Brian Baxter

May 23, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Hess will part with its famous green-and-white gas station and convenience store business after agreeing to sell the division to Marathon Petroleum for $2.6 billion.

By Brian Baxter

4 minute read

May 22, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Cravath is advising Unilever on the $2.15 billion sale of its pasta sauce business, while Slaughter and May helps the consumer goods giant use the proceeds from that deal to repurchase share rights held by family trusts of company cofounder William Hesketh Lever.

By Brian Baxter

4 minute read

May 22, 2014 | New York Law Journal

At least a dozen firms are advising on telecommunications giant AT&T's proposed $48.5 billion acquisition of DirecTV. Also, Darden Restaurants has agreed to sell Red Lobster to private equity firm Golden Gate Capital for $2.1 billion in cash.

By Brian Baxter

8 minute read

May 21, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Squire Sanders isn't the only Am Law 100 firm seeking to bolster its government relations arm. Edwards Wildman has added four lobbyists from a Boston-based public policy shop to double the size of its practice.

By Brian Baxter

5 minute read

May 20, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Kirkland & Ellis poaches from Weil and Baker Botts, a White House rejoins Latham and more new hires across The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

9 minute read

May 19, 2014 | The American Lawyer

In a deal likely to face major regulatory scrutiny, a telecommunications giant aims to absorb the nation's largest satellite television operator.

By Brian Baxter

10 minute read

May 19, 2014 | The American Lawyer

The German banking giant has retained Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton to advise on its plans to raise new capital, in part by selling 60 million shares to an investment firm linked to Qatar's royal family.

By Brian Baxter

3 minute read

May 16, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Squire Sanders and Patton Boggs add lawyers as their merger talks move toward a resolution, Troutman opens in Charlotte and bankruptcy boutiques get busy.

By Brian Baxter

7 minute read

May 16, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Major League Soccer took a big step in its quest to reach the upper echelon of pro sports this week, tapping Proskauer Rose to advise on an eight-year, $720 million media rights deal with ESPN, FOX and Univision.

By Brian Baxter

5 minute read

May 16, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Latham and Wachtell are advising Darden Restaurants on the $2.1 billion cash sale of seafood chain Red Lobster to longtime Kirkland & Ellis private equity client Golden Gate Capital. But some activist investors aren't happy.

By Brian Baxter

5 minute read