Brian Baxter

May 09, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Amid their firm's ongoing merger talks with Patton Boggs, several Squire Sanders practice leaders find new professional homes.

By Brian Baxter

10 minute read

May 08, 2014 | The American Lawyer

The global legal giants are advising on the formation of a $5 billion coffee joint venture designed to challenge market leader Nestle.

By Brian Baxter

4 minute read

May 08, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Gibson Dunn's Christie tab grows, Jones Day revs it up in Motown and filings by Goodwin Procter and Fried Frank hint at the Apple e-book fight's high cost.

By Brian Baxter

9 minute read

May 08, 2014 | New York Law Journal

In the latest large M&A deal in the pharmaceutical sector, at least eight firms are advising on the $14.2 billion sale of Merck & Co.'s consumer care business to German drug giant Bayer AG.

By Brian Baxter and The Associated Press

4 minute read

May 07, 2014 | The American Lawyer

The firm is advising Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold's oil and gas unit on the $3.1 billion sale of its Eagle Ford shale assets in Texas, the latest in a string of U.S. energy deals announced over the past week.

By Brian Baxter

5 minute read

May 06, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Despite a recent round of layoffs, Winston & Strawn has hired a four-strong corporate team in Hong Kong and a three-partner IP team in San Francisco.

By Brian Baxter

8 minute read

May 06, 2014 | The American Lawyer

In the latest large pharmaceutical industry deal, Covington, Fried Frank, Morgan Lewis and Sullivan & Cromwell are advising on a $14.2 billion transaction between Merck and German drug giant Bayer.

By Brian Baxter

7 minute read

May 05, 2014 | The American Lawyer

The Am Law 100 trio is part of a half-dozen firms advising on an agreement to end a nasty proxy fight between activist investor Daniel Loeb and the venerable auction house.

By Brian Baxter

5 minute read

May 05, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Ares Management has become the latest private equity firm to tap the public markets, although its legal fees pale in comparison to IPOs of years past.

By Brian Baxter

4 minute read

May 02, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Hogan Lovells, which will promote Stephen Immelt to CEO on July 1, is one of a half-dozen firms advising on a $17 billion offer for French conglomerate Alstom's energy unit by General Electric, itself led by Jeffrey Immelt.

By Brian Baxter

6 minute read