Mergers & Acquisitions

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Latest News in Mergers & Acquisitions

  • December 04, 2025

    Del. Justices Nix Challenge To $1.1B Smart & Final Sale

    A three-justice Delaware Supreme Court panel has rejected with little comment a bid to revive a stockholder suit alleging disclosure failures and conflicted moves ahead of the $1.1 billion April 2019 sale of Smart & Final Stores Inc. to interests of Apollo Global Management.

  • December 04, 2025

    Prolonged FTC Review Kills $615M Healthcare Staffing Deal

    Talent software and staffing company Aya Healthcare Inc. abandoned its planned $615 million deal for Cross Country Healthcare Inc. on Thursday, citing uncertainty from an ongoing Federal Trade Commission review that was extended by the government shutdown.

  • December 04, 2025

    26North Scoops $885M Kitchen Unit Stake As 2 Firms Advise

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP are advising on 26North Partners LP's agreement to buy a 51% stake in the residential kitchen business of The Middleby Corp. at an $885 million value, according to a Thursday announcement. 

  • December 04, 2025

    Rural Carriers Upset Over FCC's AT&T Deal Approval

    Wireless carriers serving rural regions are dismayed at the Federal Communications Commission's staff decision this week to approve AT&T's $1 billion spectrum license deal with UScellular, saying it relies on flawed market analysis.

  • December 04, 2025

    Wachtell Advising OpenAI On Planned Neptune Purchase

    OpenAI has agreed to acquire experiment-tracking startup Neptune, a deal that brings in-house a set of tools designed to give researchers real-time visibility into how large artificial intelligence models learn.

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