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The 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to have a significant effect on American lives and businesses. The healthcare industry is no exception, and private equity funds and other strategic buyers that invest in the healthcare...By: McGuireWoods LLP

Since the beginning of 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) has issued numerous regulations to implement fully the Foreign Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA) on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United...By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Oil & gas dealmaking has plummeted following a period of prolonged low oil prices and a steep fall in demand due to COVID-19. However, large players with strong balance sheets could still see opportunities to invest....By: White & Case LLP

The outbreak of the coronavirus has been an unprecedented event affecting every industry, including construction. To ensure their entitlement to an extension of time, costs, or even termination, parties to construction contracts need to carefully...By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Distressed companies can be attractive acquisition targets, as their values often reflect the difficulties they face. It is not hard to imagine that the circumstances surrounding COVID-19 will lead to 1. an unprecedented wave of distressed mergers...By: Ballard Spahr LLP

On May 21, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to the rules that govern the financial disclosures registrants must make upon the acquisition or disposition of certain businesses. The Commission also amended the definition...By: Bracewell LLP

As we have highlighted in recent alerts, M&A litigation is moving quickly to react and adapt to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In a new case filed this week, it appears that lawyers for a spurned acquisition target have taken yet another...By: White and Williams LLP

The U.S. Treasury Department this week published draft regulations changing the requirements for mandatory CFIUS filings for transactions in which a foreign person acquires or invests in a U.S. critical technology company. Under the proposed rule,...By: Shearman & Sterling LLP

Ensuring a healthy food industry supply chain is vital as we cope with the effects of the current pandemic. With shortages in some areas and massive waste in others, the industry must consider ways to pivot their thinking and innovate. Join us for a...By: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

On May 21, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to its rules governing financial disclosures relating to acquisitions and dispositions of businesses....By: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP