On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation osted on Monday, July 2, 2012. The details have yet to be worked out, but as far as Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig is concerned the most recently proposed sale of the San Diego Padres is a good one. In a press...
Acquisition termination costs $1.6 million after secondary offer accepted
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Friday, May 4, 2012. Business mergers and acquisitions happen all of the time. Depending on the size of the business and other business specific details, the planning that goes into mergers and acquisitions requires a lot of attention to detail and careful thought....
Possible mergers and acquisitions in the airline industry
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Saturday, February 4, 2012. With the recent bankruptcy filing by American Airlines (AA), the airline industry is once again in a state of flux. In fact, with only five major air carriers remaining, AA’s financial difficulties have resulted in an opportunity for...
Acquisitions of pharmaceutical businesses on the rise
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Thursday, January 12, 2012. In recent years, there has been an increase in the acquisition of pharmaceutical companies. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. has been one of the major players in this area of acquisitions as it has, in fact, entered into 18...
Health care companies are attractive acquisition targets
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Thursday, November 17, 2011. Market saturation and recent profit margin-squeezing health care reform have made one sector of the health care industry a prime target for companies seeking acquisitions. San Diego mergers and acquisitions attorneys have noticed that large, managed health care companies...
More Google acquisitions in the news
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Wednesday, November 2, 2011. Google Inc., based in Mountain View, California, has been very busy this year with acquisitions. In a previous post, we reported on Google’s purchase of ITA Software Inc., a travel data provider, for $676 million. We have...
Critics oppose proposed acquisition of ING by Capital One
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Friday, September 23, 2011. A bank best known for its booming credit card business, Capital One, would like to acquire another banking giant, ING Direct USA, for $9 billion. The biggest potential roadblock for the deal is the Dodd-Frank Act, which...
Fed might not resist mergers and acquisitions of big banks
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Thursday, September 15, 2011. One might be forgiven for thinking that big banks in California or anywhere else in the country might be operating on thin ice when it comes to getting even bigger. The words “too big to fail” conjure immediate...
Patent holdings are driving up the prices in acquisitions
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Thursday, August 25, 2011. The search for companies with valuable patents is changing the landscape of mergers and acquisitions in San Diego and indeed across the country. At one time, patents were rarely part of the equation when companies were considering...