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Mergers & Acquisitions

  • July 28, 2025

    KKR Plugs AU$500M Into Australian Renewable Energy Biz

    Private equity giant KKR on Monday said that it has agreed to invest AU$500 million ($326.3 million) into Australian renewable energy company CleanPeak Energy to help it grow its distributed energy platform.

  • July 28, 2025

    Freshfields, White & Case, Sidley Guide $3B Vaccine Biz Buy

    Private equity firms Nordic Capital and Permira said Monday they will buy Bavarian Nordic for 19 billion Danish kroner ($3 billion) in cash to turn the vaccine developer into a global heavyweight as a private company.

  • July 28, 2025

    Paul Hastings Lands King & Spalding Energy Pro In Houston

    Paul Hastings LLP announced Monday that it has fortified its mergers and acquisitions and private equity platform with an energy partner in Houston who came aboard from King & Spalding LLP.

  • July 25, 2025

    OpenAI Urges 9th Circ. To Ax Injunction In Trademark Dispute

    OpenAI has asked the Ninth Circuit to vacate an injunction temporarily blocking it from using the trademark associated with acquired competitor IO Products Inc., slamming the litigation as a "transparent attempt to exploit the recent merger announcement."

  • July 25, 2025

    Sports & Betting Cases To Watch In The Second Half Of 2025

    Certain court cases have become staples on both the midyear and end-of-year must-watch lists in sports and betting at Law360. One that seemed best positioned to finally fall off the list, as it turns out, is far from over: the multibillion-dollar NCAA settlement regarding name, image and likeness payments and revenue sharing with hundreds of thousands of college athletes. A handful of other suits from past years will also continue to bear watching through the end of 2025.

  • July 25, 2025

    NGM Biopharma Investors Take $6M Deal To End Sale Suit

    The Column Group and former stockholders of NGM Biopharmaceuticals have agreed to settle for $6 million a Delaware Court of Chancery lawsuit challenging NGM's $135 million, $1.55-per-share sale to The Column Group, its pre-deal venture capital controller.

  • July 25, 2025

    Chancery Tosses UpHealth Affiliate's Suit For SPAC Damages

    Pointing to "numerous defects" in the complaint, a Delaware vice chancellor on Friday tossed every count in a suit filed by investors who alleged they were misled in the run-up to a multi-business special purpose acquisition company deal to take public now-bankrupt UpHealth Holdings and Cloudbreak Health.

  • July 25, 2025

    District Court Won't Pause Block Of FTC Dem's Firing

    A D.C. federal court refused to stay its order reinstating a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission after finding she was illegally fired by the Trump administration, although the D.C. Circuit has already put the order on hold.

  • July 25, 2025

    Latham, Sidley Advise Deal In $5B Power Infrastructure Push

    Latham & Watkins LLP and Sidley Austin LLP advised ArcLight Capital Partners' acquisition of power developer and manager Advanced Power in an investment that could grow to more than $5 billion over the next five years based on AI and data center infrastructure demand.

  • July 25, 2025

    Rising Star: Davis Polk's Michael Gilson

    Michael Gilson of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP advised Altair Engineering Inc. through its $10 billion acquisition by Siemens, guided AssetMark Inc. through its $2.7 billion acquisition by private equity firm GTCR and also helped steer Elliott Management through its €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion) sale of the soccer team AC Milan to RedBird Capital Partners, earning him a spot among the mergers and acquisitions practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 25, 2025

    Fried Frank M&A Leader Sees Silver Lining Amid Uncertainties

    After nearly a decade as co-head of Fried Frank's M&A and private equity practice, seasoned corporate attorney Steve Epstein has learned how to roll with the punches — and the current market has delivered plenty.

  • July 25, 2025

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

    This past week in London has seen the owner of a £6 million ($8 million) mansion once rented by Adele sue real estate consultants Strutt & Parker, Romanian-Australian mining investor Vasile Frank Timis bring a claim against reputation and privacy firm Schillings, and a Chinese businessman bring a legal action against his former lawyer over an alleged £12.5 million mortgage fraud.

  • July 25, 2025

    A-Rod's $800M SPAC Merger With Lynk Global Is Scrapped

    Satellite-to-phone business Lynk Global and special purpose acquisition company Slam Corp., which is backed by retired baseball slugger Alex Rodriguez, on Friday told regulators that they have mutually agreed to nix their $800 million merger that would have seen Lynk Global hit the public markets.

  • July 25, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Weil, Freshfields, Linklaters

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, CC Capital and One Investment Management acquire Insignia Financial Ltd., catering giant Compass Group PLC acquires Dutch food and hospitality company Vermaat Groep BV, drugmaker Sanofi acquires biotech company Vicebio, and The Ether Machine launches as a public company.

  • July 25, 2025

    3 Firms Advise On $8.6B Pinnacle-Synovus Merger Deal

    Pinnacle Financial Partners and Synovus Financial Corp. have agreed to combine in an all-stock transaction valued at about $8.6 billion, with three law firms guiding a deal that the companies said will create the "highest-performing regional bank focused on the fastest-growth markets in the Southeast."

  • July 25, 2025

    Chipmaker STMicro To Buy Automotive Sensor Biz For $950M

    European chipmaker STMicroelectronics NV said Friday that it will buy a sensors business from rival NXP Semiconductors NV for up to $950 million in cash, expanding its automotive safety range.

  • July 24, 2025

    FCC Signs Off On Skydance's $8B Acquisition Of Paramount

    The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday gave the green light to Skydance Media's controversial $8 billion acquisition of Paramount Global and its subsidiaries, including CBS' parent company, setting aside concerns that the deal will hurt competition.

  • July 24, 2025

    Tyson's $55M Delaware Win Won't Aid Ga. Suit, Rival Says

    Poultry rendering company American Proteins Inc. told a Georgia federal judge Wednesday that a Delaware court's award of $55 million to Tyson Foods for overpaying to acquire the company has no bearing on their antitrust suit over whether Tyson forced the buyout through strong-arm tactics.

  • July 24, 2025

    Union Pacific, Norfolk Pursuing Coast-To-Coast Rail Megadeal

    Norfolk Southern Corp. and Union Pacific Corp. on Thursday confirmed they are in "advanced discussions" on a potential megamerger that would create a transcontinental rail giant — and one that may stand a better chance of success under a more flexible regulatory regime. 

  • July 24, 2025

    Chancery OKs $12.75M Settlement In MoneyLion SPAC Suit

    Saying parts of the deal "reflect a poster-child scenario for the problems and malincentives associated with the de-SPAC form," a Delaware vice chancellor on Thursday approved a $12.75 million settlement in a stockholder suit challenging a take-public deal for digital finance platform MoneyLion.

  • July 24, 2025

    EU Probes If KKR Gave 'Incorrect Or Misleading' Merger Info

    European Union antitrust enforcers announced an investigation Thursday into whether KKR & Co. Inc. provided "incorrect or misleading information" as part of the review of its $23.7 billion acquisition of NetCo that received unconditional approval last year.

  • July 24, 2025

    CapVest Seeks $11.7B Stake In Stada, Plus More Rumors

    British private equity firm CapVest Partners is looking to take a major stake in German drugmaker Stada Arzneimittel in a roughly $11.7 billion deal, Comedy Central's "South Park" creators have nabbed a $1.5 billion five-year streaming rights deal with Paramount, and ExxonMobil wants to explore deepwater blocks in Trinidad and Tobago for oil and gas. Here, Law360 breaks down these and other deal rumors from the past week.

  • July 24, 2025

    Rising Star: McGuireWoods' Dan Howell

    Dan Howell of McGuireWoods LLP represented Dominion Energy Inc. in its $14 billion sale of three local natural gas distribution companies and Apogee Engineering in its acquisition by private equity firm Bernhard Capital Partners, earning him a spot among the mergers and acquisitions practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 24, 2025

    Accelerant, McGraw Hill IPOs Raise Over $1.1B Combined

    Two private equity-backed companies, insurance marketplace Accelerant and education publishing giant McGraw Hill Inc., have joined the recent surge in initial public offerings, with both companies going public on Thursday after pricing IPOs that raised more than $1.1 billion total.

  • July 24, 2025

    3 Firms Guide $1.25B Waystar-Iodine Software Deal

    Healthcare payment software provider Waystar has agreed to acquire Texas-based Iodine Software for $1.25 billion, in a deal steered by three law firms that aims to deepen Waystar's reach into clinical hospital workflows with artificial intelligence-driven software tools.

Expert Analysis

  • 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.

  • How Design Thinking Can Help Lawyers Find Purpose In Work

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    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.

  • Opinion

    US Steel-Nippon Merger Should Not Have Been Blocked

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    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. 

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