Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Cravath Guides Universal Health In $517M Ascend Buy – site.law360.com

Law360, New York (June 04, 2012, 2:05 PM ET) — Universal Health Services Inc. plans to pick up hospital manager Ascend Health Corp. for $517 million in an effort to expand its presence in the behavioral health care services sector, … Continue reading

Salesforce To Spend $698M On Social Marketer Buddy Media – site.law360.com

Law360, New York (June 04, 2012, 1:55 PM ET) — Salesforce.com Inc. will pay $689 million for leading web marketer Buddy Media Inc. in a bid to double down on the booming social media marketing industry, the cloud-based business software … Continue reading

Hull Barrett, PC Attorney Selected as One of Augusta Regions’ Top Young Professionals to Watch in 2012 – YAHOO!

The firm is engaged in a general civil practice providing a broad range of legal services with an emphasis on general litigation, trials and appeals; securities and corporate law; mergers, acquisitions and public offerings; local government law and eminent …

Malbex Resources Reports Corporate Restructuring – comcast.net

“It is also a pleasure to welcome Frank to our board of directors; Malbex will benefit from his extensive experience in law, corporate finance, governance and mergers and acquisitions.” Hamilton is President of Pickax International Corp., a private …

Notable Mergers and Acquisitions of the Day 06/04: (CRM) (LH)/(MTOX) (UHS) (CRED)/(FOR) (GU) – StreetInsider.com

Merger Sub or any of the management members of the Company, negotiated the terms of the Merger Agreement with the assistance of its financial and legal advisors. To keep up on all the Mergers & Acquisitions data in real-time, go … Continue reading

Lawyer Gets Record Prison Sentenced of 12 Years in Insider Trading Scheme That Used Information Stolen from Preeminent Law Firms – FBI Press Room (press release)

Over time, Kluger worked at four of the nation’s premier mergers and acquisitions law firms. From 1994 to 1997, he worked first as a summer associate and later as a corporate associate at Cravath Swaine & Moore in New York. … Continue reading

The Perfect Flight: Champagne, a Good Blanket and Nonstop Sleep – Wall Street Journal

Shaun McRobert’s business regularly takes him off the beaten path. As a Hong Kong-based partner specializing in cross-border mergers and acquisitions for international law firm Norton Rose, he can bounce between Beijing, Zambia, Ulan Bator and …

Brazil Merger Filings To Drop As Gov’t Raises Thresholds – site.law360.com

Law360, New York (May 31, 2012, 8:47 PM ET) — Two days after Brazil’s new competition law took effect, the government hiked the thresholds Thursday for transactions to trigger a review under the country’s new preclosing merger control system, slashing … Continue reading

Why American firms cannot do deals without being sued – Economist.com

Consider the shark-munched world of mergers and acquisitions (M&A). In 2005 … a tiny state known for sophisticated corporate law and experienced courts. Delaware’s judges—in public comments like those of Judge Laster and from Leo Strine, head …

International Paper Sells Mills For $470M In DOJ Deal – site.law360.com

Law360, New York (June 01, 2012, 7:14 PM ET) — International Paper Co. will sell three mills — two in California and one in Tennessee — for $470 million in order to alleviate antitrust concerns over its proposed $4.3 billion … Continue reading