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The $23 billion sale of ketchup maker H.J.Heinz Co to Berkshire Hathaway Inc and buyout firm 3G Capital, Avis Budget Group's takeover of Zipcar, and the $6.9 billion leveraged buyout of BMC Software , have one common link: Kirkland & Ellis LLP.The law firm, which served as a legal adviser on those deals as well as several other of the largest transactions of the year, with a combined deal value of $56.6 billion, has jumped to ninth place in the ranking of merger advisers, up from 18th in 2012, according to Thomson Reuters data released on Monday.Just four years ago in 2009, Kirkland ranked 72nd in the legal league table.When ranked by the number of deals with a value of $100 million or more, Kirkland was the second-biggest merger adviser, having worked on 70 deals so far this year, Thomson Reuters data showed."What has changed recently at Kirkland is that while we continue to grow the number of deals, we've significantly grown the number of high profile, high-value deals," said Daniel ...
Office Depot Inc.'s largest shareholder, Starboard Value LP., said on Monday that it's starting a consent solicitation to ask the company's shareholders to elect boa...
OfficeMax Inc. (OMX) and Office Depot Inc. (ODP) on Tuesday named the committee members who will oversee the process of finding a new chief executive to lead the com...
Office Depot (NYSE:ODP) and OfficeMax (NYSE:OMX) received an expected request from the Federal Trade Commission for more information related to their proposed merger...
Office Depot's (NYSE:ODP) largest shareholder, Starboard Value LP, urged the office-supply retailer to change a number of directors before its board selects the chie...
Starboard Value LP, the largest shareholder in Office Depot Inc , nominated six candidates for the board of the office products retailer on Monday, sending shares up...
Staples Inc , the largest U.S. office supply chain, reported lower-than-expected quarterly revenue and forecast weak full-year earnings as corporate customers and ot...
Staples Inc. shares dropped 3.2% on Wednesday after the No. 1 U.S. office-supplies chain forecast a disappointing full-year profit and its fourth-quarter sales also ...
Staples' (NASDAQ:SPLS) fourth-quarter earnings tumbled 72% on restructuring charges, while sales weakened in the U.S. and abroad.The office-supply retailer said on W...
Supervalu Inc on Monday named a new president for its Save-A-Lot discount chain and announced other management changes as the supermarket operator and food distribut...
Office Depot Inc.'s (ODP) largest shareholder, Starboard Value LP, has urged the company to explore a sale of its 50% stake in its Mexico joint venture, asking it to...
Office Depot Inc , which will merge with rival OfficeMax Inc , said the chief executives of both companies would remain in their positions pending the appointment of...
The Federal Reserve's plan to pump tens of billions of dollars into the banking system each month until the unemployment rate drops to 6.5% doesn't seem to be workin...
Office Depot (NYSE:ODP) could soon begin talks to sell its half of a Mexican joint venture with Grupo Gigante, the company said in a filing with the Securities and E...
OfficeMax (NYSE:OMX) reported weaker-than-expected results in the first quarter amid declining same-store sales.The office-supply retailer also unveiled a special di...
OfficeMax Inc (NYSE:OMX) reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday, hurt by continued weak sales of technology products and fewer shoppers visiting ...
OfficeMax Inc reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday, hurt by continued weak sales of technology products and fewer shoppers visiting its stores,...
OfficeMax Inc. reported its first-quarter profit rose to $56.84 million, or 64 cents a share, from $5.39 million, or 6 cents a share, a year earlier. Adjusted net in...
A shareholder in OfficeMax Inc sued the directors of the company on Thursday, seeking to block its acquisition by larger rival Office Depot Inc , calling the propose...
Office Depot Inc reported a weaker-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday and said it would hold a special meeting with investors to seek approval for its pending...