Sentences with phrase «billion acquisition»

Our New York, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Washington, DC offices represented New York State Catholic Health Plan, Inc., d / b / a Fidelis Care New York in the US$ 3.75 billion acquisition of...

We're a few months away from a very large merger in which we're going to be inheriting more people, more budget, and so now is probably not the time for us to increase our spend until we know what we've bought in our $ 67 - billion acquisition [Ed note: Dell acquired tech behemoth EMC last fall].

Structuring of a $ 1.4 billion acquisition and reorganization involving two Canadian public resource corporations.

2003 - 2005: Davis Polk corporate lawyers and litigators advise Oracle on its contested $ 10.3 billion acquisition of PeopleSoft.

2013: We advised CNOOC on its $ 15.1 billion acquisition of Nexen — this is the largest - ever takeover by a Chinese acquirer of a foreign target.

Deal highlights included Heinz's $ 28 billion acquisition by Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital, and Comcast's $ 18.1 billion acquisition of the remaining equity stake in NBCUniversal.

Panasonic We represented Panasonic in its US$ 1.545 billion acquisition of Hussmann Corporation, a manufacturer of refrigerated display cases and systems.

Among the major deals announced before work started to wither, Shearman advised medical device maker Synthes on its proposed $ 21 billion acquisition by Johnson & Johnson, Chinese social media player Renren on its initial public offering in the United States, and Dow Chemical on its planned $ 20 billion joint venture with Saudi Aramco, which should keep lawyers busy for years to come.

Notable mandates: Acting for Fulcrum Capital Partners in its acquisition of HSBC Capital (Canada) Inc.'s mid-market mezzanine lending and private equity investment operations; corporate counsel to Western Coal Corp. in its $ 3.3 - billion acquisition by Walter Energy Inc.; advising Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. on environmental assessment and regulatory approvals for its Mary River Project in Nunavut; represents B2Gold in multiple projects in Namibia, Nicaragua, and Columbia

Sources say HP, shareholder attorneys to settle litigation over $ 11.1 - billion acquisition of British software company, Reuters

Notable mandates: Represented RioCan REIT in the $ 4.5 - billion takeover of Primaris REIT and in its $ 91 - million acquisition of five shopping centres in Ontario; represented Neo Materials Technologies Inc. in its $ 1.3 - billion acquisition by Molycorp Inc.; represented Standard Life Assurance Company of Canada in the sale of the Sheppard Centre in Toronto for $ 218 million; represented Canadian Solar Solutions Inc. in a $ 185 - million purchase of solar projects and creation of an international joint venture agreement with Skypower Ltd.; advised Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group in the creation of a partnership with the City of Ottawa to redevelop Lansdowne Park.

We advised lenders on the US$ 33.75 billion bank and bridge acquisition financing for the Teva Pharmaceuticals US$ 40.5 billion acquisition of Allergan / Actavis Generics, the most significant acquisition ever by an Israeli company; GSO Capital, the credit rating arm of the Blackstone Group, in its new $ 1 billion in dedicated acquisition financing to financing Amaya Gambling Group's $ 4.9 billion acquisition of Israeli - owned internet poker giant Rational Group, creating the world's most significant publically traded i - gaming company; recommended lenders, arrangers or debtors in financings for a broad selection of other Israeli companies including the Tshuva Group, Park Plaza Resort Group, Alrov Group (acquisition financings for Café Royal Resort London and Lutetia Resort Paris), Avgol Fibers, Netafim and Eurocom.

Davis Polk is advising Bats Global Markets, Inc. on its approximately $ 3.2 billion acquisition by CBOE Holdings, Inc..

In December 2016, Liberty Media received the required approvals from antitrust authorities for the deal to go ahead in connection with the US$ 8 billion acquisition.

The firm was rewarded for its private transactional work in healthcare, an area in which it recently advised Acadia Healthcare on its # 1.5 billion acquisition of the Priory Group — one of the largest and most complex transactions in the sector last year.

It also represented Goldman Sachs Canada Inc. in connection with its $ 700 - million claim relating to the restructuring of CanWest Global Communications Corp., and its $ 2 - billion acquisition by Shaw Communications Inc..

[span style = «font - size: 12.16 px; line - height: 15.808 px;»] TransCanada Corporation announced its $ 13 - billion acquisition of Houston - based Columbia Pipeline Group in March 2016, and as the Calgary energy firm's vice president of law and corporate secretary, she had been involved from the beginning, many months before that.

Jennifer Kennedy, a partner at Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, explains that things tightened up in 2012 following the government's approval of two foreign bids: the Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation's $ 15.1 - billion acquisition of Nexen Inc. and the $ 5.2 - billion acquisition of Progress Energy by Malaysian - owned Petronas.

Liberty Broadband Corporation in the $ 5 billion acquisition of New Charter Class A Common Stock as part of Charter's $ 75 billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable and $ 10.4 billion acquisition of Bright House Networks.

The financial advisers to Verizon Communications on its $ 130 billion acquisition of Vodafone's 45 % interest in Verizon Wireless

This follows the practice advising Edify Energy on the development, financing and equity transfer to build and operate two - large scale solar farms in Northern Queensland in one of Australia's largest solar portfolio financings to date; advising Sydney Motorway Corporation on the A$ 14.9 billion WestConnex motorway project; and advising IFM Investors and AustralianSuper in their A$ 16.189 billion acquisition of stated owned electricity company, Ausgrid.

The U.S. Justice Department on Monday filed an antitrust suit seeking to block AT&T's $ 85 billion acquisition of Time Warner.

In a victory for the U.S. Justice Department, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., has blocked Aetna's proposed $ 37 billion acquisition of Humana.

The now - final $ 4.1 billion acquisition by Reed Elsevier — parent of LexisNexis — of ChoicePoint Inc. would have given Reed control over 80 percent of the $ 60 million market for the sale of electronic public records to U.S. law enforcement agencies.

In one case, it appears that the Chinese government may have targeted several Canadian law firms in an apparent effort to derail a $ 40 billion acquisition.11 In another, a firm's managing clerk is alleged to have accessed inside information about the firm's clients as part of an insider - trading scheme.12 Also, it recently was revealed that hackers working for the Chinese military targeted one company for information useful in ongoing litigation.13 Failure to secure such data from malicious employees, cyber-attacks, or carelessness can cause drastic reputational damage as well as liability.

A Record Buyout Turns Sour for Investors Struck at the peak of the buyout boom five years ago, the $ 45 billion acquisition of the Texas energy giant TXU — the biggest leveraged buyout in history — has been a painful investment for its private equity owners.

It's the first major solar - plus - storage project for Tesla since its $ 2.6 billion acquisition of SolarCity last year, and Tesla said in a statement that it «will work with energy providers around the world seeking to overcome barriers in the way of building a sustainable, renewable energy grid of their own.»

So, here we have a committed greenie «responsible for of managing the $ 1 billion acquisition of a new polar icebreaker.»

That played into Exxon's $ 41 billion acquisition of XTO Energy in 2009, which vaulted it to the top of the natural gas producers table in the U.S., and it also explains Shell's recently closed $ 52 billion acquisition of BG Group.

US natural gas prices hit summer doldrums waiting for a price signal, SEC probe may torpedo $ 4 - billion acquisition, and Josh Fox is back with another anti-fracking flick.

Southern just announced completion of its $ 12 billion acquisition of AGL Resources, a natural gas pipeline and distribution company.

Stephen Elop, who joins as part of MS's $ 7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia, becomes Executive Vice President of the Devices Group - putting him in charge of Windows Phone, Surface, and Xbox hardware.

Starwood had originally accepted a $ 13.2 billion cash - and - stock bid from Marriott, but looked to be pulling out when Anbang, fresh off a $ 6.5 billion acquisition of trophy US hotel properties from the Blackstone Group private equity firm, made an all - cash offer for Starwood on March 18 worth $ 78 per share.

Marriott International finalizes Friday morning its $ 13 billion acquisition of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, bringing together its Marriott, Courtyard and Ritz Carlton brands with Starwood's Sheraton, Westin, W and St. Regis properties.

Analysts quickly predicted that Marriott's $ 12.2 billion acquisition would necessitate the shedding of some of the combined company's 30 brands.

The company is also getting a boost to free cash flow from last year's $ 3.4 billion acquisition of Astral Media.

Merger and acquisition activity has been prevalent in the technology industry recently, particularly regarding intellectual property, as highlighted by Google Inc.'s $ 12.5 billion proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc.; Wi - LAN Inc.'s $ 480 million offer to acquire MOSAID Technologies Incorporated and the recent $ 4.5 billion acquisition of Nortel's patents by a consortium of six companies including RIM.

Last month, Canada's TD Bank announced a $ 6.3 billion acquisition of Chrysler Financial and in October, GM, -1.33 % completed its $ 3.5 billion purchase of lender AmeriCredit Corp..

Revenue then improved to $ 39.2 billion in 2014, mainly due to Great - West's $ 1.75 billion acquisition of Irish Life; that's Ireland's largest pension manager and life insurance provider.

The company's now beginning to evolve from a pure telecom company into a total communications & entertainment provider — i.e. the triple play of Phone, Cable TV & Broadband (it has a $ 0.4 billion acquisition spree lined up accordingly).

Warren Buffett, who built Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK / A) with stock picks before focusing on takeovers, said he recently opted against a $ 22 billion acquisition because he didn't want to sell investments in marketable securities.

Investors should note that Southern Company's business mix materially changed in July 2016 as a result of its $ 8 billion acquisition of AGL Resources.

This medical giant closed its $ 25 billion acquisition of St. Jude Medical ($ 5.5 billion in annual revenue) in the first quarter of this year.

AT&T's proposed $ 85 billion acquisition of Time Warner is not approved yet.

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Ability to fund through cash on hand or $ 2 billion acquisition credit facility, which also has a $ 1 billion accordion expansion feature

However, due to the recently announced $ 69 billion acquisition of US health insurance company Aetna, CVS will neither increase its dividend nor continue its share buyback program for the time being.

Medtronic grows like clockwork, although recent adjustments (relating to acquisitions, especially the $ 50 billion acquisition of competitor Covidien) have took a bite out of GAAP EPS.

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HP stunned markets two weeks ago, when it announced it may shed its PC business — the world's largest after the $ 25 billion acquisition of Compaq in 2002 — as part of a wrenching series of moves away from the consumer market.