Compliance Tip of the Day: Why Engage in Pre-acquisition Due Diligence
We get Privacy for work – Episode 6: The Potential Privacy Risks Inherent to Mergers and Acquisitions
Navigating Employee Integration in Mergers and Acquisitions: Lessons From Pretty Woman — Hiring to Firing Podcast
Expert or Arbitrator? — PE Pathways Podcast
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Trending Now: An IP Podcast - IP and M&A Transactions
What's Important to Get Right in the Term Sheet?
Navigating Reps and Warranties Insurance in 2024: Smooth Sailing or Rough Seas Ahead?
How to prepare for a merger and acquisition in logistics and transportation
Mergers and Acquisitions - Key Issues in Today's M&A Deals
In-house Roundhouse: Integrating Companies Post-Merger
M&As – Novation and Recertification
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 158-Jeff Lurie on pre-acquisition M&A protocols
Dentons Dacheng Deal Done: Will BigLaw Follow Suit?
In the first in our series on JOA issues, we discuss the recent Stabroek JOA Arbitration decision and what it means for JOA parties considering their own JOA Change in Control provisions. Chevron Corporation’s (“Chevron”)...more
This report draws insights from Troutman Pepper Locke attorneys and leading industry specialists to highlight the private equity investment trends currently reshaping the sector. The findings provide a picture of where...more
A recent BTI Consulting study revealed that more than 50% of M&A transactions are not budgeted for by in-house legal departments. This statistic underscores a common issue—a lack of planning and systematic approaches in...more
During antitrust review between M&A signing and closing, HSR rules restrict an acquiror from beginning to control the target's business....more
M&A practitioners have long regarded the integration planning and execution process as one of the keys to a successful M&A transaction. However, in deals subject to pre-merger antitrust clearance, it is critical to navigate...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced, on January 7, 2025, that crude oil producers agreed to pay a record $5.6 million fine as settlement for violating the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR Act) through illegal pre-merger...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (DOJ) announced a record-setting $5.6 million gun-jumping fine related to Verdun Oil Company II LLC’s acquisition of EP Energy LLC. Although...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a record $5.6 million civil penalty to settle allegations that three crude oil producers engaged in “gun-jumping” activities that violated the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act....more
Barkley v. Connally, a “bet-the-farm” case if there ever was one, invokes the merger clause, a basic principle of contract law. Clients and lawyers: Read this analysis so as to avoid boundless grief and disappointment for...more
In a recent exchange of letters with the White House, the chair of the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) signaled her intent to ramp up antitrust enforcement in the oil and gas industry. The move comes as part of a broader...more
For businesses in the highly regulated areas of electric, gas, and water, and businesses in the wholesale electric generation space, there are many key considerations to keep in mind when pursuing an M&A transaction....more
One of the foremost threats companies face today is that posed by cybercriminals, and the unique vulnerabilities of companies in the oil and gas sector create heightened cybersecurity risks for those pursing transactions in...more
Non-compete clauses are commonly included in M&A agreements. Although generally recognized as lawful, non-competes must fulfill certain requirements to comply with antitrust and competition laws. A recent FTC enforcement...more
We’ve talked a fair amount about the switch to chip & pin card systems over the past few years. But how about a lack of cards altogether? Because that’s what the banks have in mind....more
The latest on the AT&T/Time Warner deal, including its place in the “ambitious climb” of AT&T’s CEO, Randall Stephenson [NYTimes] and a conversation with one of the deal’s vocal political opponents, Sen. Al Franken....more
For many years, US and UK M&A practices have differed in their use of material adverse change clauses (MACs) in sale and purchase documents. Common, even ubiquitous in the US, these clauses, which permit a buyer to refuse to...more
Continuing Brexit coverage: With the pound in freefall and markets going haywire, leaders on both sides of the Brexit debate in the UK signaled today that Britain hopes to stay in the EU marketplace, while some in Parliament...more
Friday’s jobs report underwhelmed, but it shouldn’t necessarily put off a June rate hike by the Fed, says the Journal, especially given the news that wages climbed last month – WSJ... Fair Game got downright monarchical...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is releasing a rule today that will ban consumer financial services providers from “prohibiting customers, through contracts with mandatory arbitration clauses, from filing or joining...more
In perhaps an unsurprising move, last week the U.S. Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit challenging the merger of Halliburton and Baker Hughes, the first and third largest oilfield services companies in the...more
On January 28, 2016, Skadden hosted a webinar titled “Utility M&A Update,” the first installment of a three-part Energy M&A Webinar Series focused on transactional trends in the energy industry. The program, which drew 140...more
Marcellus Shale drilling was taking off, and the owner of an oil and gas service company fielded a buyout offer from a Wall Street private equity firm. Golden opportunity, right?...more
On 11 September, TeliaSonera and Telenor have abandoned the proposed merger of their business units in Denmark. The contemplated transaction would have resulted in the establishment of a joint venture active in the provision...more
On December 19, 2014, the Supreme Court of Delaware reversed the Delaware Court of Chancery's November decision to preliminarily enjoin for 30 days a vote by C&J Energy Services stockholders on a merger with Nabors Red Lion...more