Mergers & Acquisitions

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Latest News in Mergers & Acquisitions

  • May 07, 2026

    DOJ Antitrust Head Tells Merging Firms: No Games

    Combating "gamesmanship" remains top of mind for the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division as it reviews mergers, according to a New York speech Thursday from acting head Omeed A. Assefi warning parties against "altering" merger notification material or trying to "play games with documents and data."

  • May 07, 2026

    2 Firms Guide Payward's $600M Crypto Payments Co. Deal

    Jones Day and Latham & Watkins LLP are steering a deal under which Payward Inc., parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, will acquire financial technology company Reap Technologies Holdings Ltd. in an up to $600 million payable cash-and-stock deal, the parties announced Thursday.

  • May 07, 2026

    UK Says Welltower's Senior Home Deals May Hurt Competition

    The United Kingdom's antitrust authority determined Thursday that several of Welltower Inc.'s U.K. senior housing acquisitions create "a realistic prospect of a substantial lessening of competition."

  • May 07, 2026

    Judge Wants States To Outline Live Nation Antitrust Remedies

    A New York federal judge asked state enforcers on Thursday to outline the remedies they intend to seek from Live Nation, along with the discovery they expect to need, before deciding a schedule for the next steps in the antitrust case against the major live entertainment company.

  • May 07, 2026

    Simpson Thacher Guides $1.3B Cold Storage Joint Venture

    Americold Realty Trust and EQT, advised by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, are forming a $1.3 billion joint venture to operate and potentially build upon a portfolio of 12 cold storage properties in the U.S., the companies said Thursday.

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