Compliance Tip of the Day: Why Engage in Pre-acquisition Due Diligence
Compliance Tip of the Day: Key M&A Enforcement Actions
Compliance Tip of the Day: M&A – International Issues
Daily Compliance News: August 5, 2025, The Staying Focused Edition
Compliance Tip of the Day: M&A Domestic Issues
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending, August 2, 2025
Daily Compliance News: July 28, 2025, The Where is Grasshopper when you need him Edition
Adventures in Compliance: The Novels – The Hound of the Baskervilles: Uncovering M&A Compliance Lessons
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending, July 26, 2025
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 74 - Global Women in AI/Corporate Director Liability: Discretionary, Not Fiduciary with Tram Anh Nguyen and Marc I. Steinberg
We get Privacy for work – Episode 6: The Potential Privacy Risks Inherent to Mergers and Acquisitions
Daily Compliance News: July 24, 2025, The In Phone Hell Edition
LathamTECH in Focus: Tech Deals: The Emerging Focus of FDI Regulators?
LathamTECH in Focus: Navigating National Security: The Impact of FDI Reviews on Tech M&A
Navigating Employee Integration in Mergers and Acquisitions: Lessons From Pretty Woman — Hiring to Firing Podcast
Treating Compliance Like an Asset
Episode 376 -- DOJ's Unicat Settlement and the Future Look of Trade Enforcement Actions
First 100 Days of the New HSR Rules with Antitrust Partner Kara Kuritz
Daily Compliance News: June 23, 2025, The Is Walmart Cool Edition
April 17, 2025: Holocene Climate Corporation, a developer of carbon removal technology designed to use organic chemistry to remove carbon dioxide from the air, was acquired by Occidental Petroleum (NYS: OXY) for an...more
The re-election of former President Donald J. Trump is poised to significantly alter the landscape of antitrust enforcement, particularly within the energy and chemical industries. While the incoming administration has yet to...more
The past 12 months have been some of the trickiest to navigate for oil & gas companies in recent memory. Despite high energy prices and record cashflows, there is still uncertainty about what future paths to growth might look...more
Recent megadeals like ExxonMobil’s proposed US$60 billion acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources and Chevron’s US$53 billion move for Hess underscore the industry’s focus on delivering oil and gas as part of the energy mix....more
In this special edition of Bennett Jones' quarterly M&A update, we look at deal activity in Canada's energy sector and what the key takeaways from WPC might tell us about what's to come....more
Increased energy demand as economies moved out of COVID-19 restrictions through 2021 helped oil & gas M&A continue its recovery in H2. Deal values jumped by 24 percent year-on-year to US$102.7 billion in 2021, while the...more
At the 2021 NAPE Summit, decision-makers, prospect generators, financiers, E&P operators, and service providers will finally return in person in Houston at the George R. Brown Center on August 18-20 (virtually from August...more
After a year of volatility, the oil & gas industry has stabilized and M&A activity has resumed - The oil & gas sector was hit especially hard in the first half of 2020, when oil & gas prices plummeted due to two main...more
Recent M&A Activity: June 3, 2021: New England Battery Storage was acquired by Agilitas Energy for an undisclosed amount. This acquisition marks Agilitas Energy’s expansion into battery energy storage operations,...more
Recent M&A Activity: - May 7, 2021: ESS Tech, Inc., a manufacturer of non-toxic, long-duration iron flow batteries for commercial and utility-scale energy storage, announced a business combination with ACON S2 Acquisition...more
Dear Clients and Friends, In 2020, domestic and international energy markets were challenged by a worldwide pandemic and its effect on commodity prices, which accelerated disruptions in supply chains and impacted the...more
Recent M&A Activity: April 1, 2021: SunStreet, a subsidiary of Lennar (NYS: LEN), was acquired by Sunnova Energy (NYS: NOVA) for $354.5 million. Under the terms of the agreement and earnout agreement, Lennar will receive...more
Industry Expert Insights - We reached out to one of our Lex Mundi partners and a well-known expert in Poland in the energy and legal industries to get his thoughts on the current energy climate. Radoslaw Wasiak is a...more
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and plummeting oil prices, oil and gas operators are living through one of the most capital-constrained environments in memory. These developments, on top of what were already...more
(Houston) – Akin Gump is pleased to announce it has released its “2019 Energy Year in Review,” which examines the current state of the global energy market and highlights the energy matters with which the firm was involved...more
For over twenty years, and despite the many internal and external challenges unique to Israel, Israel’s economy has demonstrated continued strength, growth and stability. In 2019, Israel remains “the Start-Up Nation” and a...more
Analysts Say U.S. Coal Merger Not Anti-Competitive- "The proposed 'extraordinary' joint venture between U.S. coal majors Peabody Energy and Arch Coal will be structurally beneficial, rather than anti-competitive for U.S....more
Recent M&A Activity: March 25, 2019: Emera Maine, a subsidiary of Emera, reached a definitive agreement to be acquired by Enmax for CAD 1.29 billion. This transaction reflects Enmax's strategy to grow through the expansion...more
...Q1 has shown a marked escalation of private equity (PE) investment within the oil and gas sector; 2019 projections indicate that private equity buyers will be key players in both upstream and midstream endeavors. Some...more
Recent M&A Activity - September 24, 2018: EnterSolar reached a definitive agreement for 50% of its interest to be acquired by EDF Renewables North America, a subsidiary of EDF Renewable Energy. The acquisition will help...more
Coal - Lobbying: ‘America First’ or coal first? LNG groups want to know - The Trump administration has proposed a plan to aid the declining domestic coal and nuclear power industries by keeping ailing generators...more
In this four-part series, we revisit 2017’s biggest developments in Energy & Sustainability-related news, milestones, policy changes, and financial transactions. This is the fourth installment of the series. Click to read...more
Ohio Supreme Court Joins Texas and Oklahoma in Holding the State Does Not Recognize a Separate Implied Covenant to Explore Further - "We conclude that Ohio does not recognize an 'implied covenant to explore further'...more
Managing Decommissioning Risks in Asian M&A Transactions - By the end of 2026, approximately 134 producing Concessions and Production Sharing Contracts (each, a “PSC”) will have expired in South Asia. It is expected that 900...more
Renewable Energy Focus - California clean economy thriving, but emissions have spiked - Energy Manager Today - Aug 22 - The ninth annual California Green Innovation Index, released by the nonpartisan nonprofit...more