Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Icahn’s $2.6B Offer For CVR Wins Shareholder Approval – site.law360.com

Law360, New York (May 07, 2012, 1:09 PM ET) — Carl Icahn has succeeded in taking over Houston-based CVR Energy Inc. after a majority of shareholders backed his $2.6 billion takeover offer valuing the company at $30 per share, the … Continue reading

Exit rules to trigger mergers among regional bourses – Livemint.com

He also foresees a series of mergers and acquisitions in the exchange space following the … or should it go the government,” said Sandeep Parekh, founder of FINSEC Law Advisors. Last month, the Sebi board approved the long-pending proposals of … Continue reading

Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss Elects Bill Sider As CEO – PR-USA.net

family law, financial services, immigration, insolvency & reorganization, insurance, intellectual property, information technology, litigation, labor, mergers & acquisitions, mortgage banking, property tax appeals, public finance, real estate, securities …

United States: JOBS Act Allows Small Companies Easier Access To Capital – Mondaq

On April 5, President Obama signed the Jump-Start Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act) into law, which the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate had passed by wide margins on March 27 and March 24, respectively. The JOBS Act … Continue reading

VLP Law Adds Morrison Cohen Corporate Partner In NY – site.law360.com

Law360, New York (May 04, 2012, 4:11 PM ET) — A veteran corporate partner formerly with Morrison Cohen LLP who specializes in venture capital and mergers and acquisitions transactions has joined VLP Law Group LLP as a partner in its … Continue reading

Gen-Probe Shareholder Aims To Block $3.7B Hologic Deal – site.law360.com

Law360, Wilmington (May 04, 2012, 3:29 PM ET) — A Gen-Probe Inc. shareholder launched a class action in Delaware court on Friday challenging Hologic Inc.’s planned $3.7 billion buyout of the diagnostic-testing company, calling the offer opportunistic and …

Cleary Gottlieb Snags Shearman M&A Ace For Beijing Post – site.law360.com

Law360, New York (May 04, 2012, 3:16 PM ET) — Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP expanded its Asian transactional team with the addition of a Shearman & Sterling LLP partner with broad experience in cross-border mergers, acquisitions and private … Continue reading

What is the best way to communicate mergers and change in HE? – The Guardian

Whether it’s the £200m acquisition of the College of Law (by Montagu Private Capital last month … But, in the current climate, I believe we’ll see more mergers, acquisitions and alliances taking shape. These may not be full-blooded amalgamations …

At Dewey & LeBoeuf, Notable Departures Continue – New York Times

Mr. Pierce, a leading mergers-and-acquisitions lawyer, was chairman of Dewey Ballantine … two women walked out of the building carrying large company tote bags filled with law books and legal pads. Another woman emerged carrying two framed …

Fat guarantees helped weaken Dewey & LeBoeuf – msnbc.com

who had been the chair of the mergers and acquisitions practice at Cooley. Climan’s guarantee was $3.5 million a year, according to The Recorder, a California legal publication. Since the onset of the recession, law firms have treaded more carefully … Continue reading