Mahira Dayal

Grocery stores Kroger Co. and Albertsons Companies Inc. plan to sell 413 stores to C&S Wholesale Grocers for $1.9 billion in cash in an attempt to win antitrust approval from the Federal Trade Commission for their $24.6 billion merger, which the companies say is on track for an early 2024 close.

Cleveland-founded Squire Patton Boggs has hired top corporate and M&A attorney Omar Momany as a partner in Dubai.

Cisco Systems Inc. announced today its acquisition of cybersecurity company Splunk Inc. in a deal valued at around $28 billion, making its largest acquisition yet.

Morgan Stanley‘s former top M&A banker Robert Kindler said his return to practicing law this month for the first time since 2000 is timely because lawyers stand at the pinnacle of consummating deals.

Squire Patton Boggs has opened an office in Beirut as part of its international expansion into the Middle East.

Kirkland & Ellis topped rivals in handling mergers and acquisition deals through the third quarter, as law firms battled for a shrinking amount of business.

Davis Polk & Wardwell advised ExxonMobil on its all-stock $59.5 billion acquisition of shale rival Pioneer Natural Resources.

Partners at the UK’s Allen & Overy and US-based Shearman & Sterling have approved a plan to merge the two firms, creating a massive new competitor in the legal industry.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison advised Chevron Corp. in its purchase of energy competitor Hess Corp. in an all-stock transaction valued at $53 billion.

Khan, a meticulous data journalist, was the sole death in Harlem apartment fire that injured at least 17 others.