Honorees: Dow Lohnes; Foulston & Siefkin; Lawler, Metzger, Keeney & Logan; Mori Hamada & Matsumoto; Morrison & Foerster; Polsinelli Shughart; Shearman & Sterling; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; SoftBank Corporation; Sprint Nextel Corporation
SoftBank Corp.'s $21.6 billion acquisition of a 78 percent stake in Sprint Nextel Corporation was a classic piece of dealmaking drama. It had everything: box office numbers (it was the largest announced U.S. transaction of 2012 and the largest ever outbound investment by a Japanese company); myriad plot twists; and colorful protagonists.
