Al Barbarino

Europe has quietly become tech dealmakers' top hunting ground, as global tech mergers and acquisitions values skyrocketed more than 72% in the first three quarters of the year, according to a new global survey from Morrison Foerster LLP.

The owners of Italian football club Juventus rejected an unsolicited buyout bid from crypto firm Tether, saying there is "no intention" of selling shares and helping to push the club's market capitalization above $1 billion as its stock surged Monday.

Adobe Inc. said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire Semrush Holdings Inc., a provider of search and brand visibility tools, for $12 per share in cash, valuing the company at about $1.9 billion.

Adobe Inc. said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire Semrush Holdings Inc., a provider of search and brand visibility tools, for $12 per share in cash, valuing the company at about $1.9 billion.

Cravath-advised Johnson & Johnson said Monday it has agreed to pay $3.05 billion in cash for Goodwin-led Halda Therapeutics, a biotech developing a clinical-stage therapy for prostate cancer.

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP-advised Merck on Friday said it will broaden its respiratory portfolio with a $9.2 billion deal to buy Cooley LLP-led Cidara Therapeutics, betting that an investigational antiviral could help the company tackle the global health burden of seasonal influenza.

Toronto-based ECN Capital Corp. announced Thursday that it has agreed to be taken private by an investor group led by Warburg Pincus, in an all-cash transaction valuing the specialty finance company at roughly 1.9 billion Canadian dollars ($1.4 billion).

Pfizer Inc. said Thursday that it has successfully completed its acquisition of Metsera Inc., securing the obesity drug developer after a tumultuous bidding war with Novo Nordisk and court fights that redirected the deal in Pfizer's favor.

Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing and Global Student Accommodation have completed the acquisition of a portfolio of eight student housing assets, in a transaction valued at more than $1 billion, the firms announced Wednesday.

Days after private equity giant Apollo was said to have pulled a roughly $2.1 billion offer to purchase Papa John's, CEO Todd Penegor said Friday that the pizza chain would "fully consider" future strategic alternatives.