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April 05, 2005 |

ChevronTexaco to Buy Unocal

Global oil giant ChevronTexaco Corp. agreed Monday to buy Unocal Corp. for $18 billion in stock, debt and cash, ending the bid speculation that had surrounded the smaller company for months. Lehman Brothers Inc. is advising ChevronTexaco, which is receiving legal advice from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman. Morgan Stanley and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz are advising Unocal.
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April 02, 2007 |

Corporate Scorecard: Gargantuans at the Gate

For lawyers who work on leveraged buyouts, there's no mystery behind the surge of interest in their practice area. The market, by any measure, is rocking. In the U.S. in 2006, there were 1,137 private equity transactions worth about $476 billion in total, nearly double the value from the prior year. "All practices hit on all cylinders," says one partner. More deals mean more opportunities, and continued growth has only contributed to the size of the deals. Find out which firms scored the biggest ones.
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January 30, 2013 |

Four Am Law Firms Find Work on $5 Billion Kinder Morgan Fracking Deal

Kinder Morgan Inc. subsidiary Kinder Morgan Energy Partners said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire natural gas company Copano Energy in a transaction worth roughly $5 billion, including debt. Weil Gotshal, Bracewell, Wachtell, and Vinson &amp Elkins all have roles in the deal.
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September 24, 2001 |

SEC Extends Relief on Share Purchases Through Friday

Extending the relief provided in its Sept. 14 order giving registrants and their affiliates additional flexibility to purchase common stock and other equity securities, the SEC announced that the emergency relief would be effective through this Friday, Sept. 28. The SEC also issued an interpretation clarifying issues that have arisen under Rule 144 under the Securities Act and Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act.
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May 24, 2012 |

Asia Deal Digest: May 24, 2012

* A big roster of big firms lines up for Yahoo's $7.1 billion Alibaba stake sale* Davis Polk and Weil Gotshal get China's Wanda into the U.S. cinema business* Latham helps an Indonesian oil giant tap the capital markets for $2.5 billion's worth
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February 15, 2013 |

Dealmaker of the Week: John Bick of Davis Polk &amp Wardwell

Bick, the head of Davis Polk's corporate department, was part of a team from the firm that advised Heinz on its sale to Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital in a deal worth $28 billion, including assumed debt.
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December 22, 2005 |

Sprint Nextel to Pay $6.5B for Rest of Nextel Partners

Sprint Nextel has tied up the biggest loose end remaining from the merger that created the telecom giant earlier this year, settling its litigation with a Nextel affiliate. The company announced it will pay $6.5 billion to acquire the 62 percent of the affiliate it doesn't already own. The price splits the difference on the valuations placed on Nextel Partners by two investment banks. The deal is the largest and latest in a string of deals where Sprint Nextel has bought out service-providing affiliates.
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January 03, 2013 |

Magic Circle Firms, Gunderson Take Roles on Two Notable Legal Industry Deals

Allen &amp Overy and Slaughter and May are advising on Thomson Reuters's purchase of the Practical Law Company, while Gunderson Dettmer, a technology shop already busy this week advising Current TV on its sale to Pan-Arab news channel Al Jazeera, is representing Jules Kroll's K2 Intelligence on its acquisition of Thacher Associates.
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May 23, 2001 |

Wachovia Rejects SunTrust, But It's Not Over Yet

The board of Wachovia Corp. rejected a $13.6 billion unsolicited bid by SunTrust Banks in favor of a $12.7 billion deal with First Union, but the battle is far from over. SunTrust said it is suing First Union and Wachovia in Georgia state and federal courts, alleging the banks' public disclosures about the deal are false and misleading.
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August 31, 2007 |

Finance Lawyers Under Scrutiny As Banking Clients Revisit Deal Terms

Acquisition finance lawyers are braced for intense scrutiny of their work from key clients as banks pore over deal terms with a view to re-negotiating debt terms on a string of major buy-outs, thanks to the impact of the August turmoil in global credit markets. Some deal lawyers may be concerned by Home Depot's recent decision to re-negotiate the terms of the sale of its wholesale supply unit -- lowering the $10.3 billion price by $1.8 billion -- after the financing banks threatened to walk away.
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