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Acquisitions
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Law Deans on Legal Education Blog
ABA Committee Recommendation re: Infilaw’s Purchase of Charleston
Download Charleston_ltr_and_Recommendation_11-6-2014-(2)Above is the letter from the ABA to Dean Abrams at the Charleston School of Law recommending that the sale to Infiliaw be approved by the ABA Council. The…
The Right Coast
Crumbs chain to reopen under Dippin’ Dots owner – chicagotribune.com
Crumbs Bake Shop will be resurrected through a deal with Marcus Lemonis, a local investor and star of CNBC reality show "The Profit" and the owner of Dippin' Dots ice…
GT London Law Blog
Greenberg Traurig Teams Assist Atlas Mara Co-Nvest Limited in its first Acquisition of Sub-Saharan African banking group BancABC for up to $265M
By Greenberg Traurig, Greenberg Traurig
The international law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP assisted Atlas Mara Co-Nvest Limited (Atlas Mara) in connection with its first acquisition following its incorporation and listing on the London Stock Exchange…
Timely disclosure
Proposed Amendments to the Toronto Stock Exchange Company Manual
On November 28, 2013, the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) published proposed amendments to the TSX Company Manual (the Manual) and requested comments on the proposed amendments (the Amendments), such comments…
Rush on Business
Selling or Buying a Business: Pay Attention to Why Deals Don’t Close
By Rush Nigut
Steve Sink wrote recently wrote a blog post on IowaBiz covering Why Deals do not Close. I recommend buyers and sellers of businesses to read the post. Fortunately, most of the deals…
Global Workplace Insider
Transfers of employees in the UAE as part of an acquisition
By guestauthor
This article was written by Jeremy Pooley, Of Counsel at Norton Rose Fulbright (Middle East) LLP. The parties to a share or business acquisition need to be alert to the…
ContractsProf Blog
Starbucks’ Acquisition of La Boulange
Being an observant type, I noticed that the Starbucks that I wandered into this weekend was festooned in pink. Breast cancer awareness? Nope. Starbucks has "partnered" with a San Francisco-based…
The Trademark Blog
You Get Rid Of It, You Still Want It v. You Sell It, You Still Want It
Wells Fargo acquires the ABD Insurance company in 2007. It starts migrating the ABD name into the Wells Fargo name. By 2009 it’s letting various insurance licenses (and the trademark…
The Securities Edge
Acquirers beware! New expedited acquisition method could violate the Exchange Act
When the private equity firm 3G Capital took Burger King private in 2010, it used an innovative “dual-track” acquisition structure to minimize the amount of time to consummate the acquisition.…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Basics of Acquisition Agreements
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
Our friendsat LawMeets and Apprennet LLC are doing some interesting programming thatshould be of interest to law students and junior associates who might be just gettinggoing. They are announcing “The…