Credit: Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock.com Deal Watch: Wachtell's $60B Weekend
M&A deal activity is in full swing as year-end approaches, with transactions involving companies based in London, Japan, South Korea, the U.S. and the UAE.
December 14, 2020 at 01:00 PM
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The original version of this story was published on The American Lawyer
It was a busy weekend for M&A giant Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Fresh off brokering the largest U.S.-based acquisition of 2020 on Dec. 12, the firm announced another massive deal on Sunday evening. Total haul for Wachtell's weekend: over $60 billion.
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