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Compass Lexecon has been involved in many of the largest and most complex antitrust litigation and financial market cases over the past 30 years.
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04/12/22
The transaction in the valves sector was cleared unconditionally in all relevant jurisdictions in March 2022. In July 2021, Finnish engineering firm Valmet announced its intention to acquire 100% of the shares of Neles, challenging a bid from Swedish engineering...
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- Antitrust & Competition: Mergers
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- Technology
08/30/21
Compass Lexecon successfully assisted Analog Devices, Inc. (“ADI”) in its acquisition of Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (“Maxim”).Both companies are headquartered in the U.S. and are primarily active in the design, manufacture, and marketing of analog and mixed signal semiconductor devices,...
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04/18/20
In March 2019, NVIDIA, a manufacturer of graphical processing units (GPUs) and other computer processing components, announced plans to acquire Mellanox, which manufacturers various network interconnects, for $6.9 billion. Compass Lexecon experts Jonathan Orszag, Elizabeth Wang, Daniel O’Brien and Mary...
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07/11/19
On 27 June 2019, the European Commission unconditionally approved the acquisition of Red Hat by IBM at Phase I. The Commission’s clearance decision followed unconditional approvals by the U.S. Department of Justice and several other national competition authorities. The $34...
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10/30/18
Compass Lexecon was retained by Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP, counsel for Tyson Foods, Inc. to assist with obtaining expedited regulatory approval of its acquisition of Keystone Foods in multiple jurisdictions around the world. The two companies are leading suppliers...
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05/29/18
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....
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03/16/18
On March 16, 2018, Suzano Papel e Celulose S.A. (“Suzano”) announced its plan to acquire Fibria Celulose S.A. (“Fibria”). The two companies are both leading Brazilian suppliers of eucalyptus pulp in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Compass Lexecon was retained...
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- Antitrust & Competition: Mergers
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