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Mergers & Acquisitions

  • April 14, 2025

    Real Estate-Focused SPAC Prepares For $200M IPO

    Special purpose acquisition company Timber Road Acquisition Corp. filed documents on Monday that outlined its plans for a $200 million initial public offering in search of merger targets in real estate and consumer industries, with Reed Smith LLP representing the company and Loeb & Loeb LLP as counsel for an underwriter.

  • April 14, 2025

    Morgan Stanley Raises $2.3B For 3rd Co-Investment Fund

    Morgan Stanley Investment Management said Monday it has closed its third dedicated private equity co-investment fund at its hard cap of about $2.3 billion, underscoring investor demand for direct exposure to deals alongside leading buyout firms.

  • April 14, 2025

    Clifford Chance Hires Corporate M&A Atty From White & Case

    Clifford Chance LLP has grown its U.S. corporate mergers and acquisitions practice with the addition of a former White & Case LLP partner in New York, the firm said Monday.

  • April 14, 2025

    Wilson Sonsini, Kirkland Lead $2.5B Driverless Truck Biz Deal

    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC-steered Kodiak Robotics, a firm valued at $2.5 billion that specializes in driverless truck technology, said Monday it plans to go public later this year by merging with blank-check company Ares Acquisition Corp. II, which is being represented by Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

  • April 14, 2025

    Sidley Lands M&A, Private Equity Pro From Skadden In NY

    Sidley Austin LLP announced on Monday it has hired a partner from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP to strengthen its mergers and acquisitions and private equity practices.

  • April 14, 2025

    Norton Rose Leads TowerBrook On 拢283M Buy Of Equals

    A consortium of private equity firms, including TowerBrook Capital Partners LP, has completed its 拢283 million ($373 million) takeover of technology company Equals Group PLC, triggering the suspension of its shares from the London Stock Exchange, the British business said on Monday.

  • April 14, 2025

    Slaughter And May-Led Wood In 拢242M Bid After 拢1.6B Offer

    Scotland-based engineering consultancy Wood Group said Monday that its West Asian rival Sidara has made an approximately 拢242 million ($379 million) takeover proposal, guided by Slaughter and May, after making a 拢1.6 billion offer in 2024.

  • April 14, 2025

    Silver Lake To Buy Stake In Intel Chips Unit At $8.8B Value

    Skadden-led Intel Corp. said Monday it has agreed to sell a 51% stake in its Altera business to Latham & Watkins LLP-advised Silver Lake, valuing the semiconductor solutions business聽at $8.75 billion.聽

  • April 14, 2025

    3 Firms Guide $3.1B KKR Purchase Of S&P, CME Trading Unit

    KKR has agreed to acquire post-trade solutions provider OSTTRA from Davis Polk-led S&P Global and Skadden-advised CME Group for $3.1 billion, with Simpson Thacher guiding the private equity giant on the deal, the companies said Monday.聽

  • April 14, 2025

    A&O Shearman-Led Ageas Inks 拢1.3B Deal For UK Insurer

    Belgian insurer Ageas said Monday that it has reached an agreement with Bain Capital to buy Esure Group PLC, which provides motor and home cover, for 拢1.295 billion ($1.7 billion) as it moves to expand in the U.K. online market.

  • April 11, 2025

    FTC Democrat Members Seek Quick Win In Trump Firing Suit

    Recently fired Federal Trade Commission Democrat members Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro M. Bedoya on Friday asked a D.C. federal court for an expedited summary judgment ruling in their case challenging their removals, arguing that President Donald Trump's attempted firings run afoul of decades-old precedent and the FTC Act.

  • April 11, 2025

    Chancery Tosses Exabeam Stockholder's Appraisal Suit

    A former stockholder of cybersecurity venture Exabeam Inc. saw his suit for Court of Chancery share appraisal shot down on Friday, after a vice chancellor concluded that the suit was launched as an unsupported workaround to secure documents unavailable to him on the company's merger with LogRhythm Inc.

  • April 11, 2025

    Tariff Reprieve Offers Little Comfort For Venture-Backed IPOs

    President Donald Trump's move to pause most tariff threats is not reassuring venture-backed startups eyeing public listings, many of which will likely postpone initial public offerings for at least another quarter or until shaky market conditions stabilize, a new report concludes.

  • April 11, 2025

    NC AG Can't Shield Most Merger Review Docs, Judge Holds

    The North Carolina Attorney General's Office can't shield a host of internal records pertaining to its review of a 2019 hospital merger at the center of a compliance case, a state court judge has said, finding "only a few" records constitute protected attorney-client communications or work product.

  • April 11, 2025

    FTC Starts Process That May Nix Chevron, Exxon Deal Limits

    The Federal Trade Commission took the first steps Friday toward potentially lifting bans on the CEOs of Hess and Pioneer Natural Resources serving on the boards of Chevron and Exxon, respectively, under agreements assailed by the FTC's Republican leadership who want to permit the Chevron-Hess and Exxon-Pioneer mergers without those restrictions.

  • April 11, 2025

    Live Nation, Ticketmaster Can't Nix Consumer Antitrust Suit

    A California federal judge Friday denied a bid from Live Nation and Ticketmaster to toss an antitrust case from consumers alleging monopolization of the concert ticketing market, following a tentative ruling issued earlier this week while finding a recent antitrust win for Amazon doesn't translate to the case before him.

  • April 11, 2025

    FTC Says Chamber's Merger Notice Rule Suit Belongs In DC

    The Federal Trade Commission has asked a Texas federal judge to transfer a U.S. Chamber of Commerce regulation challenge to Washington, D.C., arguing that the only claims to Lone Star State jurisdiction are vague assertions that a local chamber's members could be affected by a new overhaul of merger filing requirements.

  • April 11, 2025

    Future Pak Goes Public With $255M Theratechnologies Bid

    Pharmaceutical manufacturer and packager Future Pak LLC, advised by Honigman LLP, on Friday publicly unveiled its proposal to acquire pharmaceutical company Theratechnologies Inc. for up to $255 million, a move that comes after Future Pak has received "minimal engagement" from the other company.

  • April 11, 2025

    Nikola Corp. Gets OK For $30M Arizona Factory Sale

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge Friday gave electric vehicle and hydrogen fueling technology maker Nikola Corp. the go-ahead to sell its Arizona factory and headquarters to electric carmaker Lucid Motors for $30 million.

  • April 11, 2025

    FTC Probing Valvoline's $625M Breeze Autocare Deal

    Valvoline Inc. said Friday that the company and Greenbriar Equity Group LP have each received second requests from the Federal Trade Commission for Valvoline's proposed $625 million acquisition of Breeze Autocare from the middle market private equity firm.

  • April 11, 2025

    Trump Walks A Fine Line In Effort To Steer US Steel's Future

    Nippon's hopes of acquiring U.S. Steel were revived聽when President Donald Trump ordered a fresh national security review of the deal, but he faces a delicate balancing act to strike an agreement acceptable to all parties without giving a foreign power full control of the vital American steelmaker.

  • April 11, 2025

    Envestnet Sued For Docs On $4.5B Bain Capital Deal In Del.

    A former trust investor in wealth and data management giant Envestnet Inc. sued in Delaware's Court of Chancery on Thursday for access to books and records on the company's $4.5 billion take-private deal with Bain Capital last year, citing concerns over both price and potential conflicts.

  • April 11, 2025

    Fox Rothschild Hires Familiar Corporate Partner In Boston

    Fox Rothschild LLP has expanded its Boston office with the addition of a聽Withers mergers and acquisitions attorney and corporate partner, who noted his path to the firm was shaped years ago, when he sat across the negotiation table from its lawyers on a memorable deal.

  • April 11, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Norton Rose, Ropes & Gray

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Capri Holdings sells Versace to Prada, Woodside Energy sells a liquefied natural gas terminal stake to Stonepeak, crypto infrastructure firm Ripple acquires prime brokerage platform Hidden Road, and Bain Capital takes a stake in Lincoln Financial.

  • April 11, 2025

    Apollo Plugs $400M Into Joint Venture With Solar Company

    Private equity giant Apollo, led by Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, on Friday announced plans to commit up to $400 million to a new joint venture partnership with commercial solar company Summit Ridge Energy LLC.

Expert Analysis

  • What 2024 Trends In Marketing, Comms Hiring Mean For 2025

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    The state of hiring in legal industry marketing, business development and communications over the past 12 months was marked by a number of trends 鈥 from changes in the C-suite to lateral move challenges 鈥 providing clues for what鈥檚 to come in the year ahead, says Ben Curle at Ambition.

  • The Prospects Of Pa. Gaining Its Own Antitrust Law After 2024

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    In the only state that does not have its own antitrust law, Pennsylvania's business community's strong opposition to the Pennsylvania Open Markets Act signals a rough road lies ahead for passage of the bill after Republicans retained a narrow majority in the state Senate, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.

  • Opinion

    How The Onion Could Still Buy InfoWars

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    While a Texas bankruptcy judge nixed the sale of InfoWars to The Onion on Tuesday, a slight tweak to the novel mechanism proposed could make the sale approvable, says Christopher Hampson at the University of Florida.

  • Series

    Group Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The combination of physical fitness and community connection derived from running with a group of business leaders has, among other things, helped me to stay grounded, improve my communication skills, and develop a deeper empathy for clients and colleagues, says Jessica Shpall Rosen聽at聽Greenwald Doherty.

  • How White Collar Defense Attys Can Use Summary Witnesses

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    Few criminal defense attorneys have successfully utilized summary witnesses in the past, but several recent success stories show that it can be a worthwhile trial tactic to help juries understand the complex decision-making at issue, says Jonathan Porter at Husch Blackwell.

  • Opinion

    6 Changes I Would Make If I Ran A Law School

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    Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner identifies several key issues plaguing law schools and discusses potential solutions, such as opting out of the rankings game and mandating courses in basic writing skills.

  • Predictions For Trump Antitrust Enforcement Of Life Sciences

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    Key life sciences antitrust issues of the past two administrations may indicate the direction of enforcement during President-elect Donald Trump's second term, including in areas such as drug prices, killer acquisitions and merger remedies, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

  • Firms Still Have The Edge In Lateral Hiring, But Buyer Beware

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    Partner mobility data suggests that the third quarter of this year continued to be a buyer鈥檚 market, with the average candidate demanding less compensation for a larger book of business 鈥 but moving into the fourth quarter, firms should slow down their hiring process to minimize risks, say officers at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.

  • Preparing For The New Restrictions On Investment Into China

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    In light of a new regulatory program governing U.S. investments in China-related technology companies of national security concern, investors should keep several considerations in mind, including the rules' effect on existing and new investments, compliance hurdles, and penalties for noncompliance ahead of the rules' January implementation, say attorneys at Gunderson Dettmer.

  • Lights, Camera, Real Estate: Preparing For Film Facility M&A

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    As the entertainment industry struggles to recover from multiple strikes and a decline in production, certain aspects of selling or acquiring production facilities may become important to consider, as these assets are valued very differently from typical commercial real estate properties, say attorneys at Olshan Frome.

  • Think Like A Lawyer: 1 Type Of Case Complexity Stands Out

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    In contrast to some cases that appear complex due to voluminous evidence or esoteric subject matter, a different kind of complexity involves tangled legal and factual questions, each with a range of possible outcomes, which require a 鈥渟liding scale鈥 approach instead of syllogistic reasoning, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

  • Back To The Future? Antitrust Enforcement Under Trump 2.0

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    While the transition to the second Trump administration's antitrust policy should be accompanied by less uncertainty, we're unlikely to get a full sense of the true focus and tenor of competition enforcement under Trump 2.0 before late next year, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.

  • Think Like A Lawyer: Note 3 Simple Types Of Legal Complexity

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    Cases can appear complex for several reasons 鈥 due to the number of issues, the volume of factual and evidentiary sources, and the sophistication of those sources 鈥 but the same basic technique can help lawyers tame their arguments into a simple and persuasive message, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

  • Antitrust in Retail: Handbag Ruling Won't Go Out Of Fashion

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    Although a New York federal court鈥檚 recent decision to enjoin a proposed $8.5 billion merger between the owners of Michael Kors and Coach applied noncontroversial antitrust interpretations, several notable aspects of the opinion stand out as likely candidates for further discussion in future merger litigation, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

  • Series

    Gardening Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Beyond its practical and therapeutic benefits, gardening has bolstered important attributes that also apply to my litigation practice, including persistence, patience, grit and authenticity, says Christopher Viceconte at Gibbons.

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