected to the state's jurisdiction was foreseeable.

  • August 11, 2025

    Financiers Want Soccer CEO's SPAC Fraud Suit In England

    An investment business and two other financiers urged a Florida federal court to dismiss a soccer company CEO's lawsuit alleging civil securities fraud in a complex financing deal, saying similar litigation has already been initiated in the United Kingdom. 

  • August 11, 2025

    GTCR Says Sale, Market Nix FTC Med Tech Merger Concerns

    Private equity firm GTCR BC Holdings urged an Illinois federal judge not to block its planned $627 million purchase of a medical device coatings company, arguing in a brief made public Friday that a planned divestiture fully resolves Federal Trade Commission concerns.

  • August 11, 2025

    Hospital Groups Back Challenge Of Merger Notice Overhaul

    A pair of hospital trade associations threw their support behind a U.S. Chamber of Commerce case challenging the Federal Trade Commission's new premerger filing requirements, telling a Texas federal court the agency was wrong to invoke the hospital industry when justifying the changes.

  • August 11, 2025

    What To Watch In Mega Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Tie-Up

    Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern's bold plan to create the nation's first transcontinental railroad owned by a single firm would transform freight transportation in the U.S., but it must first clear a heightened standard for reviewing mega rail mergers that hasn't yet been tested since the standard was set 24 years ago.

  • August 11, 2025

    DOJ Touts Merger, Rental Algorithm Deals, Eyeing More

    The head of the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division on Monday touted two recent settlements, in a merger case and in the RealPage algorithmic rent-fixing litigation, as indications that Trump administration enforcers will focus on algorithm-based price-fixing and are willing to "negotiate favorable settlements."

  • August 11, 2025

    Kellogg Sued Over 'Misleading' Statement On $3B Acquisition

    A WK Kellogg shareholder is asking an Illinois federal judge to block The Ferrero Group's $3.1 billion acquisition of the breakfast food company, alleging WK Kellogg and its board of directors submitted an "incomplete and misleading" proxy statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to convince shareholders to support the transaction.

  • August 11, 2025

    EY Says SPAC Investors' Fraud Suit Is 'Blame-Shifting'

    EY's Middle East affiliates asked a New York federal judge to toss claims that they botched audits of United Arab Emirates-based Brooge Petroleum before its merger with a blank-check company to enable a fraudulent scheme against investors, arguing it was up to the plaintiffs to "kick the tires" before recommending the merger.

  • August 11, 2025

    3 Firms Guide Western Union's $500M Purchase Of Intermex

    Financial services firm Western Union Co. will acquire money transfer service International Money Express Inc., known as Intermex, in a $500 million all-cash deal led by Sidley Austin LLP, Holland & Knight LLP and Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP.

  • August 11, 2025

    Proxy Proposals Shift Away From Politics Under Trump

    Shareholder proposals on environmental, social and political topics faced headwinds in early 2025, with both the number of submissions and investor support falling amid Trump administration policy shifts and "dizzying" legal and regulatory changes, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP said in a Monday report. 

  • August 11, 2025

    SEC Says Biotech Investor Traded On Inside Info About Deal

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has filed suit against a Texas-based individual investor, accusing him of insider trading on stocks by buying shares of a public biotech firm ahead of its 2020 merger with a privately held biotechnology company.

  • August 11, 2025

    Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

    Nielsen Holdings Ltd. and consumer intelligence spinoff Nielsen Consumer IQ agreed to end their dispute, a sole investor asked the court to name him lead plaintiff in a suit challenging Endeavor's $13 billion take-private deal, and the Chancery Court announced a new, automated case assignment regime. Here's the latest from the Delaware Chancery Court.

Expert Analysis

  • Why Acquirers Should Reevaluate Federal Contract Risk

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    Long thought of as a stable investment, the scale with which the Trump administration is attempting to eliminate federal contracts is unprecedented, and acquirer considerations should include the size and scope of all active and pending government contracts of target companies, say attorneys at Winston & Strawn.

  • Opinion

    SEC Defense Bar Should Pursue Sanctions Flexibility Now

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission defense bar has an opening under the new administration to propose flexible, tailored sanctions that can substantially remediate misconduct and prevent future wrongdoing instead of onerous penalties, which could set sanctions precedent for years to come, says Josh Hess at BCLP.

  • 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.

  • Series

    Playing Beach Volleyball Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    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.

  • How Law Firms Can Counteract The Loneliness Epidemic

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    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.

  • Opinion

    DOJ's HPE-Juniper Challenge Is Not Rooted In Law

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    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.

  • 5 Keys To Building Stronger Attorney-Client Relationships

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    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.

  • How Rising Secondary Private Markets Affect Tech Disputes

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    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.

  • How The AI Antitrust Landscape Might Evolve Under Trump

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    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

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    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.

  • Bill Would Bring Welcome Clarity To Del. Corporate Law

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    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.

  • Opinion

    Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence

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    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.

  • Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises

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    “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.

  • Del. Supreme Court TripAdvisor Ruling May Limit 'MFW Creep'

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    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.

  • Antitrust In Retail: Rude Awakening For FTC In Tempur Sealy

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    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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