Benjamin Horney

Investors and regulators alike are paying more attention to environmental, social and governance issues, and while it’s still uncommon for such considerations to take precedence over economics, mergers and acquisitions attorneys are feeling the ESG focus in the form of increased due diligence and di…

Fertitta Entertainment and FAST Acquisition Corp. have abandoned their planned $6.6 billion merger, and as part of a settlement related to the termination, the special-purpose acquisition company and its shareholders will receive up to $33 million to cover associated costs, the companies said Friday…

Israeli cybersecurity firm HUB will go public at an enterprise value of roughly $1.28 billion by merging with special-purpose acquisition company Mount Rainier Acquisition Corp., the companies said Wednesday, in an agreement built by four law firms.

Blackstone Group is selling the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas in a total $5.65 billion transaction that will see the luxury casino hotel’s operations and underlying real estate assets separated, the companies said Monday, in a transaction built by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Latham & Watkins…

Emerson Electric will buy a majority stake in AspenTech and merge its own industrial software units into the target in a transaction with an equity value of $11 billion that was crafted by respective legal advisers Davis Polk and Skadden, the companies said Monday.

Alleghany Corp., an investment holding company best known for its insurance operations, will be purchased by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway in a transaction valued at roughly $11.6 billion and built by respective legal advisers Willkie and Munger Tolles, the companies said Monday.

Private equity firms KKR and Global Infrastructure Partners are teaming to buy data center real estate investment trust CyrusOne for an enterprise value of roughly $15 billion, the companies said Monday, in an agreement constructed with help from six law firms.

German medical technology business Siemens Healthineers AG, advised by Latham & Watkins, has agreed to buy Wachtell Lipton-advised Varian Medical Systems Inc. for $16.4 billion, the companies said Sunday, in a tie-up aimed at creating the most comprehensive cancer care provider in the world.

CDW Corp. will pay $2.5 billion in cash to pick up private equity-backed information technology company Sirius Computer Solutions, the companies said Monday, in a transaction put together by legal advisers Sidley, Kirkland and Debevoise.

With so much mergers and acquisitions news this week, you may have missed several deals announced in the last several days helmed by firms such as Weil Gotshal and Orrick Herrington. Here, Law360 recaps the ones you may have missed.