The Four Ring Circus – Round Twelve; A Further Updated View of the Mating Dance Among Announced Merger Partners and an Unsolicited Second or Third Bidder”
This article, by Mergers & Acquisitions partner Rob Spatt, addresses the "mating dance" that occurs among announced merger partners and an unsolicited second or third bidder. It provides an extensive list of some of the notable such U.S. transactions from 1994 through early 2008 (with increasingly important foreign deal-jumps listed as well). The article notes that over the last several years, deal-jumping activity has increasingly spread to foreign markets.