Mergers & Acquisitions

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Latest News in Mergers & Acquisitions

  • January 22, 2026

    PE-Backed Strickland Brothers Secures $360M Investment

    Private equity-backed oil change operator Strickland Brothers, led by Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, on Thursday revealed that it secured $360 million of financing to support acquisition activity and allow for continued national expansion.

  • January 22, 2026

    MoFo Adds Two Akin M&A, Litigation Experts In LA

    Morrison Foerster LLP is expanding its California team, announcing Thursday it is bringing in two Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP attorneys — a mergers and acquisitions expert and a litigation ace — as partners in its Los Angeles office.

  • January 22, 2026

    Opportunities Amid The Challenges Of Trump's BIS Shakeup

    The Trump administration’s continuing overhaul of the Bureau of Industry and Security has created enormous practical challenges for export compliance, but it potentially also offers a once-in-a-generation opening to advocate for simplifying and rationalizing U.S. export controls, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.

  • January 22, 2026

    Dayforce Investors Seek Records In $12.3B Thoma Bravo Deal

    Several stockholders of Dayforce Inc. have asked the Delaware Chancery Court to compel the global human resource software company to hand over internal books and records, arguing the board's handling of a $12.3 billion take-private sale to Thoma Bravo LP warrants closer scrutiny under Delaware law.

  • January 22, 2026

    Shareholder Says $2.3B Take-Private Deal Hid Blackstone Ties

    Board members of Hawaii-based commercial real estate investment trust Alexander & Baldwin obscured their connections to Blackstone Real Estate in securities filings preceding a proposed $2.3 billion take-private deal, an investor claimed in an Illinois federal lawsuit.

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Mergers & Acquisitions

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  • TRANSACTIONS
  • Mergers and acquisitions valued at $100MM or more
  • Company spinoffs and splitups
  • Transactions involving stakes of $100MM or more
  • Hostile takeovers and leveraged buyouts
  • Poison pill implementation
  • Bankruptcy selloffs
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  • Federal Trade Commission
  • U.S. Department of Justice
  • POLICY & REGULATION
  • Dodd-Frank Act
  • International banking legislation and regulation
  • ENFORCEMENT
  • Merger reviews
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  • Challenges and divestitures
  • LITIGATION
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  • Bankruptcy proceedings
  • Shareholder disputes
  • Corporate governance fights
  • Proxy battles and hostile takeover suits
  • Poison pill challenges
  • PROFILES
  • Personnel moves
  • Profiles of mergers and acquisitions practices

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