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July 2012
31 Jul 2012
Genesee & Wyoming Inc announced its entry into a definitive agreement to acquire RailAmerica Inc in a transaction that will bring together the two largest…
30 Jul 2012
An aggressive campaign beginning this year has positioned US Airways Group as the clear favorite to merge with AMR Corp, winning backing from the reluctant rival's labor unions, alliance...
27 Jul 2012
According to Business Law Advisor's special report, M&A Trends and Insight for Lawyers, 2012 Q2, the second quarter of 2012 largely marked a continuation of the…
27 Jul 2012
This week’s significant events in M&A, corporate governance, litigation, regulation and corporate finance…
27 Jul 2012
While the energy industry achieved most of the regulatory exemptions it sought with respect to energy transactions, the rules do not absolutely protect these companies from…
26 Jul 2012
Chinese companies entering into corporate marriages with Australian mining assets may also be committing to some hefty disclosure obligations following the launch.…
26 Jul 2012
For all of the attention focused on corporate governance among public issuers, the reality is that many issuers conduct large parts of their businesses through subsidiaries…
26 Jul 2012
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is examining investment advisers to ensure they consistently act as fiduciaries to their clients…
26 Jul 2012
With the London Olympic Games only a few days away, filings reveal that the London 2012 Summer Olympics has already had its far share of (corporate) winners and losers…
26 Jul 2012
U.S.-listed Chinese property developers are faced with mounting challenges in procuring credit. In the United States, a series of high profile fraud incidents has soured…
26 Jul 2012
Most Fortune 500 companies have the components of a comprehensive compliance program, but many of these companies have too many employees who feel pressured...
26 Jul 2012
Media and marketing company Yellow Media, owner of the Yellow Pages print directories, has announced a recapitalization transaction aimed at significantly reducing…
25 Jul 2012
The Canadian government’s views regarding foreign investment are about to be tested by CNOOC agreement to acquire Calgary’s Nexen Inc. for approximately $15.1 billion…
24 Jul 2012
As the tides of economic recovery continue to rise and fall and a sea of uncertainty persists, the shipping industry has experienced a battering on the economic high seas…
24 Jul 2012
In a crackdown on the mis-selling of interest rate hedging products, the FSA announced this week that seven European banks have stepped forward to review…
24 Jul 2012
NYSE-listed New Oriental Education and Technology Group Inc recently issued a statement defending itself from allegations of fraud leveled against its PRC operations…
23 Jul 2012
A friendly, $15.1 billion Chinese bid for a big Canadian energy company is in line with government pleas for foreign money to develop the costly tar sands of northern Alberta, a possible...
23 Jul 2012
Broker dealers are being required by U.S. securities regulators to provide more data in response to regulatory requests about the trading they conduct for themselves and their customers...
20 Jul 2012
The Canadian Securities Administrators have issued a consultation paper on the regulation of proxy advisory firms that raises several questions regarding…
20 Jul 2012
The Libor scandal has rocked the world’s largest banks to their core and is threatening to undermine all kinds of interbank interest rates. Lawsuits…
20 Jul 2012
This week’s significant events in M&A, corporate governance, litigation, regulation and corporate finance…
20 Jul 2012
China’s State Administration of Taxation recently issued clarification on policies lowering the rate of withholding tax on dividends paid by PRC-based entities…
19 Jul 2012
Weather Investments II S.à.r.l. has agreed to acquire La Mancha Resources for $500 million. The deal will proceed by way of a takeover bid, with Weather offering…
19 Jul 2012
Malaysian state-owned lender Sabah Development Bank recently unveiled plans to issue unsecured commercial paper of up to RM1.0 billion and medium term notes of up to…
19 Jul 2012
In what has become a rarity of late in the UK, Vodafone has filed details of its £1,044 billion public takeover of Cable & Wireless Worldwide. The recommended cash…
19 Jul 2012
Tricon Capital Group has issued a preliminary short-form prospectus in connection with the company’s proposed bought deal offering of $45 million in convertible…
18 Jul 2012
Buyout firms are unwilling to sell businesses, bought in the boom, at knock-down prices for fear of missing out on big bonuses, creating a huge backlog of unsold companies that threatens...
18 Jul 2012
Alternative dispute resolution practitioners in Hong Kong recently welcomed the enactment of the Mediation Ordinance, the first statutory…
18 Jul 2012
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission recently fined the Hong Kong unit of Société Générale USD 11 million for collecting “excessive” undisclosed…
17 Jul 2012
The CFTC approved tough customer protection rules for futures firms days after the Peregrine default led to over $200 million in missing client funds. Losses arising from a fraud...
17 Jul 2012
As the 2012 proxy season draws to a close, it is never too early for companies to begin considering lessons from this year’s results and planning for 2013…
16 Jul 2012
The thousands of U.S. community banks have often said their much larger counterparts have trampled on them. Now some hope the latest Wall Street scandal could give them...
16 Jul 2012
Buyout firms hoping to snap up Royal Bank of Scotland's Direct Line Group will have to put forward a compelling offer to distract the British bank from a well-advanced plan to list its...
13 Jul 2012
This week’s significant events in M&A, corporate governance, litigation, regulation and corporate finance…
12 Jul 2012
BEL Global Resources Holdings Limited, a thermal coal and iron ore miner based in Indonesia, is investigating allegations that it misled investors…
12 Jul 2012
Commodity supply chain company MFC Industrial has agreed to make an offer to purchase all of the shares of Compton Petroleum for $1.25 per share…
12 Jul 2012
Lloyds TSB said this week's GBP4.6bn senior debt buyback will reduce its interest costs substantially and trim the negative carry on its cash pile that it had prudently shored up in...
12 Jul 2012
Open Range Energy has left Cequence Energy stranded at the altar, electing instead to go with an offer by Peyto Exploration to acquire the company for approximately $179.5 million…
12 Jul 2012
Global capital markets have been sailing choppy waters of late as companies struggle to get their IPOs to market. However, JOBS Act reforms combined with…
11 Jul 2012
Japanese footwear retailer ABC Mart has entered into an agreement and plan of merger to acquire LaCrosse Footwear Inc, a Nasdaq-listed…
11 Jul 2012
The CFTC voted Tuesday to issue a final rule on swaps definitions, a move that is expected to trigger a wave of compliance requirements related to real-time reporting, documentation...
10 Jul 2012
Linde Group, the German industrial gas and engineering company, has agreed to acquire Lincare Holdings Inc for $4.6 billion as Linde inflates its…
7 Jul 2012
Macau-based gaming conglomerate Melco Crown Entertainment Limited has set its sights on a new destination for gaming in Southeast Asia…
6 Jul 2012
Bankers have been saying all year that M&A was ready to pick up, and as the second half of 2012 kicks off, it looks like that prediction is finally coming true...
6 Jul 2012
Canada's small stock trading venues will find the struggle to grow even tougher once a made-in-Canada takeover of the operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange gets the final...
6 Jul 2012
Bob Diamond and the rest of the Barclays board sowed the seeds of their own downfall when they chose to come clean about Libor fixing and settle ahead of more than a dozen rivals...
6 Jul 2012
Foreign private equity firms holding growth-equity investments in China are facing an increasing number of bottlenecks in their search for appropriate exit strategies…
6 Jul 2012
This week’s significant events in M&A, corporate governance, litigation, regulation and corporate finance…
6 Jul 2012
Financial sponsors are becoming more selective about which institutions they use to underwrite leveraged buyouts as ratings pressure on the world's biggest banks increases...
5 Jul 2012
The lull in U.S. offerings from China-based businesses has been broken by a fresh start-up tentatively dipping its feet into the OTC Bulletin Board…
5 Jul 2012
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's $200 million settlement with Barclays for manipulation and false reporting of benchmark interest rates not only helped fuel...
5 Jul 2012
While much of the discussion regarding dual class share structures over the past few years has been focused on voting attributes, share classes can also differ…
5 Jul 2012
Advanced information solutions company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. has agreed to acquire Palo Alto’s Space Systems/Loral, Inc from Loral Space…
5 Jul 2012
Malaysia’s national oil and gas company Petronas has entered into an agreement to acquire Progress Energy Resources at a price of $20.45 per share. The deal…
4 Jul 2012
Bird's custard and chapatti flour are joining Hartley's jam on the "for sale" rack of Premier Foods as Britain's biggest food group tries to reduce its hefty debts and...
4 Jul 2012
The English courts recently decided that an exclusive jurisdiction clause between Citigroup’s English subsidiary and two corporate vehicles of family trusts…
3 Jul 2012
A company with a comprehensive risk oversight function could be well placed to avoid vulnerabilities to cybercrime and approaches taken to deal with the range of…
3 Jul 2012
A U.S. regulator's case against Barclays revealed significant failures with the bank's internal controls as well as failures with its corporate governance...
2 Jul 2012
Mergers and acquisitions activity in Brazil is likely to gain steam by year's end when the benefits of measures to revive growth will be more visible for companies and private equity firms...
2 Jul 2012
China's banking regulator has initiated a nationwide crackdown on the sector's irregular banking operations in a bid to combat unreasonable fee charges, the regulator has announced...
2 Jul 2012
In an otherwise dismal year for Asia's investment banking industry, a ray of hope has appeared from the most unlikely of places: Malaysia...