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Corporate/M&A
Takeover & Merger Litigation
Antitrust
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Corporate/M&A:
Wachtell Lipton handles some of the largest and most complex US
and international transactions. It advises on a range of corporate
matters, including mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs and split-ups,
public offerings, capital raising transactions and innovative financial
products. In addition, Wachtell Lipton is recognised as a leading
firm for takeover defence, shareholder activism and corporate
governance.
Recent major US representations have included:- Michael S. Dell and MSD Partners in the $67 billion transaction to
combine Dell and EMC - Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. in its $37.7 billion combination with
The Williams Companies, Inc. - Charter Communications in its merger with Time Warner Cable
valuing Time Warner Cable at $78.7 billion and $10.4 billion
acquisition of Bright House Networks - AbbVie in its $21 billion acquisition of Pharmacyclics
Recent major cross-border or non-US representations have included: - Pfizer, Inc. in its $160 billion combination with Allergan plc
- Airgas, Inc. in its $13.4 billion acquisition by Air Liquide S.A.
- Perrigo Company plc in its successful defence against a $26 billion
hostile takeover offer by Mylan N.V.
Takeover & Merger Litigation:
The firm is considered one of the leading transaction and takeover
litigation firms in the country, having litigated many of the seminal
cases establishing US takeover law, including: Moran v. Household Int’l
Inc.; Revlon Inc. v. MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, Inc.; Paramount
Communications, Inc. v. Time, Inc.; Paramount Communications,
Inc. v. QVC Network, Inc.; and IBP, Inc. v. Tyson Foods.Antitrust & Tax
Wachtell Lipton’s Antitrust Practice focuses on mergers and
acquisitions and government investigations, including international
antitrust and banking antitrust issues.Wachtell Lipton’s tax attorneys regularly advise clients on the tax
aspects of corporate reorganisations, acquisitions, spin-offs and
other dispositions, financings, restructurings and joint ventures.
These transactions frequently involve large multinational businesses
and raise complex domestic and multinational tax issues. Indeed,
tax considerations often determine the form, and occasionally the
viability, of contemplated transactions.CONTACTS
Corporate / M&A:
Andrew R Brownstein: [email protected]
Adam O. Emmerich: [email protected]
Edward D. Herlihy: [email protected]
David A. Katz: [email protected]
Daniel A Neff: [email protected]
Andrew J. Nussbaum: [email protected]
Steven A Rosenblum: [email protected]
David E. Shapiro: [email protected]Tax:
Jodi J. Schwartz: [email protected]Merger control & Antitrust Michael H Byowitz: [email protected]
Ilene Knable Gotts: [email protected]51 West 52nd Street
NY 10019, New York
USA
Tél.: +1 212 403 1000
Fax: +1 212 403 2000
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