FA: Financial Advisor LA: Legal Advisor
USA TOP 10 M&A DEALS
July 2015 - June 2016
DATE DEAL VALUE
USD
(MILLIONS)TARGET
COMPANYDEAL
DOMINANT
INDUSTRYBIDDER BIDDER
ADVISORSSELLER SELLER
ADVISORS11/12/2015 76 971 The Dow Chemical
CompanyChemicals and
materialsE. I. du Pont de
Nemours and
CompanyFA: Evercore Partners; Gold-
man Sachs
LA: Allens; Cravath, Swaine &
Moore; Debevoise & Plimpton;
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher
& FlomThe Dow Chemi-
cal CompanyFA: Klein and Company; Lazard;
Morgan Stanley
LA: Cleary Gottlieb Steen &
Hamilton; McCarthy Tetrault;
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett;
Weil Gotshal & Manges12/10/2015 63 263 EMC CorporationComputer
services DellFA: Bank of America Merrill
Lynch; Barclays; Citi; Credit
Suisse; Deutsche Bank; Gold-
man Sachs; JPMorgan; Lazard;
LionTree Advisors; Moelis &
Company; RBC Capital Markets;
UBS Investment Bank
LA: Blake, Cassels & Graydon;
Hogan Lovells International;
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett;
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & KatzEMC CorporationFA: Evercore Partners; Morgan
Stanley; Needham & Company
LA: Debevoise & Plimpton;
Morrison & Foerster; Skadden
Arps Slate Meagher & Flom;
Weil Gotshal & Manges24/07/2015 50 418 Cigna Corporation Medical AnthemFA: Credit Suisse; UBS Invest-
ment Bank
LA: Gibson Dunn & Crutcher;
Latham & Watkins; White &
CaseCigna CorporationFA: Morgan Stanley
LA: Cravath, Swaine & Moore;
Majmudar & Partners; Sidley
Austin; Weil Gotshal & Manges27/07/2015 40 500 Allergan (Generics
business)Medical: Phar-
maceuticalsTeva Pharmaceuti-
cal IndustriesFA: Barclays; Greenhill & Co
LA: Davies Ward Phillips &
Vineberg; De Brauw Blackstone
Westbroek; Kirkland & Ellis;
Sullivan & Cromwell; Tulchi-
nsky Stern & CompanyAllerganFA: JPMorgan
LA: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Ha-
milton; Debevoise & Plimpton;
Latham & Watkins; Stikeman
Elliott; Weil Gotshal & Manges10/08/2015 36 541 Precision CastpartsIndustrial
products and
servicesBerkshire Ha-
thawayLA: Franklin Societe d'Avocats;
Munger Tolles & OlsonPrecision Cast-
partsFA: Bank of America Merrill
Lynch; Citi; Credit Suisse
LA: Alston & Bird; Cravath,
Swaine & Moore; Stoel Rives03/07/2015 36 340 HumanaFinancial
Services AetnaFA: Citi; Lazard
LA: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Ha-
milton; Davis Polk & Wardwell;
Jones Day; Richards Layton &
Finger; Shearman & Sterling;
Simpson Thacher & BartlettHumanaFA: Goldman Sachs
LA: Fried Frank Harris Shriver
& Jacobson; Gibson Dunn &
Crutcher; Morris Nichols Arsht
& Tunnell; Skadden Arps Slate
Meagher & Flom11/01/2016 35 219 Baxalta Medical: Phar-
maceuticalsShireFA: Barclays; Deutsche Bank;
Evercore Partners; Morgan
Stanley
LA: Arthur Cox; Cravath,
Swaine & Moore; Freshfields
Bruckhaus Deringer; Ropes &
Gray; Slaughter and MayBaxaltaFA: Citi; Goldman Sachs
LA: Fried Frank Harris Shriver
& Jacobson; Jones Day;
Kirkland & Ellis; Skadden Arps
Slate Meagher & Flom; White
& Case01/10/2015 33 818Hewlett Packard
Enterprise CompanyComputer
softwareHewlett-Pac-
kard Company
(Shareholders)N/A HPFA: Goldman Sachs
LA: Baker & McKenzie; Fresh-
fields Bruckhaus Deringer;
Simonsen Vogt Wiig; Skadden
Arps Slate Meagher & Flom28/04/2016 29 850 St. Jude Medical Medical Abbott Labora-
toriesFA: Bank of America Merrill
Lynch; Evercore Partners
LA: Baker & McKenzie; Baker
Botts; Cleary Gottlieb Steen &
Hamilton; Davis Polk & Ward-
well; Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen &
Katz; Wilson Sonsini Goodrich
& RosatiSt. Jude MedicalFA: Guggenheim Partners
LA: Gibson Dunn & Crutcher;
White & Case01/07/2015 28 251The Chubb Corpo-
rationFinancial
Services ACEFA: Morgan Stanley
LA: Baer & Karrer; Brigard &
Urrutia; Clifford Chance; Davis
Polk & Wardwell; Sidley Austin;
Sullivan & CromwellThe Chubb
CorporationFA: Guggenheim Partners
LA: Barun Law; Gibson Dunn
& Crutcher); Lenz & Staehelin;
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz