Cooper Tires Inc. of Findlay, Ohio received a $2.5 billion all-cash offer from Apollo Tyres Limited, a company half its size, listed on Mumbai Stock Exchange at a 40% premium on its pre-bid stock price. The bidding firm claimed synergy as the motive for the merger. Subsequent to the announcement the labor unions in two US factories expressed concerns and an arbiter upheld that the bidder needs to renegotiate union contracts with respect to pension liabilities. The workers in the Chinese subsidiary of the target went on strike and the target firm’s management was unable to access documents to be furnished to the bidder for the merger to be consummated. These events triggered a legal battle between the bidder and the target over the issue of the target claiming that the bidder had buyer’s remorse and failed to use best efforts in renegotiating union contracts. Finally, the merger procedure was called off by the target. The case study highlights the sequence of events and provides an opportunity for readers to understand the pitfalls in cross-continent mergers along with the theory behind motives for mergers.