Mergers & Acquisitions

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Latest News in Mergers & Acquisitions

  • April 13, 2026

    Weil Adds Kirkland, DLA Piper Attys To Private Funds Platform

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP announced two additions to its private funds platform on Monday, one from Kirkland & Ellis and the other from DLA Piper.

  • April 13, 2026

    Cleary, Latham Steer $2.5B Somnigroup Bedding Deal

    Somnigroup International Inc. said Monday it has agreed to acquire Leggett & Platt Inc. in an all-stock transaction valued at about $2.5 billion, with Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP advising Somnigroup and Latham & Watkins LLP representing Leggett & Platt.

  • April 13, 2026

    UK Calls For Feedback On $110B Paramount, Warner Deal

    Britain's antitrust authority called on interested parties on Monday to comment on whether Paramount Skydance's $110 billion deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery has the potential to harm competition in any U.K. markets.

  • April 13, 2026

    K&L Gates Helps Hexagon Buy Baker Hughes Unit For $1.45B

    Industrial technology company Hexagon AB said Monday that it has agreed to buy a German industrial testing business from Baker Hughes, a U.S. energy technology giant, for $1.45 billion in cash.

  • April 10, 2026

    Biz Judge Says Contract Lets Majority Vote On Unit Transfers

    A Texas business court ruled Friday that a meter-proving company's agreement allows a simple majority of a company's board to approve a transfer of membership units, rejecting minority owners' argument that separate director approval is also required.

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  • Poison pill implementation
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