First ever public takeover bid in Germany, advising Texaco on the acquisition of Deutsche Erdöl-Aktiengesellschaft (1966).

In early 2011, Grohe acquired a majority stake in the leading Chinese sanitary fittings producer Joyou, making a successful public takeover bid.

This option was exercised in the context of a public takeover bid in the Alfa-Laval/Tetrapak case, but the Commission lifted the suspension as soon as its serious doubts were satisfied.

In this sense, precisely the most disputed article of the directive - Article 9 - is a step in the right direction towards providing, within the single European market, a reliable, homogeneous legislative framework for public takeover bids.

Those alternatives include trying to force Governor Cuomo and Lilco to renegotiate their deal; pushing financially unstable Lilco toward bankruptcy; reviving a public takeover bid for Lilco, or, finally, allowing Shoreham to open.

Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA): Regulates banks, insurances, securities dealers, investment funds and stock exchanges, as well as the disclosure of shareholding interests, public takeover bids and mortgage lenders.

The new stalemate had focused renewed attention on other options, including: allowing Shoreham to open; forcing the Governor and Lilco to renegotiate their deal; leaving the financially unstable Lilco as is and therefore pushing it toward bankruptcy, and reviving a public takeover bid.