Mergers & Acquisitions
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December 14, 2018
Neiman Marcus Accuses Marble Ridge Of Smear Campaign
Neiman Marcus Group Inc. filed counterclaims in Texas state court Friday against Marble Ridge Master Fund LP and its adviser, disputing the lawsuit the hedge fund lobbed earlier in the week and saying it has “waged a public campaign” against the luxury fashion retailer in an effort to extort value from it.
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December 14, 2018
Gray, Raycom Must Divest TV Stations Before $3B Merger
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday that it will require Gray Television Inc. and Raycom Media Inc. to divest broadcast television stations in nine markets as a condition of resolving its challenge to the proposed $3.65 billion merger between the media companies.
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December 14, 2018
Loeb & Loeb Leads Blank Check's $70M IPO To Buy Health Biz
Chardan Healthcare Acquisition Corp., a blank check company formed by investment bank Chardan Capital Markets LLC for the purpose of acquiring a health care business, raised $70 million in an initial public offering that was guided by Loeb & Loeb LLP.
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December 14, 2018
Aegean Marine Files Deal To Reorganize With $135M Sale
Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. on Thursday filed an outline of plans to reorganize in Chapter 11 by selling the marine refueling business to entities owned by Oaktree Capital Management LP and Hartree Partners LP for $135 million, a departure from an earlier proposal to sell to its competitor.
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December 14, 2018
‘No Need’ To Delay CVS-Aetna Merger, DOJ Says After Rebuke
The U.S. Department of Justice urged a D.C. federal judge Friday not to keep CVS and Aetna apart while reviewing a proposed merger settlement the judge had blasted as having been pushed through without adequate judicial scrutiny, arguing that a delay is unnecessary and beyond the court’s authority.
Areas of Coverage
- 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
- AGENCIES
- Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
- Federal Trade Commission
- U.S. Department of Justice
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Dodd-Frank Act
- International banking legislation and regulation
- ENFORCEMENT
- Merger reviews
- Second requests
- Challenges and divestitures
- LITIGATION
- Antitrust suits
- 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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