Deal Watch: Kirkland, Cleary, Paul Weiss Score on Chemical, Cable Mergers
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Kirkland & Ellis and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison grabbed key roles on the $14 billion merger between chemical giants Huntsman Corp. and Clariant AG, as well as another $2.36 billion deal that will create the nation's sixth-largest Internet and cable operator.
May 29, 2017 at 02:32 PM
131 minute read
Three leading Am Law 100 firms celebrated the Memorial Day weekend with by grabbing key roles on a pair of billion-dollar transactions.
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton's Victor Lewkow and Aaron Meyers—the latter of whom made partner on Jan. 1—are heading up a team working with leading Swiss firm Homburger in advising Muttenz, Switzerland-based Clariant AG on its proposed $14 billion merger with Huntsman Corp. The stock-for-stock deal, announced on May 22 and expected to close by year's end, will create a chemical industry giant, as noted by sibling publication Texas Lawyer.
Kirkland & Ellis corporate partners David Fox, William Sorabella and Shawn O'Hargan are leading a team from the firm counseling Huntsman on the deal. The Woodlands, Texas-based company, whose general counsel is former Kirkland partner David Stryker, is also being advised by Vinson & Elkins and top Swiss firm Bär & Karrer. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison is representing Moelis & Co. as financial adviser to Huntsman on the deal.
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