Ball Corp.’s $6.8 billion acquisition of fellow can maker Rexum PLC tops our latest roundup of deals worth $1 billion or more, with foreign companies dominating the space. Rival Chinese taxi apps Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache united to take on Uber in a merger valued at $6 billion, while Japan’s postal service acquired Melbourne-based Toll Holdings Limited for $5.1 billion.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom represented Ball and Didi Dache, giving the firm the most number of billion-dollar deals this week.
