/mergersacquisitions?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Mergers & Acquisitions Copyright 2025 Â鶹´«Ã½. en-US Mon, 09 Jun 2025 06:41:24 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2350724?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2350724 Semiconductor-maker Qualcomm Inc. said Monday that it will buy Alphawave IP for $2.4 billion in a deal that will pull the British chip designer from the London Stock Exchange. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 23:59:15 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2350669?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2350669 The FTC on Friday urged a Washington, D.C., federal judge to reject Meta's bid to strike testimony the agency's lead economics expert gave during the antitrust trial over Meta's purchase of Instagram and WhatsApp, scoffing at the allegation the New York University School of Â鶹´«Ã½ professor is biased. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 21:39:50 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2350391?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2350391 Stablecoin issuer Circle's explosive debut will likely stimulate more crypto listings and possibly jolt the broader pipeline of initial public offerings, capital markets attorneys say. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 21:29:50 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2350667?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2350667 The Washington Post must face Trump Media & Technology Group's suit over an article accusing it of committing securities fraud over a purported finder's fee paid to Entoro Securities to secure a loan, a Florida federal judge said Friday, ruling Trump Media's latest pleading "squarely alleges" no fee agreement existed.  Fri, 06 Jun 2025 18:57:18 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2350450?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2350450 Executives of Compass Diversified Holdings have been hit with a derivative shareholder suit in a California federal court for allegedly making misleading statements about the investment firm's financial condition, stemming from accounting irregularities at a jewelry company the firm acquired. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:30:19 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2350319?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2350319 The former CEO of a defense industry supplier has settled his lawsuit alleging he was duped into taking the job by a North Carolina private equity firm and then fired for refusing to go along with fibs about its financial future to a major client, according to a notice filed Friday. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:29:32 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2346240?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2346240 As bank regulators become more receptive to streamlining barriers that have historically stood in the way of de novo bank formation, and as fintechs show more interest in chartering, attorneys at Goodwin outline the types of charters available and their benefits. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:04:00 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2342370?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2342370 As the administration targets diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and law firms consider pulling back from their programs, lawyers who care about racial equity and justice can employ four strategies to create microspaces of justice, which can then be parlayed into drivers of transformational change, says Susan Sturm at Columbia Â鶹´«Ã½ School. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:38:07 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2350496?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2350496 Greenberg Traurig LLP said Friday that it has added Daniel F. Rayner to its corporate private funds group from Clifford Chance LLP. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:21:42 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2350469?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2350469 In this week's Taxation With Representation, Chart Industries Inc. and Flowserve Corp. merge, Aedifica NV and Cofinimmo NV unite, Sanofi buys Blueprint Medicines Corp., and Kimberly-Clark Corp. sells a majority stake in its international tissue business to Suzano. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:06:03 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2350287?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2350287 In this week's Off The Bench, an appeals court says Michael Jordan's auto racing team cannot compete amid an antitrust suit against NASCAR, the Chicago White Sox start a long ownership transfer process, and the woman who accused a college football coach of sexual harassment sues the university over its handling of the complaint. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:04:05 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2350191?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2350191 Rosebank said Friday that it will raise up to £1.14 billion ($1.54 billion) in equity to partly fund the acquisition of Electrical Components International in a reverse takeover transaction, with plans to "double shareholders' investment in three to five years." Fri, 06 Jun 2025 09:35:26 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2345427?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2345427 Aideen Brennan, a former mergers and acquisitions and private equity senior managing associate at Sidley Austin, has joined Mayer Brown's global corporate and securities practice as a partner in New York. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 08:18:53 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2350176?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2350176 Pinewood Technologies said Friday that it has agreed to buy the 51% stake of car dealership Lithia in their U.S. joint venture for $76.5 million as it aims to accelerate the adoption of its auto retailer software in America and Canada. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 23:14:40 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2350081?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2350081 A "sparse and self-serving" record provided by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management still shows the agency unlawfully directed federal agencies to fire probationary employees en masse, so a California federal court can reach a final decision now and "unwind" those terminations, a coalition including unions and advocacy groups said Thursday. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 21:10:13 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2349461?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2349461 Elon Musk is planning a $5 billion debt sale for his AI startup, Ontario’s pension seeks final bids for an Indian hospital system, and Merck eyes a Swiss biotech with a potential $3 billion price tag. Here's a rundown of these and other notable deal rumors from the last week. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 21:04:51 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2349928?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2349928 Healthcare solutions company Owens & Minor said Thursday that it's abandoning its $1.36 billion plan to buy home-based care business Rotech Healthcare Holdings after the Federal Trade Commission's scrutiny proved too much to bear. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 20:11:35 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2350065?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2350065 A Washington, D.C., federal judge Thursday upheld the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's rule that raises eligibility requirements for submitting shareholder proposals, disagreeing with investor advocacy groups that the requirements "severely impair" investors' input on corporate policies. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:55:48 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2349434?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2349434 The directors and controlling stockholders of special purpose acquisition company Graf Industrial Corp. have agreed to pay $4.75 million to resolve claims that they misled investors ahead of a 2020 merger with Velodyne Lidar Inc. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:16:39 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2349571?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2349571 The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division's top merger official walked a fine line Wednesday between avoiding "a lingering regulatory review tax" on benign transactions and over-confident prognostications that markets will "self-correct" without intervention, and between encouraging companies to address concerns upfront and "shadow" settlements with the government.