The Deal Awards NYC 2019 Shortlist
Award Categories
Deal of the Year
CVS acquires health insurer Aetna
Target: Aetna Inc.
Investment Adviser:
Evercore Partners Inc.
Allen & Co. LLC
Lazard Ltd.
Counsel to I-bank: White & Case LLP
Outside Counsel:
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Proxy Solicitor: Georgeson LLC
PR Firm: Sloane & Co.
Acquirer: CVS Health Corp.
Investment Adviser:
Barclays
Centerview Partners LLC
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Counsel to I-bank:
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Outside Counsel:
Shearman & Sterling LLP
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Locke Lord LLP
Special Counsel: Dechert LLP
Proxy Solicitor: Okapi Partners LLC
PR Firm: Kekst and Co.
Danaher acquires General Electric’s biopharma business
Target/Seller:
GE Biopharma/General Electric Co.
Investment Adviser:
PJT Partners Inc.
Citigroup Inc.
JPMorgan Securities LLC
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Counsel to I-bank: Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Outside Counsel: Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Acquirer: Danaher Corp.
Investment Adviser: Barclays
Outside Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Special Counsel: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
PR Firm: Sard Verbinnen & Co. LLC
Walt Disney acquires television and film assets of Twenty-First Century Fox
Target/Seller: Twenty-First Century Fox Inc.
Investment Adviser:
Centerview Partners LLC
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Deutsche Bank AG
Counsel to I-bank: Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Outside Counsel:
Hogan Lovells
Allen & Overy LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
McCarthy Tetrault LLP
Special Counsel: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
PR Firm: Sard Verbinnen & Co. LLC
Acquirer: Walt Disney Co.
Investment Adviser:
JPMorgan Securities LLC
Guggenheim Partners LLC
Counsel to I-bank: Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Outside Counsel:
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Covington & Burling LLP
White & Case LLP
Delaware Firms as Outside Counsel: Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP
Special Counsel: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
PR Firm: Gladstone Place Partners LLC
L3 Technologies acquired by Harris Corp.
Target/Seller: L3 Technologies Inc.
Investment Adviser: Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Counsel to I-bank: Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Outside Counsel:
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
McCarthy Tetrault LLP
Proxy Solicitor: Innisfree M&A Inc.
PR Firm: Sard Verbinnen & Co. LLC
Acquirer: Harris Corp.
Investment Adviser(s): Morgan Stanley
Counsel to I-bank: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Outside Counsel(s):
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Richards, Layton & Finger PA
Proxy Solicitor: Georgeson LLC
Dealmaker of the Year
- Michael Aiello—Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
- Lawrence Elbaum—Vinson & Elkins LLP
- Richard Hall—Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
- Jamie Leigh—Cooley LLP
- Daniel Wolf—Kirkland & Ellis LLP
PR Firm of the Year
- Abernathy MacGregor
- Brunswick Group
- Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
- Kekst CNC
- Sard Verbinnen & Co. LLC
Most Innovative of the Year
Novartis acquires Nasdaq-listed AveXis
Target/Seller(s): AveXis Inc.
Investment Adviser:
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Centerview Partners LLC
Counsel to I-bank:
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Outside Counsel:
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Cooley LLP
Delaware Firms as Outside Counsel: Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP
PR Firm: Sard Verbinnen & Co. LLC
Acquirer: Novartis AG
Investment Adviser: Dyal Co. LLC
Outside Counsel:
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Hogan Lovells
Information Agent: Innisfree M&A Inc.
AT&T seals mega media deal for Time Warner
Target: Time Warner Inc.
Investment Adviser:
Morgan Stanley
Citigroup Inc.
Allen & Co. LLC
Morrow Sodali Global LLC
Counsel to I-bank: White & Case LLP
Outside Counsel: Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Delaware Firms as Outside Counsel: Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP
Acquirer: AT&T Inc.
Investment Adviser:
JPMorgan Securities LLC
Perella Weinberg Partners LP
Counsel to I-bank: Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Outside Counsel:
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Crowell & Moring LLP
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Proxy Solicitor: D.F. King & Co.
PR Firm: Brunswick Group LLP
Constellation acquires stake in Canopy Growth
Target: Canopy Growth Corp.
Investment Adviser: Greenhill & Co.
Counsel to I-bank: McCarthy Tetrault LLP
Outside Counsel: LaBarge Weinstein LLP
Special Counsel: Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Proxy Solicitor: Kingsdale Advisors
Acquirer: Constellation Brands Inc.
Investment Adviser: Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Counsel to I-bank: Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Outside Counsel:
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Nixon Peabody LLP
First Data agrees to combination with Fiserv
Target/Seller(s): First Data Corp./ KKR & Co. LP
Investment Adviser:
Bank of America Corp.
Evercore Partners Inc.
Counsel to I-bank:
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Outside Counsel:
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Latham & Watkins LLP
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP
Delaware Firms as Outside Counsel: Richards, Layton & Finger PA
Proxy Solicitor: Morrow Sodali Global LLC
Acquirer: Fiserv Inc.
Investment Adviser: JPMorgan Securities LLC
Counsel to I-bank: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Outside Counsel: Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
PR Firm: Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
Dell acquires tracking stock of VMware
Target: VMware Inc.
Investment Adviser:
JPMorgan Securities LLC
Perella Weinberg Partners LP
Lazard Ltd.
Outside Counsel:
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP
Delaware Firms as Outside Counsel: Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP
Acquirer(s): Dell Technologies Inc./Silver Lake Partners LP
Investment Adviser:
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Evercore Partners Inc.
UBS Investment Bank
Credit Suisse Group
Barclays
Counsel to I-bank: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Outside Counsel:
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Abrams & Bayliss LLP
Delaware Firms as Outside Counsel: Richards, Layton & Finger PA
Proxy Solicitor:
MacKenzie Partners Inc.
Innisfree M&A Inc.
Okapi Partners LLC
PR Firm:
Gladstone Place Partners LLC
Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
Activist Campaign of the Year
Cruiser Capital, Neuberger settle with Ashland after two-year campaign
Target: Ashland Global Holding Inc.
Investment Adviser: Bank of America
Outside Counsel: Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Activist: Cruiser Capital Master Fund LP
D.E. Shaw, Continental Grain settle with agribusiness and food company Bunge
Target: Bunge Ltd.
Activist(s): D.E. Shaw & Co./ Continental Grain Co.
Outside Counsel:
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
Vinson & Elkins LLP
PR Firm:
Sloane & Co.
Gagnier Communications
Papa John’s, Starboard team up to defend company
Target Company: Papa John’s International Inc.
Investment Adviser:
Lazard Ltd.
Bank of America Corp.
Outside Counsel:
Hogan Lovells
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Delaware Firms as Outside Counsel: Richards, Layton & Finger PA
PR Firm: Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
Activist: Starboard Value LP
Outside Counsel: Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
Blackwells Capital pushes SuperValu toward sale with United Natural
Target: SuperValu Inc.
Investment Adviser:
Lazard Ltd.
Barclays Capital
Outside Counsel: Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Special Counsel: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Proxy Solicitor: Innisfree M&A Inc.
PR Firm: Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
Acquirer: United Natural Foods Inc.
Investment Adviser:
Foros
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Outside Counsel:
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Proxy Solicitor: Okapi Partners LLC
PR Firm: Kekst and Co.
Activist: Blackwells Capital
Investment Adviser: Spotlight Advisors
Outside Counsel: Vinson & Elkins LLP
Proxy Solicitor: Morrow Sodali Global LLC
PR Firm: Gagnier Communications
Elaine Wynn’s ‘just vote no’ campaign at Wynn Resorts
Target: Wynn Resorts Inc.
Shareholder: Elaine Wynn
Investment Adviser: M. Klein & Co.
Outside Counsel: Sidley Austin LLP
Proxy Solicitor: MacKenzie Partners Inc.
PR Firm: Teneo
Cross-border Deal of the Year
Uber acquires Saudi ride hailing app Careem from investor group
Target/Seller(s): Careem Networks FZ LLC/ Rakuten Inc./ Daimler AG/
Kingdom Holding Co./ STC Ventures/ Didi Chuxing
Investment Adviser: Jefferies LLC
Outside Counsel:
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Hogan Lovells
Acquirer(s): Uber Technologies Inc./ Dragoneer Investment Group LLC/ SoftBank Group Corp.
Outside Counsel: Morrison & Foerster LLP
Walmart acquires controlling stake in India’s Flipkart from multiple investors
Target(s)/Seller(s): Flipkart Pvt. Ltd./ Naspers Ltd./ SoftBank Group Corp./ Tiger Global Management LLC/ Accel Partners LP/ Microsoft Corp./ Tencent Holdings Ltd.
Investment Adviser: Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Outside Counsel:
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP
Allen & Gledhill LLP
Khaitan & Co.
Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Acquirer: Walmart Inc.
Investment Adviser:
Credit Suisse Group
JPMorgan Securities LLC
Barclays
Counsel to I-bank:
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Outside Counsel:
Hogan Lovells
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.
PR Firm:
Edelman Inc.
Brunswick Group LLP
Comcast prevails in bidding for British broadcaster Sky
Target(s)/Seller(s): Sky plc/ Twenty-First Century Fox Inc.
Investment Adviser:
Morgan Stanley
Barclays
PJT Partners Inc.
Outside Counsel:
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
Hogan Lovells
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Acquirer(s): Comcast Corp.
Investment Adviser:
Evercore Partners Inc.
Robey Warshaw LLP
Outside Counsel:
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
CMS Legal Services EEIG
Proxy Solicitor: MacKenzie Partners Inc.
PR Firm: Tulchan Communications LLP
Kinder Morgan sells Trans Mountain Pipeline system to Canadian government
Seller: Kinder Morgan Inc.
Outside Counsel:
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Acquirer: Government of Canada
Investment Adviser: Greenhill & Co.
Outside Counsel:
Sidley Austin LLP
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Michael Kors acquires Gianni Versace, creating a U.S. luxury conglomerate Capri
Target/Seller: Gianni Versace SpA/ Versace family
Investment Adviser:
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Lazard Ltd.
Outside Counsel:
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Chiomenti Studio Legale
Acquirer: Michael Kors Holdings Ltd.
Investment Adviser:
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Barclays
Counsel to I-bank: Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Outside Counsel: Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Specialty Awards
Private Equity Deal of the Year
Carlyle & GIC acquire AkzoNobel’s specialty chemicals business
Target/Seller: Akzo Nobel Chemicals/ Akzo Nobel NV
Investment Adviser:
Jamieson Corporate Finance LLP
Nexant Ltd.
HSBC Holdings PLC
Lazard Ltd.
JPMorgan Securities LLC
Outside Counsel:
Van Doorne NV
Macfarlanes LLP
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek NV
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Special Counsel: McCarthy Tetrault LLP
PR Firm(s):
CNC – Communications & Network Consulting AG
Brunswick Group LLP
Accountant: Deloitte & Touche LLP
Acquirer(s): Carlyle Group LP/ GIC Pte. Ltd.
Investment Adviser:
Bain & Co.
Valence Group LLC
Evercore Partners Inc.
Outside Counsel:
Latham & Watkins LLP
Proskauer Rose LLP
Loyens & Loeff NV
Special Counsel: McCarthy Tetrault LLP
Advisor:
Risk International Services Inc.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Sweco AB
Athenahealth taken private by Veritas Capital and Evergreen Coast Capital
Target: Athenahealth Inc.
Investment Adviser:
Lazard Ltd.
Centerview Partners LLC
Counsel to I-bank: Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Outside Counsel: Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Proxy Solicitor: Innisfree M&A Inc.
PR Firm: Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
Acquirer(s): Virence Health Technologies/ Veritas Capital Fund Management LLC/ Elliott Management Corp./ Evergreen Coast Capital Corp.
Investment Adviser:
RBC Capital Markets
Deutsche Bank AG
Outside Counsel:
Covington & Burling LLP
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
PR Firm: Sard Verbinnen & Co. LLC
Leggett & Platt acquires Elite Comfort Solutions from Arsenal Capital
Target/Seller: Elite Comfort Solutions LLC/ Arsenal
Capital Partners LP
Outside Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis LLP
PR Firm: Chris Tofalli Public Relations LLC
Acquirer: Leggett & Platt Inc.
Investment Adviser: JPMorgan Securities LLC
Counsel to I-bank: Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Outside Counsel: Perkins Coie LLP
Special Counsel:
Latham & Watkins LLP
Jones Day
PR Firm: Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
Omers and Leonard Green-backed Caliber Collision merges with Hellman Friedman-backed Abra Auto Body
Target/Seller(s): Caliber Holdings Corp./ Leonard Green & Partners LP/ Omers Private Equity Inc.
Investment Adviser: Jefferies LLC
Outside Counsel:
Latham & Watkins LLP
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
PR Firm: Finsbury
Acquirer(s): ABRA Auto Body & Glass LP/ Hellman & Friedman LLC
Investment Adviser:
Houlihan Lokey Inc.
Deutsche Bank AG
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Outside Counsel: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
PR Firm: Abernathy MacGregor Group Inc.
Oaktree Capital sells controlling stake to Brookfield Asset Management
Target/Seller: Oaktree Capital Group LLC
Investment Adviser:
Sandler O’Neill & Partners LP
Perella Weinberg Partners LP
Counsel to I-bank:
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Outside Counsel:
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Mayer Brown LLP
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
McCarthy Tetrault LLP
Acquirer: Brookfield Asset Management Inc.
Outside Counsel:
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Torys LLP
PR Firm: Gasthalter & Co. LP
Restructuring Deal of the Year
Fieldwood Energy acquires assets while raising capital
Debtor: Fieldwood Energy Corp.
Legal Counsel: Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Restructuring Adviser: Opportune LLP
Investment Bank: Evercore Partners Inc.
Fullbeauty breaks the speed record for Chapter 11
Debtor: Fullbeauty Brands Holdings Corp.
Legal Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Restructuring Adviser: AlixPartners LLP
Investment Bank: PJT Partners Inc.
HCR Manorcare case takes a twist
Debtor: HCR ManorCare Inc.
Legal Counsel:
Sidley Austin LLP
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP
Restructuring Adviser: AlixPartners LLP
Investment Bank: Moelis & Co. LLC
Pacific Drilling reaches new plan via mediation
Debtor: Pacific Drilling SA
Legal Counsel:
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Togut, Segal & Segal LLP
Restructuring Adviser: AlixPartners LLP
Investment Bank: Evercore Partners Inc.
Seadrill resolves dueling reorganization plans
Debtor: Seadrill Ltd.
Legal Counsel:
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Jackson Walker LLP
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Restructuring Adviser: Alvarez & Marsal LLC
Investment Bank:
Houlihan Lokey Inc.
Morgan Stanley
Private Equity Dealmaker of the Year
- Harvey Eisenberg—Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
- Peter Martelli—Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- Jeffrey Poss—Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
- Brian Stadler —Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
- Taurie Zeitzer—Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Restructuring Advisory Firm of the Year
- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
- Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
- Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
- Dechert LLP
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Retail, Consumer, Food & Beverage
Retail, Consumer, Food & Beverage Deal of the Year
L Catterton’s Steiner Leisure sells Elemis to L’Occitane International
Target(s)/Seller(s): Elemis Ltd./ Steiner Leisure Ltd./ L Catterton
Investment Adviser:
Jefferies LLC
Nomura Securities Co. Ltd.
Outside Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis LLP
PR Firm: Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
Acquirer: L’Occitane International SA
Geiger, Reinold [Corporate Dealmaker]
Outside Counsel:
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Altria acquires stake in e-cig maker Juul Labs
Target/Seller(s): Juul Labs Inc./ Global Asset Capital LLC/ Tao Capital Partners LLC
Investment Adviser: Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Counsel to I-bank: Paul Hastings LLP
Outside Counsel:
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Acquirer: Altria Group Inc.
Investment Adviser:
Perella Weinberg Partners LP
JPMorgan Securities LLC
Outside Counsel:
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Tyson Foods acquires Keystone Foods from Marfrig Global
Target/Seller: Keystone Foods/ Marfrig Global Foods SA
Investment Adviser:
Rabo Securities USA Inc.
JPMorgan Securities LLC
Outside Counsel:
Linklaters LLP
Lefosse Advogados
Acquirer: Tyson Foods Inc.
Investment Adviser: Morgan Stanley
PepsiCo acquires carbonated beverage specialist SodaStream International
Target: Sodastream International Ltd.
Investment Adviser: Perella Weinberg Partners LP
Counsel to I-bank: Shearman & Sterling LLP
Outside Counsel: White & Case LLP
Proxy Solicitor: Morrow Sodali Global LLC
Acquirer: PepsiCo Inc.
Investment Adviser:
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Centerview Partners LLC
Counsel to I-bank:
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Outside Counsel:
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Herzog Fox & Neeman
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
PR Firm: Brunswick Group LLP
Roark Capital’s Inspire Brands takes Sonic restaurants private
Target: Sonic Corp.
Investment Adviser: Guggenheim Securities LLC
Counsel to I-bank:
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Outside Counsel: Shearman & Sterling LLP
Proxy Solicitor: Innisfree M&A Inc.
PR Firm: Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
Acquirer(s): Inspire Brands Inc./ Roark Capital Group
Outside Counsel: White & Case LLP
PR Firm: Sard Verbinnen & Co. LLC
Retail, Consumer, Food & Beverage Law Firm of the Year
- Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
- Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
- Jones Day
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Retail, Consumer, Food & Beverage Investment Bank of the Year
- Bank of America Merrill Lynch
- Centerview Partners
- Evercore Partners Inc.
- Goldman, Sachs & Co.
- Houlihan Lokey Inc.
Energy & Industrials
Energy & Industrials Deal of the Year
Andeavor acquired by Marathon Petroleum
Target/Seller: Andeavor
Investment Adviser: Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Counsel to I-bank:
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Outside Counsel:
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Richards, Layton & Finger PA
Proxy Solicitor: Innisfree M&A Inc.
PR Firm: Gladstone Place Partners LLC
Acquirer: Marathon Petroleum Corp.
Investment Adviser(s): Barclays
Counsel to I-bank: Shearman & Sterling LLP
Outside Counsel(s):
Jones Day
Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP
Proxy Solicitor: Innisfree M&A Inc.
Information Agent: Georgeson LLC
PR Firm(s): Sard Verbinnen & Co. LLC
Waste Industrials USA sold to GFL Environmental
Target/Seller: Waste Industrials USA Inc.
Investment Adviser: J. Lee Lloyd LLC
Outside Counsel:
Latham & Watkins LLP
Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP
Acquirer: GFL Environmental Inc.
Outside Counsel:
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Stikeman Elliott LLP
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
PR Firm: Kekst CNC
Energen acquired by fellow Permian producer Diamondback Energy
Target/Seller: Energen Corp.
Investment Adviser:
JPMorgan Securities LLC
Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. LLC
Counsel to I-bank: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Outside Counsel: Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Proxy Solicitor: Innisfree M&A Inc.
PR Firm: Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
Acquirer: Diamondback Energy Inc.
Investment Adviser: Citigroup Inc.
Counsel to I-bank: White & Case LLP
Outside Counsel: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Proxy Solicitor: MacKenzie Partners Inc.
PR Firm(s): Sard Verbinnen & Co. LLC
L3 Technologies acquired by Harris Corp.
Target/Seller: L3 Technologies Inc.
Investment Adviser(s): Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Counsel to I-bank: Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Outside Counsel:
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
McCarthy Tetrault LLP
Proxy Solicitor: Innisfree M&A Inc.
PR Firm: Sard Verbinnen & Co. LLC
Acquirer: Harris Corp.
Investment Adviser(s): Morgan Stanley
Counsel to I-bank: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Outside Counsel(s):
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Richards, Layton & Finger PA
Proxy Solicitor: Georgeson LLC
Johnson Controls sells power solutions business to
Brookfield-led investor group
Target/Seller: Power Solutions Business/Johnson Controls International plc
Investment Adviser(s):
Centerview Partners LLC
Barclays
Counsel to I-bank: White & Case LLP
Outside Counsel: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
PR Firm: Gladstone Place Partners LLC
Acquirer(s): Brookfield Business Partners LP/ Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec
Investment Adviser(s):
Citigroup Inc.
HSBC Bank plc
CIBC World Markets Corp.
Credit Suisse Group
RBC Capital Markets
Deutsche Bank AG
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
TD Securities Inc.
BMO Capital Markets Corp.
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Bank of Nova Scotia
Outside Counsel:
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
PR Firm: Gasthalter & Co. LP
Energy & Industrials Law Firm of the Year
- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
- Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
- Vinson & Elkins LLP
- Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz
Energy & Industrials Investment Bank of the Year
- Barclays
- Evercore Partners Inc.
- Goldman, Sachs & Co.
- JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- Jefferies LLC
Financial Services
Financial Services Deal of the Year
Dun & Bradstreet acquired by investor consortium
Target/Seller: Dun & Bradstreet Corp.
Investment Adviser: JPMorgan Securities LLC
Outside Counsel: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Proxy Solicitor:
Innisfree M&A Inc.
Morrow Sodali Global LLC
PR Firm: Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
Acquirer(s): Black Knight Inc./ Motive Partners GP LLC/ Thomas H. Lee Partners LP/ CC Capital Management LLC/ Cannae Holdings Inc.
Investment Adviser(s):
Citigroup Inc.
RBC Capital Markets
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Outside Counsel(s):
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
PR Firm(s):
Sard Verbinnen & Co. LLC
Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
Jones Lang LaSalle acquires HFF Inc.
Target/Seller: HFF Inc.
Investment Adviser: Morgan Stanley
Counsel to I-bank: Proskauer Rose LLP
Outside Counsel: Dechert LLP
Acquirer: Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.
Investment Adviser: JPMorgan Securities LLC
Counsel to I-bank: Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Outside Counsel: Sidley Austin LLP
PR Firm: Brunswick Group LLP
Marsh & McLennan acquires Jardine Lloyd Thompson
Target/Seller: Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc
Investment Adviser:
Rothschild
JPMorgan Securities LLC
Simon Robertson Associates LLP
Outside Counsel: Clifford Chance LLP
PR Firm: Brunswick Group LLP
Acquirer: Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc.
Investment Adviser: Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Counsel to I-bank: Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Outside Counsel:
Slaughter and May Ltd.
Carey Olsen
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
PR Firm: Finsbury
Hartford Financial Services acquires marine-specialty underwriter Navigators Group
Target/Seller: Navigators Group Inc.
Investment Adviser:
Moelis & Co. LLC
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Counsel to I-bank:
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Outside Counsel: Sidley Austin LLP
Proxy Solicitor: Morrow Sodali Global LLC
Acquirer: Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.
Investment Adviser:
Citigroup Inc.
Deutsche Bank AG
Outside Counsel: Mayer Brown LLP
BB&T agrees to merger with SunTrust Bankers
Target/Seller: SunTrust Banks Inc.
Investment Adviser:
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Inc.
Counsel to I-bank: Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Outside Counsel: Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Proxy Solicitor: Georgeson LLC
PR Firm: Abernathy MacGregor Group Inc.
Acquirer: BB&T Corp.
Investment Adviser: RBC Capital Markets
Counsel to I-bank: O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Outside Counsel: Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Proxy Solicitor: Georgeson LLC
Financial Services Law Firm of the Year
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
- Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
- Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Financial Services Investment Bank of the Year
- Bank of America Corp.
- Evercore Partners LLC
- JPMorgan Securities LLC
- Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc.
- Sandler O’Neill & Partners LP
Healthcare & Pharma
Healthcare & Pharma Deal of the Year
CVS acquires health insurer Aetna
Target: Aetna Inc.
Investment Adviser:
Evercore Partners Inc.
Allen & Co. LLC
Lazard Ltd.
Counsel to I-bank: White & Case LLP
Outside Counsel:
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Proxy Solicitor: Georgeson LLC
PR Firm: Sloane & Co.
Acquirer: CVS Health Corp.
Investment Adviser:
Barclays
Centerview Partners LLC
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Counsel to I-bank:
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Outside Counsel:
Shearman & Sterling LLP
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Locke Lord LLP
Special Counsel: Dechert LLP
Proxy Solicitor: Okapi Partners LLC
PR Firm: Kekst and Co.
Bristol-Myers Squibb’s agrees to acquire cancer drug specialist Celgene
Target: Celgene Corp.
Investment Adviser:
Citigroup Inc.
JPMorgan Securities LLC
Counsel to I-bank: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Outside Counsel:
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Special Counsel: Jones Day
Proxy Solicitor:
Innisfree M&A Inc.
Morrow Sodali Global LLC
PR Firm: Kekst CNC
Buyer: Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
Investment Adviser:
Evercore Partners Inc.
Morgan Stanley
Dyal Co. LLC
Counsel to I-bank: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Outside Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Special Counsel: Mayer Brown LLP
Proxy Solicitor: MacKenzie Partners Inc.
PR Firm: Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
Blackstone acquires Center for Autism & Related Disorder
Target: Center for Autism and Related Disorders LLC
Investment Adviser: Berkery, Noyes & Co.
Outside Counsel:
Nevers, Palazzo, Packard, Wildermuth & Wynner, PC
Acquirer: Blackstone Group LP
Investment Adviser: Cain Brothers & Co. LLC
Outside Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Danaher acquires General Electric’s biopharma business
Target/Seller: GE Biopharma/ General Electric Co.
Investment Adviser:
PJT Partners Inc.
Citigroup Inc.
JPMorgan Securities LLC
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Counsel to I-bank: Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Outside Counsel: Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Acquirer: Danaher Corp.
Investment Adviser: Barclays
Outside Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Special Counsel: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
PR Firm: Sard Verbinnen & Co. LLC
Eli Lilly’s acquisition of Loxo Oncology
Target: Loxo Oncology Inc.
Investment Adviser: Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Counsel to I-bank: Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Outside Counsel: Fenwick & West LLP
Acquirer: Eli Lilly and Co.
Investment Adviser: Deutsche Bank AG
Counsel to I-bank: Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Outside Counsel:
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Proxy Solicitor: Georgeson LLC
Healthcare & Pharma Law Firm of the Year
- Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
- Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Healthcare & Pharma Investment Bank of the Year
- Barclays
- Berkery, Noyes & Co.
- Cain Brothers & Co.
- Jefferies LLC
- Piper Jaffray & Co.
Technology, Media & Telecom
Technology, Media & Telecom Deal of the Year
Broadcom acquires software developer CA Technologies
Target: CA Inc.
Investment Adviser: Qatalyst Partners
Counsel to I-bank: Morrison & Foerster LLP
Outside Counsel: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC
Proxy Solicitor: MacKenzie Partners Inc.
Acquirer: Broadcom Inc.
Investment Adviser:
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Deutsche Bank AG
Morgan Stanley
Credit Suisse Group
Barclays
Counsel to I-bank: Ropes & Gray LLP
Outside Counsel:
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Cooley LLP
PR Firm: Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
KKR’s First Data agrees to combination with Fiserv
Target/Seller: First Data Corp./ KKR & Co. LP
Investment Adviser:
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Evercore Partners Inc.
Counsel to I-bank:
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Outside Counsel:
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Latham & Watkins LLP
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP
Delaware Firms as Outside Counsel:
Richards, Layton & Finger PA
Proxy Solicitor: Morrow Sodali Global LLC
Acquirer: Fiserv Inc.
Investment Adviser: JPMorgan Securities LLC
Counsel to I-bank: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Outside Counsel: Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
PR Firm: Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
Walt Disney acquires television and film assets of Twenty-First Century Fox
Target/Seller: Twenty-First Century Fox Inc.
Investment Adviser:
Centerview Partners LLC
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Deutsche Bank AG
Counsel to I-bank: Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Outside Counsel:
Hogan Lovells
Allen & Overy LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
McCarthy Tetrault LLP
Special Counsel: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
PR Firm: Sard Verbinnen & Co. LLC
Acquirer: Walt Disney Co.
Investment Adviser:
JPMorgan Securities LLC
Guggenheim Partners LLC
Counsel to I-bank: Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Outside Counsel:
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Covington & Burling LLP
White & Case LLP
Delaware Firms as Outside Counsel: Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP
Special Counsel: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
PR Firm: Gladstone Place Partners LLC
SAP acquires Qualtrics from Accel Partners, Insight Venture Partners and Sequoia Capital
Target/Seller(s): Qualtrics International Inc./ Accel Partners LP/ Sequoia Capital/ Insight Venture Management LLC
Investment Adviser: Qatalyst Partners
Outside Counsel:
Goodwin Procter LLP
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
PR Firm: Edelman Inc.
Acquirer: SAP SE
Investment Adviser: JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Counsel to I-bank:
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Hengeler Mueller
Outside Counsel: Jones Day
PR Firm: Edelman Inc.
IBM acquires software infrastructure company Red Hat
Target: Red Hat Inc.
Investment Adviser:
Morgan Stanley
Guggenheim Partners LLC
Counsel to I-bank: Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Outside Counsel: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Proxy Solicitor: Innisfree M&A Inc.
PR Firm: Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
Acquirer: IBM Corp.
Investment Adviser:
Lazard Ltd.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
JPMorgan Securities LLC
Counsel to I-bank: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Outside Counsel:
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Hogan Lovells
DLA Piper
Stikeman Elliott LLP
Technology, Media & Telecom Law Firm of the Year
- Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- Hogan Lovells US LLP
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Technology, Media & Telecom Investment Bank of the Year
- Centerview Partners LLC
- Goldman, Sachs & Co.
- JPMorgan Securities LLC
- Morgan Stanley
- Qatalyst Partners
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