Our M&A team is honored to have represented clients in some of the most compelling transactions in 2024, from advising the iconic rock band KISS and its co-founders Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley in the sale of all assets...more
2/10/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Division ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Automotive Industry ,
Business Development ,
Earn-Outs ,
Emerging Technologies ,
EU ,
Excise Tax ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Foreign Investment ,
Global Market ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Investment ,
Life Sciences ,
Merger Agreements ,
Mergers ,
National Security ,
Private Equity ,
Shareholder Activism ,
Spinoffs ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration
On August 5, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a proposed settlement with Legends Hospitality Parent Holdings (“Legends”), a global venue services company, in connection with its proposed acquisition of ASM...more
8/15/2024
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Corporate Sales Transactions ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Gun-Jumping ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Pre-Merger Filing Requirements ,
Securities Transactions ,
Waiting Periods
Our M&A team is honored to have represented clients in some of the most compelling transactions in 2023—from advising SoftBank on two acquisitions of public companies in the robotics space, to partnering with sustainable food...more
2/2/2024
/ Aiding and Abetting ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Export Controls ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Horizontal Merger Guidelines ,
National Security ,
Private Equity ,
Representations and Warranties ,
Shareholder Activism ,
Shareholders ,
Target Company ,
Technology ,
Vertical Mergers
The number of stockholder rights plans (also known as “poison pills”) adopted in 2020 significantly increased compared to prior years.
The collapse in public company equity values during the inception of the COVID-19...more
2/25/2021
/ Activist Investors ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Bifurcation ,
Business Ownership ,
Carve Out Provisions ,
Controlling Stockholders ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Executive Boards ,
Grandfathering Rules ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Hedge Funds ,
Hostile Takeover ,
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) ,
Nasdaq ,
Offers ,
Passive Investments ,
Poison Pill ,
Premerger Notifications ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Rights Plan ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Shareholder Rights ,
Shareholders ,
Triggering Event
On September 21, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) announced proposed amendments that, if enacted, would make significant changes to the premerger notification rules under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust...more
Two recent enforcement actions by the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) confirm that there is continuing attention in the United States on compliance by investors with the reporting...more