MP McQueen

November 20, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Teams from Wachtell Lipton recently advised Halliburton on its $34.6 billion cash-and-stock takeover of oil field services rival Baker Hughes, and Allergan on its proposed $66 billion cash-and-stock sale to fellow pharmaceutical company Actavis.

By MP McQueen

5 minute read

November 19, 2014 | The American Lawyer

The Wall Street Journal reports that Chinese oil and gas company CNOOC cut its ties to Baker & McKenzie because of alleged conflicts of interest between an in-house lawyer and her husband, the firm's chief representative in Beijing.

By MP McQueen

4 minute read

November 17, 2014 | The American Lawyer

The Am Law 100's most profitable firm on a per partner basis took the lead on two big deals announced Monday: Halliburton's $34.6 billion acquisition of oil services rival Baker Hughes and Botox maker Allergan on its proposed $66 billion sale to Actavis. A half-dozen other Am Law 100 firms also had key roles on both transactions.

By MP McQueen

5 minute read

November 14, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Todd, a corporate partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson, led the firm's deal team on Berkshire Hathaway's $4.7 billion all-stock buy of Procter & Gamble's Duracell battery unit.

By MP McQueen

4 minute read

November 13, 2014 | Law.com

In what appears to be a strengthening recovery, legal industry revenues and demand increased in the first nine months of the year over the same period last year, according to an analysis of law firm financial results by Wells Fargo Private Bank's Legal Specialty Group.

By MP McQueen

5 minute read

November 12, 2014 | The American Lawyer

The Wall Street stalwart took the lead Wednesday advising BB&T Corp. on its $2.5 billion cash-and-stock purchase of Susquehanna Bancshares, having recently handled two other banking mergers for clients AmericanWest Bank and Sterling Bancorp.

By MP McQueen

3 minute read

November 11, 2014 | The American Lawyer

The firm closed the one-man outpost in Tennessee on Oct. 30 following the death this summer of former U.S. Senator Howard Baker, Jr., whose grandfather founded the office in 1888.

By MP McQueen

3 minute read

November 07, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Drinker Biddle, Paul Weiss and Paul Hastings advised on Canadian beverage maker Cott Corp.'s acquisition of DSS Group Inc., the parent company of direct-to-consumer water and coffee services provider DS Services of America Inc.

By MP McQueen

2 minute read

November 07, 2014 | The American Lawyer

The firm's partner and cohead of technology finance and mergers and acquisitions led the legal team advising on diagnostic testing company Laboratory Corporation of America's buy of clinical trial research company Covance Inc. for $6.1 billion in cash and stock.

By MP McQueen

5 minute read

November 05, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Michael Viccora, a labor and employment partner who worked at Seyfarth Shaw for 25 years, has enrolled in a teacher certification and master's degree program at George Mason University with the goal of returning to his first love: teaching high school social studies.

By MP McQueen

5 minute read