Al Barbarino

The Charles Schwab Corp. said Thursday it has agreed to acquire Forge Global Holdings Inc. in a transaction valued at approximately $660 million, in a deal guided by three firms that marks the financial services company's latest effort to dive deeper into private markets. 

Amazon Web Services said Monday it has entered into a seven-year, $38 billion strategic partnership with OpenAI to provide computing infrastructure that will run and scale the ChatGPT maker's core artificial intelligence workloads.

Metsera Inc. said Thursday that Novo Nordisk has put forth a $9 billion buyout proposal that is "superior" to its existing agreement to sell itself to Pfizer, prompting a response from Pfizer stating that it is prepared to "pursue all legal avenues" to keep its agreement intact.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. said Wednesday it will acquire Clario Holdings Inc., a provider of endpoint data solutions for clinical trials, from a shareholder group led by Astorg and Nordic Capital, Novo Holdings and Cinven, for $8.875 billion in cash.

Ropes & Gray LLP-advised Eli Lilly said Friday it has agreed to acquire Cooley LLP-guided Adverum Biotechnologies, a clinical-stage company developing gene therapies for eye diseases, for up to roughly $262 million. 

Japanese power company Jera Co. said Thursday it has agreed to acquire shale gas assets in Louisiana from Williams Cos. and GEP Haynesville II LLC for about $1.5 billion.

Dublin-based Alkermes PLC has agreed to buy Avadel Pharmaceuticals PLC, a fellow Irish drugmaker focused on sleep medicine, in an all-cash deal valuing Avadel at about $2.1 billion, the companies said on Wednesday. 

Farmers National Banc Corp. said Wednesday it has agreed to purchase Middlefield Banc Corp. for $299 million, in the latest deal amid a record-breaking run of banking mergers and acquisitions that experts tell Law360 is being fueled by more favorable regulatory dynamics and years of pent-up demand. 

Farmers National Banc Corp. said Wednesday it has agreed to purchase Middlefield Banc Corp. for $299 million, in the latest deal amid a record-breaking run of banking mergers and acquisitions that experts tell Law360 is being fueled by more favorable regulatory dynamics and years of pent-up demand. 

Coinbase said Tuesday it has acquired blockchain fundraising platform Echo for approximately $375 million, as the cryptocurrency giant makes its latest push to create a "full-stack" solution for crypto investors.