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Corporate Counsel

Kroger Suit Claims FTC Using Unconstitutional Process to Try to Kill Megamerger

"Unless the proceeding is enjoined, Kroger will suffer an immediate constitutional injury by being subjected to an illegitimate proceeding," Kroger says in the newly filed complaint.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Deal Watch: Deals Abound, Debt Offerings Soar and Private Equity Firms Start Exercising

Deal work continues its up and to the right trajectory, while work constructing and litigating liability management exercises grows.
11 minute read

Corporate Counsel

FTC's Kroger-Albertsons Suit Premised on 'Fanciful' Definition of Grocery Market, Dissenting States Say

The Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit seeking to block the $24.6 billion merger presumes "that consumers are walled off from any other sources for groceries and have no alternative but to buy all their needs from either Kroger or Albertsons alone," according to an amicus brief filed Friday by Alabama, Georgia, Iowa and Ohio. 
4 minute read

International Edition

Linklaters, Paul Weiss Lead on $3B PE-Backed Home Heating Deal

Carrier is a long-standing client of Linklaters, which has advised the energy company on previous divestitures.
2 minute read

International Edition

Latham, Freshfields, Ashurst Assist Hong Kong Tycoon on Secondary London Listing and $449M Acquisition

Latham & Watkins, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters are advising on the secondary listing while Ashurst is advising on a $440 million wind farm purchase.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Paul Hastings Continues to Build M&A Capability With Shareholder Activism Partner from Goodwin

Andrew Goodman's shareholder activism practice, and its focus on life sciences, real estate and technology, brings both bench depth in the practice and adds a stronger presence for the firm in Boston.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

More CEOs May Unleash Buyout Offers, Creating Hornet's Nest of Challenges for Boards

23andMe set up an independent board committee and hired legal and financial advisers to work with it after CEO Anne Wojcicki offered to take the company private.
6 minute read

International Edition

3 Law Firms Advise on South African Miner's $2.16B Purchase of Canadian Project, Mining Sector Faces 2 Court Challenges

A Chinese company and a group of First Nations launch mining-related challenges in Canadian courts.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Sweet and Savory: Skadden, Kirkland, Cravath, Simpson, S&C and Cleary Guide $35.9B Big Snack Deal

The Mars-Kellanova transaction is one of the latest big deals for Big Law. Megadeals of more than $10 billion were up 70% in the first half of 2024 compared with 2023 levels.
3 minute read

International Edition

A&O Shearman, Macfarlanes Called in for Lebara Sale

The U.K. low-cost mobile network is being bought by a European private equity house.
2 minute read

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