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Similarly sized firms to Weil, including Willkie Farr & Gallagher, have shown interest in finding merger partners in recent years, according to a person familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Merging SpaceX, with its $2.15-trillion market cap, with Tesla, valued at $1.53 trillion, would almost certainly result in the largest ever corporate merger , exceeding Vodafone’s roughly $200-billion buyout of German conglomerate Mannesmann in 2000.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Tesla shareholders might be the winners in a SpaceX merger.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

The two companies are working to combine their networks in a $71.5 billion merger that is expected to close in mid-2027.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

“Then, of course, that sell order didn’t go through and there was a merger and so you were, at that point, worth something in the neighborhood of four hundred and eighty thousand dollars.”

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen

But MarketWatch columnist Mark Hulbert offers a word of caution: Research suggests big mergers have a poor record of creating lasting value for shareholders.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Goldman also scored higher investment banking fees, citing increases in completed mergers and an elevated level of initial public and secondary equity offerings.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

Before becoming an MP, he ran an international mergers and acquisitions advisory firm.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

A burst of biotech mergers and acquisitions this year has put money in investors’ pockets that they are looking to invest in new companies, analysts said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

I was interviewing for a paralegal position in the mergers and acquisitions department of a prestigious multi-national corporate law firm.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad