Mergers & Acquisitions

Mergers & Acquisitions Solutions:

We represent M&A Purchasers, or Acquirers, and Sellers, or Targets, in:

• Public and Private Target Company Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity and other Financial Acquisitions
• Strategic Acquisitions between Vertically Integrated Companies and Horizontal Competitors
• Divestitures, Spin-Offs and Going Private Transactions
• Management and Control Group Buyouts
• Reverse Mergers and SPAC (“Special Purpose Acquisition Companies”) Business Combinations (“De-SPACing Transactions”)
• Restructuring and Recapitalization Transactions
• Bankruptcy and Distressed Assets Acquisitions
• Board and Officers Counseling
• Shareholder and Creditor Rights Counseling
• Antitrust, Tax and Industry-Specific Regulatory Issues Affecting Transactions
• Foreign Investment (“CFIUS”), Technology Export (“ITAR” and “EAR”), Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) and Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) Sanctions Issues Affecting Transactions

Mergers & Acquisitions Representative Transactions

Mergers & Acquisitions Whitepapers and Advisories:

Mergers & Acquisitions: Deal Points Series

Mergers & Acquisitions 1: Overview and Transaction Types: Deal Points (October 2024)

Mergers & Acquisitions 2: Tax Structuring Considerations: Deal Points (October 2024)

Mergers & Acquisitions 3: Structuring Payment: Deal Points (November 2024)

Mergers & Acquisitions 4: LOIs, MOUs and Term Sheets: Deal Points (November 2024)

Mergers & Acquisitions 5: Stock Purchases: Deal Points (November 2024)

Mergers & Acquisitions 6: Asset Purchases: Deal Points (December 2024)

Mergers & Acquisitions 7: Mergers: Deal Points (December 2024)

Mergers & Acquisitions 8: Public M&A: Deal Points (January 2025)

Mergers & Acquisitions 9: Financing M&A: Deal Points (February 2025)

Mergers & Acquisitions 10: Antitrust Merger Control and Clearance: Deal Points (March 2025)

Mergers & Acquisitions 11: Intellectual Property Issues in M&A: Deal Points (April 2025)

Mergers & Acquisitions 12: Cross-Border M&A: Deal Points (May 2025)

Mergers & Acquisitions 13: Distressed Target M&A: Deal Points (October 2025)

Mergers & Acquisitions 14: Going Private Transactions: Deal Points (November 2025)

Mergers & Acquisitions: M&A Corporate Governance and Due Diligence: Deal Points

Other Mergers & Acquisitions Whitepapers and Advisories

DoJ sues to Block HPE’s $14 Billion Acquisition of Juniper

FTC Announces 2025 Hart-Scott-Rodino Reporting Thresholds

FTC and DoJ Issue New Merger Guidelines (January 2024)

FTC and DoJ Issue Proposed New Merger Guidelines (July 2023)

FTC Issues Rulemaking for Major Revision of Hart-Scott-Rodino M&A Reporting Obligations (July 2023)

Court Rejects FTC Attempt to Block Microsoft-Activision Blizzard Acquisition (July 2023)

UK Competition and Markets Authority Blocks Microsoft-Activision Blizzard Acquisition (April 2023)

CFIUS-FIRRMA Foreign Investment Rules Impact Cross-Border Deals (April 2023)

FTC Sues Microsoft to Block $69 Billion Activision Blizzard Acquisition

U.K. Competition Authority Launches Phase 2 Review of Viasat-Inmarsat Merger

FTC Sues Facebook Parent Meta to Block Virtual Reality Acquisition

Eutelsat and OneWeb Agree to $3.4 Billion Merger

Musk Pulls Out of Twitter Deal

DoJ Sues to Block Acquisition of Defense/Intelligence Contractor

Twitter Counters Elon Musk Takeover Offer with a Poison Pill

SEC Proposes Rule Amendments to Modernize Beneficial Ownership Reporting

FTC and DoJ Launch Effort to Restrict Anticompetitive Mergers

FTC Restores Restrictive Prior Approval Merger Review Policy

FTC Sets Ambitious M&A Enforcement Agenda

FTC Warns on Use of Debt Retirement to Avoid HSR Filings

U.S. Communications Law and Transactions

 

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