Tag: M&A
How Startup Attorneys Create Value and Engineer Exits
By: Rachel Landy (CLS Blue Sky Blog)
For almost four decades, scholars have been debating whether business lawyers provide value to transactions. The discussion began...
APCO Grows Global M&A & Competition Team
APCO Worldwide announced the addition of several seasoned professionals to their Mergers & Acquisitions and Competition office. This expansion will help clients find greater...
Davis Polk Nabs Jones Day’s M&A Global Chief
James Dougherty, the leader of Jones Day’s M&A practice, has left the law firm after nearly two decades to join rival Davis Polk &...
Linklaters Strengthens New York M&A Practice
Linklaters M&A and private equity partner Lev Loukhton has relocated to the firm’s New York office, marking the continued expansion of the New York...
How the New Anti-Merger Policy May Be the New Antitrust Paradox
Neo-Brandeisian policies that would chill acquisitions by highly capitalized companies, or companies with 30%+ market share in some related market, would remove from the...
Hospital Mergers: The Future of COPA Immunity
By: Carl Hittinger, Marc Schildkraut & Tyson Herrold (Antitrust Advocate)
In October 2022, the Federal Trade Commission issued a Public Comment opposing a Certificate of Public Advantage (COPA) for...
Proxy Tactics Are Changing: Can Advance Notice Bylaws Do What Poison...
By: John C. Coffee Jr. (CLS Blue Sky Blog)
Military strategy and takeover strategy share a few things in common. At some point, generals and...
Goodwin Grows M&A Team With New Hire
Global law firm Goodwin announced that Kirkie Maswoswe joined the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions practice and Technology group as a partner, resident in the New York office.
“Kirkie has a strong mix of...
EU Pauses Orange & Norsk Hydro M&A Probe
EU antitrust regulators have paused investigations into French telecoms provider Orange's bid for a majority stake in Belgian peer VOO SA and Norsk Hydro's...
Remedies for M&A Breach of Contract – The Cineplex Case
By: Jonathan Chan & Martin Petrin (CLS Blue Sky Blog)
A remorseful acquirer wants to get out of a merger or acquisition agreement. It concocts a...
