/mergersacquisitions?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Mergers & Acquisitions Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Wed, 17 Dec 2025 09:20:05 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2420151?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2420151 Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. said Wednesday that its board has determined Paramount Skydance Corp.'s $108.4 billion hostile offer is not a "superior proposal" to the company's pending $82.7 billion agreement with Netflix.  Wed, 17 Dec 2025 05:56:38 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2422936?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2422936 Britain's merger regulator has extended the deadline of U.S. finance group BasePoint Capital LLC to table a £523 million ($697 million) bid for International Personal Finance PLC, the U.K. credit provider said Wednesday. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 05:33:31 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2422931?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2422931 Irish food manufacturer Greencore said Wednesday that it expects its £1.2 billion ($1.6 billion) acquisition of rival Bakkavor to complete in January after the U.K.'s competition authority abandoned its probe amid antitrust fixes proposed by the sides. Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:56:18 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2422895?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2422895 A former Trump business associate appeared unlikely to win early dismissal of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission suit accusing him of hiding advanced merger discussions with the president's media company from SPAC investors in 2021, as a federal judge wondered Tuesday how the talks could be considered immaterial. Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:54:15 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2422217?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2422217 False Claims Act enforcement trends and legislative developments from this year signal intensifying state and federal scrutiny of private equity's growing footprint in healthcare, and the urgency of compliance, says Lisa Re at Arnold & Porter. Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:35:42 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2422312?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2422312 A Virginia federal judge has allowed health insurer CareFirst's anticompetition and patent fraud claims against Johnson & Johnson to move forward in a case alleging anticompetitive behavior in relation to the immunosuppressive drug Stelara, while letting the pharmaceutical giant escape some claims of misrepresentation. Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:46:10 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2422502?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2422502 Attorneys taking stock of 2025 spoke to Law360 about the most important deals of the year, including Pfizer’s high-profile acquisition of Metsera and transactions in outpatient services and gene therapy. Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:45:01 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2421012?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2421012 To address the patchwork of courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence, curbing abuses and relieving the burden on judges, the federal judiciary should consider amending its civil procedure rules to require litigants to certify they’ve reviewed legal filings for accuracy, say attorneys at Shook Hardy. Tue, 16 Dec 2025 15:49:07 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2422290?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2422290 With 2025 coming to a close, Law360 Healthcare Authority asked attorneys focused on healthcare deals for their take on the trends that influenced dealmaking over the last 12 months. Tue, 16 Dec 2025 15:15:51 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2421709?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2421709 The 2025 media consolidation trend culminated in Netflix's $82.7 billion Warner Bros. Discovery announcement, but the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice is likely to question whether remedies short of blocking the deal could credibly preserve competition, says Brian Pandya at Duane Morris. Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:48:25 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2422434?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2422434 Data, analytics and risk management solutions provider Premialab, advised by A&O Shearman, on Tuesday revealed that it received a $220 million growth investment from Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP-led private equity giant KKR. Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:08:14 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2422603?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2422603 J.P. Morgan Asset Management's private equity group closed its 12th flagship fund, PEG Global Private Equity XII, above its $1.25 billion target at $1.44 billion, the firm announced Tuesday.  Tue, 16 Dec 2025 11:45:06 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2422475?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2422475 French luxury group Kering said Tuesday it has completed another real estate joint venture with private equity firm Ardian, expanding a partnership launched earlier this year with a $900 million deal for a Fifth Avenue retail property in New York City. Mon, 15 Dec 2025 19:57:26 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2422284?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2422284 Delaware's Supreme Court stubbed out an eight-year ITG Brands LLC legal battle to avoid paying R.J. Reynolds more than $250 million to cover health-related settlement payments to Florida after ITG's acquisition of four of the cigarette company's brands, according to a ruling issued Monday. Mon, 15 Dec 2025 18:04:40 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2421990?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2421990 A Delaware bankruptcy judge rejected an expedited timeline for the sale of the assets of home furnishing retailer American Signature Furniture, finding that the proposed 34-day process would not give enough time for an investigation of insider claims and the appointment of a consumer privacy ombudsman. Mon, 15 Dec 2025 17:31:14 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2422045?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2422045 Pharmaceutical company Cencora Inc. unveiled plans Monday to acquire a majority stake in cancer care company OneOncology for $5 billion, buying interest from private equity shop TPG in a deal built by three law firms. Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:57:21 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2421913?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2421913 The owners of Italian football club Juventus rejected an unsolicited buyout bid from crypto firm Tether, saying there is "no intention" of selling shares and helping to push the club's market capitalization above $1 billion as its stock surged Monday. Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:52:31 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2421890?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2421890 Medical equipment provider Quipt Home Medical Corp. on Monday announced plans to go private after being purchased by a special purpose acquisition vehicle funded by investment firms Kingswood Capital Management and Forager Capital Management in a deal that values the company at $260 million and was built by three law firms. Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:44:08 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2422146?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2422146 Litigation in Delaware's Court of Chancery sprawled from a dispute over control of banana plantations along Africa's Congo River to a fight over the late musician Prince's estate last week. Along the way, a court ruling rejected a motion for a quick decision favoring Blue Bell Creameries director and officer calls for liability releases in a tainted ice cream saga that dates to 2015. Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:32:05 +0000 /mergersacquisitions/articles/2421906?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /mergersacquisitions/articles/2421906 Europe has quietly become tech dealmakers' top hunting ground, as global tech mergers and acquisitions values skyrocketed more than 72% in the first three quarters of the year, according to a new global survey from Morrison Foerster LLP.