Compass Lexecon was retained by counsel at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen, & Katz and Davis Polk & Wardell to represent the parties in connection with Creative Artists Agency’s acquisition of ICM Partners. The transaction combines two of the leading Hollywood talent...

Compass Lexecon President Daniel R. Fischel Testifies on Damage Issues at Trial JM Eagle is a large manufacturer of PVC pipe which sells pipe to municipalities and other governmental entities around the country. The recent damages trial against JM Eagle...

Compass Lexecon provided economic advice and analysis in the $66 billion global acquisition of Monsanto by Bayer. Both Bayer and Monsanto are active in the supply of seeds and seed treatments, including those designed to work with patented seed traits....

In February 2017, Integra LifeSciences agreed to buy Johnson & Johnson’s global neurosurgery business – branded Codman – for more than $1 billion. Both Integra and Codman are leading suppliers of neurosurgical products in the United States, with largely complementary...

Compass Lexecon client Prudential Insurance Company of America successfully defeated class certification in a matter brought by Plaintiffs representing a putative class of employer-sponsored life insurance beneficiaries. Plaintiffs contended that the method of payment of the life insurance benefits did...

German-based industrial filter manufacturer Mann + Hummel announced its planned acquisition of the global filtration operations (excluding South America operations) of Affinia Group in August 2015. The two companies both supply on- and off-road filter products, such as air, oil,...

German-based industrial filter manufacturer Mann + Hummel announced its planned acquisition of the global filtration operations (excluding South America operations) of Affinia Group in August 2015. The two companies both supply on- and off-road filter products, such as air, oil, and gas...

A Compass Lexecon team including Dennis Carlton, Jon Orszag, Rick Flyer, Colleen Loughlin, Dan Stone, Kirupa Ramaiah, Daniel Garcia-Swartz and Jacqueline Barrett assisted Joe Sims, Craig Waldman, Geoffrey Oliver, Kate Wallace and Ausra Deluard of Jones Day, outside counsel to...

Compass Lexecon assisted with the successful regulatory approval of DAK Americas’ acquisitions of two North American PET businesses. DAK Americas, a wholly owned subsidiary of Alfa S.A.B. de C.V. of Monterrey Mexico, acquired Wellman, Inc.’s PET business and Eastman Chemical’s...

Compass Lexecon was retained by Tim Walsh of Steptoe & Johnson LLP on behalf of their client, Cumberland Farms, to analyze the potential competitive effects of Cumberland’s acquisition of ExxonMobil’s gasoline retail and distribution assets on Long Island. Compass Lexecon’s...

In 2010, the US Department of Justice and the European Commission approved the proposed agreement between Microsoft and Yahoo! to combine their Internet search and paid search advertising businesses. Compass Lexecon teams were retained by both Yahoo! and Microsoft to...

Rick Flyer, Colleen Loughlin, and a Compass Lexecon team in Chicago provided economic analysis for Reuters in their $40 billion merger with Thomson. The deal involved the combination of two of the world’s three largest financial information providers. We performed...