Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement – Yahoo! Finance

The Agreement provides that the acquisition will be accomplished by the merger of Sub I into M5 … (iii) the absence of any law or order prohibiting the closing, (iv) the absence of a material adverse effect with respect to … Continue reading

Cigna President: HealthSpring Buy Will Let Company Compete Post-US Health Reform – Insurance News Net

Cigna Corp.’s acquisition of HealthSpring will enhance the company’s … Manders said. The health reform law authorized the creation of ACOs — voluntary groups of health care providers, facilities and potentially insurers that share responsibility …

NYSE, Deutsche Boerse Officially End Merger Deal – site.law360.com

Law360, New York (February 02, 2012, 2:39 PM ET) — NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Boerse AG have formally agreed to kill their proposed $9.7 billion merger in the wake of the European Commission’s decision this week to block the combination … Continue reading

Glencore and Xstrata in talks over £50bn ‘merger of equals’ – The Guardian

Glasenberg, a former coal trader who led the company to a £38bn flotation in London in May, said in August that he was “aggressively” seeking mergers and acquisitions as the … thanks to Swiss tax laws that require a substantial … Continue reading

Andrew Share | Human Capital – The Business Journal

A member of the firm’s global business & transactions practice, Share has experience in a wide range of corporate & business law matters, particularly in mergers & acquisitions, technology & outsourcing transactions, and software licensing.

Rising regulatory risk squashing M&A deals, say advisers – msnbc.com

(Reuters) – Competition watchdogs are stifling those companies still braving economic uncertainty to attempt mergers and acquisitions … find a buyer at all,” points out Mark Friend, head of law firm Allen & Overy’s antitrust department, who noted …

2012 to be robust year for metals M&A – Metalbulletin

Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity will continue to be robust in … All material subject to strictly enforced copyright laws. © Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC. Please log in using your online subscriber details. Your username will be your …

GCs Laud Securities, M&A Attys With Top Client Skills – site.law360.com

Law360, New York (February 01, 2012, 10:06 PM ET) — Corporate in-house counsel have named 84 securities, mergers and acquisitions, and transactional attorneys that they identify as the most client service-oriented in the field, thanks in part to their …

Job cuts coming for law firms as confidence slips – The Australian

Areas where revenue growth is expected to increase are energy and resources, insolvency and restructuring, insurance and competition, consumer law and trade practices. Revenue from mergers and acquisitions is expected to decline, but in all other areas …

Overview of private company mergers and acquisitions – Lexology

It first describes the basic types of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and then discusses the development … and the other the “disappearing,” corporation. By operation of law, the surviving corporation acquires all of the assets and succeeds to all …