In a national survey of 200 senior executives and dealmaking advisers, 70% said they expect a stronger U.S. merger and acquisition landscape in the next 12 months.
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While overall M&A activity saw a decline in 2023, recent data suggest law firm mergers actually saw an increase last year.
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Some could argue that alternative dispute resolution is the solution to speeding up the process for M&A deals stuck in limbo, but both mediators and M&A attorneys alike agree mediation and arbitration are not the routes they’d choose in most situations.
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With Project Golden Spike, Dentons Bingham Greenebaum is outperforming the market in the growth of its lawyer headcount. The firm launched the Golden Spike initiative in January 2020.
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Certificates of public advantage, or COPAs, are a relatively new feature of Indiana law with specific language on when and where the Indiana Department of Health can grant them for a hospital merger.
The merger, effective Jan. 1, 2025, combines the Chicago firm’s 25 legal professionals with Krieg DeVault’s existing team, bringing the latter’s Chicago presence to nearly 40 professionals.
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP is heading out west through the law firm’s newest merger with Sherman & Howard LLC in Denver. The firm announced Monday that it will merge with that city’s oldest and third-largest law firm effective Jan. 1, 2025.
Proteus Discovery Group announced its recent acquisition of Novitas Data Monday morning. The acquisition doubles Proteus’ size and expands its service offerings with advanced forensics, eDiscovery technology and coast-to-coast geographic coverage, according to the Indianapolis-based company.
Supermarket chains Kroger and Albertsons said Monday they will sell more of their stores in an effort to quell the federal government’s concerns about their proposed merger.
Whether a proposed merger between two of the nation’s largest grocery store retailers will happen could be decided soon, as a federal judge hears arguments from the Federal Trade Commission and Kroger Company on the company’s proposed $24.6 billion acquisition of the Albertsons Companies Inc.
Kentucky- and Indiana-based Stoll Keenon Ogden LLC is continuing to expand into the Hoosier state, with the firm announcing a new merger in August with Jeffersonville’s Applegate Fifer Pulliam. Doug Barr, SKO’s managing director, told Indiana Lawyer the acquisition is a natural expansion for the firm, with Jeffersonville being connected to the Louisville market. The […]
To give an added jolt to government efforts to deter criminal misconduct in merger and acquisition transactions, the U.S. Department of Justice unveiled a new Safe Harbor Policy last year geared toward voluntary self-disclosures.
With the merger, SKO increased its presence in Indianapolis from seven lawyers to 45 and, in combination with its substantial and growing number of lawyers in Evansville (20), now has a total of 65 Indiana-based lawyers and 118 Kentucky-based lawyers.
Carmin Parker P.C. in Bloomington is now an office of Indianapolis-based Paganelli Law Group.
A sale-of-business provision in the agency’s new rules permits entering into a noncompete with a person who is selling a business or disposing of all of the person’s ownership interest in a business in a “bona fide sale.”
Concerned about Indiana’s rising health care costs, the Legislature this year approved a new law that will bring more scrutiny to health care mergers and acquisitions.
Traditional antitrust lawsuits have focused on the impact of mergers on consumers. But the Federal Trade Commission’s complaint regarding the proposed Kroger-Albertsons deal also notes that union grocery workers’ ability to leverage the threat of a boycott or strike to negotiate better terms would also be weakened.
JetBlue said Monday that even though both companies still believe in the deal, they were unlikely to meet the closing conditions required in the agreement before a July 24 deadline.
In 2023, attorneys saw venture capital exits at their lowest levels since the pandemic and 2008 market crash.
It seems these days that the only opportunity for mid-sized firms to expand geographic reach or to grow bench strength and revenue is to acquire or combine with like-minded competitors.
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For some Indiana law firms involved with mergers and acquisitions, 2023 was a slower year.But attorneys like David Barrett, an executive partner in Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP’s Indianapolis office, say they expect things to pick up in 2024.
The conversation around artificial intelligence continues to swirl, including in the world of venture capital.
On Dec. 14, Indiana Lawyer will release its first ever M&A Monthly e-newsletter.