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Paul, Weiss advised National General Holdings Corporation in its sale to the Allstate Corporation for approximately $4 billion in cash.
- Jan 05, 2021
- Publications
In this issue of the Paul, Weiss Delaware M&A Quarterly, we discuss several decisions of significance to the M&A practice issued during the fourth quarter of 2020.
- Dec 07, 2020
- Publications
The court held that COVID-19 did not result in a material adverse effect because pandemics fall within the exception for “natural disasters and calamities.”
Paul, Weiss and co-counsel secured a significant settlement in a pro bono voting rights case that ends a system of at-large representation that has deprived Latinx residents of the town of Islip, Long Island of representation within…
- Oct 06, 2020
- Publications
In this issue of the Paul, Weiss Delaware M&A Quarterly, we discuss several decisions of significance to the M&A practice issued during the third quarter of 2020, as well as the 2020 amendments to the Delaware General…
Paul, Weiss is advising National General Holdings Corporation in its sale to the Allstate Corporation for approximately $4 billion in cash.
- Jul 07, 2020
- Publications
In this issue of the Paul, Weiss Delaware M&A Quarterly, we discuss several decisions of significance to the M&A practice issued during the second quarter of 2020.
- Jul 01, 2020
- Publications
In Seila Law v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Supreme Court recently held that the structure of the CFPB violates the constitutional separation of powers. One of the most important separation-of-powers cases in recent…
Paul, Weiss is advising Sandler Capital Management and its portfolio company Farelogix, Inc., an airline technology vendor, in the sale of Farelogix to Accelya, a portfolio company of Vista Equity Partners and a leading Spain-based…
- May 04, 2020
- Publications
The court held that two minority stockholders did not effectively become controllers of a company by rolling over their shares in a going-private merger with the company’s majority stockholder.
Paul, Weiss is representing Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. and select subsidiaries in their voluntary chapter 11 petitions, filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
- Apr 28, 2020
- Publications
On April 23, 2020, the United States Supreme Court held that a plaintiff who proves a trademark infringement claim under the Lanham Act does not need to prove that the defendant acted “willfully” to recover profits from the…
- Apr 06, 2020
- Publications
In this issue of the Paul, Weiss Delaware M&A Quarterly, we discuss several decisions of significance to the M&A practice issued during the first quarter of 2020.
- Mar 04, 2020
- Publications
The Delaware Court of Chancery recently confirmed in Salladay v.Lev that conditioning a conflicted (but non-controller) transaction upon approval by a fully empowered, disinterested and independent special committee can restore the…
- Jan 07, 2020
- Publications
In this issue of the Paul, Weiss Delaware M&A Quarterly, we discuss several decisions of significance to the M&A practice issued during the fourth quarter of 2019.
Paul, Weiss won a major trial victory for client Channel Medsystems in the first case since the Delaware Supreme Court’s landmark 2018 decision in Fresenius v. Akorn to evaluate whether a merger party was justified in terminating a…
- Nov 13, 2019
- Publications
Breach of the duty of oversight claims against Delaware directors are known as “possibly the most difficult theory in corporation law upon which a plaintiff might hope to win a judgment.”
Paul, Weiss represented General Atlantic in its acquisition of Marathon Health, a leading provider of employer health centers.
- Oct 03, 2019
- Publications
In this issue of the Paul, Weiss Delaware M&A Quarterly, we discuss several decisions of significance to the M&A practice issued during the third quarter of 2019.
- Jul 25, 2019
- Publications
Recently in In re: Appraisal of Jarden Corporation, the Delaware Court of Chancery appraised the fair value of Jarden Corporation to be the unaffected market price of the company’s shares, which was approximately 18% less than the…
- Jul 10, 2019
- Publications
Recently in Arkansas Teacher Retirement System v. Alon USA Energy, Inc., the Delaware Court of Chancery (in an opinion by Vice Chancellor McCormick) held, on a motion to dismiss, that Delek US Holdings, Inc.’s acquisition of Alon may…
- Jul 09, 2019
- Publications
In this issue of the Paul, Weiss Delaware M&A Quarterly, we discuss several decisions of significance to the M&A practice issued during the second quarter of 2019.
- Jun 25, 2019
- Publications
Recently in Marchand v. Barnhill, the Delaware Supreme Court, sitting en banc, reversed the Court of Chancery’s dismissal of claims alleging that the directors of Blue Bell Creameries USA, Inc. acted in bad faith by failing to…
Paul, Weiss won the dismissal, with prejudice, of a putative shareholder class action against our client Dominion Diamond Corporation and its board of directors.
Litigation partner Andrew Gordon spoke on the “Interpreting Merger Agreements” panel at the Practising Law Institute’s 2019 Delaware Law Developments Program.
- Apr 25, 2019
- Publications
On April 23, 2019, the Supreme Court issued a one-line per curiam order in Emulex v. Varjabedian: “The writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted.”
Paul, Weiss advised Preferred Sands, a leading producer of sand and resin coated proppants, in connection with a comprehensive restructuring transaction that included the restructuring of the Company’s indebtedness of more than $1.5…
Paul, Weiss, acting on behalf of The Citco Group Limited and three Citco affiliates, secured summary judgment on all remaining claims brought against Citco in a case pending in federal court in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Paul, Weiss secured the dismissal of a putative securities class action brought against J.Jill Inc., TowerBrook Capital Partners L.P. and several of J.Jill’s executives.
Paul, Weiss secured a landmark victory for German healthcare group Fresenius SE & Co. when the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed that Fresenius was justified in canceling its $4.8 billion agreement to acquire Illinois-based Akorn,…
Paul, Weiss represented Amtrust chairman and CEO Barry Zyskind and family members George Karfunkel and Leah Karfunkel, alongside Stone Point Capital LLC, in their buyout of insurer AmTrust Financial Services Inc.
Paul, Weiss represented Ottawa-based global telecommunications company Mitel Networks Corporation in its $2 billion all-cash acquisition by an investor group led by affiliates of Searchlight Capital Partners, L.P.
Paul, Weiss represented leading U.S. real estate asset manager Hunt Capital Holdings in its strategic investment in Brean Capital, LLC, a full-service broker-dealer.
Paul, Weiss is representing high-speed trading firm Virtu Financial, Inc. in its approximately $1 billion acquisition of brokerage Investment Technology Group, Inc. (ITG).
Paul, Weiss represented Perry Ellis’ special committee of independent directors in the acquisition of Perry Ellis International, a NASDAQ-listed apparel company, by a private company owned by founder George Feldenkreis and his family…
Paul, Weiss secured a major victory for German healthcare group Fresenius SE & Co. when the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled that Fresenius was justified in canceling its $4.8 billion agreement to acquire Illinois-based Akorn,…
Paul, Weiss is representing General Atlantic in its significant investment in OneOncology, a partnership of independent community oncology practices and finance and technology experts.
Perry Ellis International has agreed to be acquired by George Feldenkreis, Perry Ellis’ founder and a member of the company’s board of directors, in a transaction valued at $437 million.
Paul, Weiss is representing global leader in business communications Mitel Networks Corporation in its acquisition by an investor group led by affiliates of Searchlight Capital Partners, L.P. in an all-cash transaction valued at…
Insurer AmTrust Financial Services Inc. agreed to be taken private by Paul, Weiss clients Barry Zyskind, chairman and CEO of AmTrust, and family members George Karfunkel and Leah Karfunkel, along with a unit of Stone Point Capital…
Paul, Weiss is representing affiliates of Hunt Companies, Inc. in their entry into an external management agreement with and equity investment in Five Oaks Investment Corp., a publicly traded REIT.
Paul, Weiss is representing the Karfunkel-Zyskind family in their proposal with Stone Point Capital LLC to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. that the Karfunkel-Zyskind family…
Paul, Weiss represented Hunt Companies, Inc. and its affiliates in a series of asset and equity transactions with MMA Capital Management, LLC (NASDAQ: MMAC).
Paul, Weiss advised the special committee of Dominion Diamond Corporation in its $1.2 billion sale to The Washington Companies.
Paul, Weiss represented leading computer and printer maker HP Inc. in its $1.05 billion acquisition of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.’s global printer business.
Paul, Weiss represented Alere Inc. in its acquisition by Abbott Laboratories. Under the terms of the deal, Alere stockholders received $51 per share of common stock in a deal that valued Alere’s equity at $5.3 billion.
Paul, Weiss represented Mitel Networks Corporation in its $531 million all-cash acquisition of Sunnyvale, California-based communications solutions company ShoreTel, Inc.
On September 19, Paul, Weiss successfully defended Canadian diamond mining company Dominion Diamond Corporation and seven of eight members of its board of directors in an action brought by a shareholder seeking to enjoin the…
Paul, Weiss is representing Ottawa-based Mitel Networks Corporation in its proposed $530 million all-cash acquisition of Sunnyvale, California-based communications solutions company ShoreTel.
Paul, Weiss represented KKR in its $160 million acquisition of Angelica Corporation, a medical laundry services provider, via a combined credit bid and cash.
Paul, Weiss represented ADMA Biologics, Inc. in its acquisition of the assets of Biotest Pharmaceuticals Corporation’s Therapy Business Unit.
Paul, Weiss represented Tricon Capital Group Inc in its acquisition of Silver Bay Realty Trust Corp., a public REIT owner-operator of single-family rental homes in the U.S.
Paul, Weiss is representing high-end handbag and apparel maker Kate Spade & Company in its acquisition by Coach, Inc., a leading New York luxury accessories company.
Paul, Weiss represented healthcare insurer Universal American Corp. in its completed acquisition by WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
Paul, Weiss is representing high-speed trading firm Virtu Financial, Inc. in its approximately $1.4 billion all-cash acquisition of retail electronic trading firm KCG Holdings, Inc.
Paul, Weiss represented Lundin Mining Corporation in the sale of its indirect interest in the Tenke copper project in the Democratic Republic of Congo to an affiliate of Chinese private equity firm BHR Partners for $1.136 billion in…
As widely reported in the financial press, Paul, Weiss client Alere, Inc. settled its hard-fought merger battle with Abbott Labs.
Paul, Weiss is representing ADMA Biologics, Inc. in their
agreement to acquire certain manufacturing and therapy-related
assets from Biotest Pharmaceuticals Corporation.
As reported in The Wall Street Journal and
other media outlets, Paul, Weiss client Lundin Mining Corporation
announced that it has agreed to sell its indirect interest in the
Tenke copper project in the Democratic…
Paul, Weiss is representing wireless technology leader Qualcomm Incorporated in its agreement to acquire NXP Semiconductors for $47 billion.
New York's Appellate Division affirmed the dismissal of all
claims brought by a litigation trustee on behalf of two investment
funds against Citco Fund Services (Europe) B.V. and Citco (Canada)
Inc., which were the administrators …
As widely reported in The New York
Times, The Wall Street Journal and other
media outlets, Paul, Weiss client Mitel Networks Corporation
announced that it had entered into a definitive merger agreement to
acquire…
Paul, Weiss client The Citco Group Limited and several
affiliates achieved a victory when the New York Supreme Court
granted their motions to dismiss claims of breach of fiduciary
duty, aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary…
Paul, Weiss client Walter Energy announced the close of the sale
of substantially all of its core assets, comprising its Alabama
coal assets, to Warrior Met Coal, LLC, an entity owned by the
company's first lien creditors.
Kings County Family Court Judge William Franc Perry appointed a
guardian for two Paul, Weiss clients and granted their motion for
special findings, enabling them to apply for permanent residency
under the Special Immigrant…
Paul, Weiss is counsel to Walter Energy and its subsidiaries in
their chapter 11 proceedings, filed on July 15 in the Bankruptcy
Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
Paul, Weiss client Ericsson announced the completion of its
acquisition of Envivio, Inc., a California-based video encoding
provider.
Griffin-American Healthcare REIT III, Inc. (Griffin-American)
announced that a joint venture formed between Griffin-American and
NorthStar Healthcare Income Inc. agreed to acquire Trilogy
Investors LLC, the parent company of…
Paul, Weiss client Virtu Financial, Inc., a leading
technology-enabled market maker and liquidity provider to the
global financial markets, closed its initial public offering of
approximately 19 million shares of its Class A…
Paul, Weiss client Mitel Networks Corporation announced that it
had completed its acquisition of Mavenir Systems, Inc. in a cash
and stock deal with an aggregate value of approximately $560
million.
- Mar 25, 2015
- Publications
On March 24, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States issued
an important decision in B&B Hardware, Inc. v.
Hargis Industries, Inc., No. 13-352 (Mar. 24, 2015),
holding that a "likelihood of confusion" decision by the…
- Feb 26, 2015
- Publications
Litigation partners Martin Flumenbaum and Andrew
Gordon and associate Geoffrey Chepiga are featured in a
video produced by the New York Lawyers for Public Interest (NYLPI),
titled "Stories of Justice: NYLPI's…
This video examines how Paul, Weiss and its client, Disability
Advocates Inc. (now known as Disability Rights New York), helped
adults with mental disabilities build new lives by securing a
landmark settlement with the state of…
Paul, Weiss client Encana Corporation closed the cash tender
offer made by its indirect, wholly owned subsidiary, Alenco
Acquisition Company, Inc., to acquire all of the issued and
outstanding shares of common stock of…
Paul, Weiss achieved a major victory for our client Citco and
several affiliated entities when the Second Circuit vacated an
order of the Southern District of New York (Marrero) certifying a
class of investors in four funds…
Paul, Weiss client General Atlantic announced definitive
agreements to acquire and combine two online brokerage firms -
OptionsHouse, LLC and tradeMonster. Under the terms of the
agreements, GA will acquire OptionsHouse from its…
- May 09, 2014
- Publications
Litigation partner Andrew Gordon was part of a trial
team that secured a landmark settlement recognizing the civil
rights of adult home residents with mental illness. In this
Q&A, Andrew shares some details about the firm's…
Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis of the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of New York approved a landmark settlement
negotiated by Paul, Weiss and a number of legal advocacy groups
representing a class of…
As reported in The Wall Street Journal and The New
York Times, Paul, Weiss and a number of legal advocacy groups
representing a class of individuals with mental illness residing in
adult homes in New York City have entered a…
- Jun 26, 2013
- Publications
- Feb 07, 2013
- Publications
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