Experience

• • Mitsui in the formation of the Blue Water Alliance, a joint venture in partnership with Olin Corporation.
  • Resolution Life in its strategic partnership with Blackstone, including a $500 million strategic investment, for its life insurance and annuity consolidation business.
  • Arcesium in a trade secret and breach of contract litigation dispute brought by SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. and its affiliate Advent Software.
  • Sun Life in its $2.475 billion acquisition of DentaQuest.
  • Founder of global financial services firm in U.S. subsidiary’s Chapter 11 proceedings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
  • Cornerstone Building Brands in the sale of its Insulated Metal Panels business to Nucor for $1 billion in cash.
  • Domtar in its $3 billion sale to Paper Excellence.
  • Blackstone Tactical Opportunities Fund L.P. in obtaining dismissal of tortious interference with contract claims brought in New York state court based on allegations related to portfolio company’s refinancing transaction.
  • InterXion in its combination with Digital Realty, valuing InterXion at $8.4 billion.
  • HarbourVest Partners, a significant creditor in the contentious Chapter 11 case of investment fund Highland Capital, currently pending in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas in reaching and defending over objections a favorable resolution of HarbourVest’s litigation claims against the debtor.
  • American Airlines and its insurance carrier in all litigation arising out of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, including the crash of American Airlines Flight 11 into One World Trade Center.
  • Prudential Financial and certain present and former officers and directors in securities class action and derivative lawsuits arising from the company’s practices with regard to unclaimed life insurance benefits.
  • Defendants in federal and state court cases alleging price fixing, including the TIBOR Antitrust Litigation and the SIBOR Antitrust Litigation.
  • Verizon New York in successful litigation brought against certain Long Island municipalities defending Verizon’s ability to enter into agreements regarding the attachment of lechis to its utility poles.
  • Plaintiff in federal court of Kansas asserting antitrust claims of tying and bundling against major distributors of medical supplies.
  • Defendant in federal action in New York regarding purchasers of freight forwarding services against domestic and international freight forwarding companies, alleging conspiracy to impose surcharges in violation of Sherman Act.
  • Various funds sued in “clawback” lawsuits following the leveraged buyout of Tribune Company.
  • D. E. Shaw and Madison Dearborn Partners, as holders of exchangeable notes and other claims against SunEdison, in SunEdison’s Chapter 11 proceedings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, and in obtaining dismissal of a $300 million avoidance action seeking to claw back transfers made as part of a complex transaction related to the $2.4 billion sale of a renewable energy company.
  • American Airlines, as special aircraft counsel, in winning approval in bankruptcy court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to repay $1.3 billion in debt without payment of a make-whole premium, over the objection of the indenture trustees.
  • La Paloma Generating Company, a California-based power producer, in its $524 million Chapter 11 proceedings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, a plan for which was successfully confirmed following a disputed confirmation hearing.
  • Standard General in American Apparel’s Chapter 11 proceedings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
  • Numerous clients in obtaining antitrust approval of strategic transactions.
  • TPG Capital and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, with Humana, before the Federal Trade Commission in their $1.4 billion acquisition of Curo Health Services.
  • Discovery, Inc. before the Department of Justice in its $14.6 billion acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive.
  • Beacon Health Strategies before the Federal Trade Commission in the antitrust aspects of a managed behavioral healthcare organization’s proposed acquisition of Value Options, Inc.
  • International Paper in the antitrust aspects of its $4.3 billion acquisition of Temple-Inland.
  • NCI Building Systems in the antitrust aspects of its acquisition of Metl-Span, a leading insulated panel supplier.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and Brand Energy and Infrastructure Services before the Federal Trade Commission in the antitrust aspects of the merger of Brand Energy and Safway Group, forming the leading global industrial service business with over $5 billion in revenue.
  • Greater Media in in the antitrust aspects of its $240 million sale to Beasley Broadcast Group.
  • Kelso & Company and Stone Point Capital before the Federal Trade Commission in the antitrust aspects of their sale of pharmacy benefits manager Helios to OptumRx, the pharmacy benefits manager unit of UnitedHealth Group.
  • Rank Group before the Federal Trade Commission in the antitrust aspects of its $980 million acquisition of UCI International, a North American automotive products business, and its subsequent $950 million acquisition of Honeywell’s automotive consumer products group.
  • Various clients, acting as counsel on various other antitrust issues, including compliance with pricing and distribution policies, information exchange and gun-jumping issues, and well as the implementation of corporate antitrust compliance programs.
  • Lazard in the development and defense of its valuation opinions in numerous recent Chapter 11 cases.
  • Various funds in the collapse of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities and Fairfield Sentry Limited, Fairfield Sigma Limited and Fairfield Lambda Limited.
  • Big Apple Circus, as pro bono client, in litigation arising during the course of its Chapter 11 proceedings.