Mergers and Acquisitions

Mega-Deals Up In Canada

November 25, 2014

An overview of the active 2014 Canadian M&A market from Jamie Koumanakos and Chris Salamon, attorneys at Blakes. Deal count […]

Strategic Considerations In Cross-Border Joint Ventures

November 20, 2014

There are many good reasons to set up cross-border joint ventures, but there are pitfalls as well. In an article […]

Representation and Warranty Insurance For M&A Transactions

November 17, 2014

Buyers don’t want to assume any risk that hasn’t been named and enumerated, while sellers tend toward the view that […]

NLRB Establishes New Rule In Successor Labor Relations

October 16, 2014

The National Labor Relations Board has overturned an important precedent regarding the employment obligations of successor companies. In Pressroom Cleaners, […]

What The Kahn Decision Says About “Special Committees”

September 29, 2014

The recent decision by the Delaware Supreme Court in Kahn v. M&F Worldwide Corp. held that the relatively deferential “business […]

Representation & Warranty Insurance For M&A

September 15, 2014

Parties who can agree on most of the basic terms in an M&A deal may reach a sticking point when […]

Big Pharma Deal May Be Pushing The Envelope On Insider Trading

August 5, 2014

The CEO of Valeant Pharmaceuticals, which is pursuing the takeover, teamed up in advance with a hedge fund manager…

Times Columnist Lambasts “Inversion” Tax Dodge

June 9, 2014

Veteran New York Times business columnist Floyd Norris wrote a scathing critique of a strategy frequently employed by U.S. companies: […]

Oh, Brother: Law Firm Family Ties May Complicate G.E. Merger

June 2, 2014

The relationship between General Electric head Jeffrey R. Immelt and Stephen Immelt, a partner and practice leader at Hogan Lovells […]

Why Some Small Deals Are Getting A Lot Of Antitrust Scrutiny

May 13, 2014

What’s drawings government attention to deals that come in far below the Hart-Scott-Rodino threshold?

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