Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Advocat Sued By Shareholders For Spurning $51M Takeover – site.law360.com

Law360, New York (May 18, 2012, 2:17 PM ET) — Shareholders of Advocat Inc. launched a class action against the nursing home chain’s board of directors in Tennessee federal court on Tuesday, alleging they breached their fiduciary duties in spurning … Continue reading

Mayer Brown, Cleary, Davis Polk, Dewey: Business of Law – Businessweek

Paul W. Theiss, a corporate partner at Mayer Brown LLP, was elected chairman of the law firm effective June 1. Theiss, 52, who specializes in mergers and acquisitions and capital markets, is a member of the firm’s management committee and … Continue reading

Sutherland Expands Insurance Tax Practice with Addition of Two Partners – StreetInsider.com

insurance intermediaries and large commercial insureds on a wide variety of tax and insurance law matters. His experience includes insurance company mergers and acquisitions (both domestic and international), mutual insurance company restructurings …

Obama Can’t Knock the Hustle – Huffington Post

Dimon understands and performs this drill well, for he was in cahoots with his mentor, Sandy Weill, in engineering a series of mergers and acquisitions that would have violated the Glass-Steagall law, which for decades had prohibited commingling …

K&L Gates Adds RE, Corporate Partners In Moscow – site.law360.com

Law360, New York (May 16, 2012, 1:43 PM ET) — A former Salans LLP real estate and construction partner and a general counsel who advised on mergers and acquisitions for Russian investment bank Aton Capital Group have joined K&L Gates … Continue reading

Legal Round Table: Developments in the Field – Moscow Times

and the ever-increasing use of English law in mergers and acquisitions. What does your practice entail? How has your field changed over the past few years? How do you think it will change in the near future? What major challenges … Continue reading

Snell & Wilmer Attorney Jim Scheinkman Presenting Key Strategies in Negotiating Letters of Intent – PRLog (free press release)

His practice focuses on assisting mid-market companies and their owners in mergers and acquisitions, financings … Snell & Wilmer is a full-service business law firm with more than 400 attorneys practicing in nine locations throughout the western United …

Morrison & Foerster and 451 Research Launch New “M&A Leaders Survey” Covering Tech-Sector Deals – Yahoo Finance

NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO, May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Tech-sector mergers and acquisitions were noticeably down in … a leading global law firm, and 451 Research, the research division of prominent technology market intelligence firm …

Kelley Drye Grabs SEC Veteran For NY Corporate Practice – site.law360.com

Law360, New York (May 15, 2012, 3:46 PM ET) — A veteran corporate mergers and acquisitions attorney who most recently spent two years working for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has joined Kelley Drye & Warren LLP as a … Continue reading

Alston Adds Dorsey VC, Corporate Atty To Silicon Valley – site.law360.com

Law360, New York (May 15, 2012, 3:30 PM ET) — A veteran Silicon Valley corporate mergers and acquisitions partner, considered a top venture capital attorney, has joined Alston & Bird LLP from Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Alston & Bird said … Continue reading