• August 11, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Sullivan & Cromwell Advises HSBC on Credit Card, Branch Sales Looking to trim costs and focus on emerging markets, HSBC has agreed to sell its U.S. credit card busin

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  • April 1, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Mergers and Acquisitions: Signs of Spring

    Last year marked the start of what looks to be a strong recovery for U.S. M&A. Thanks to a sustained pickup in the last six months of 2010, when the wheels of corporate America really started t

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  • September 9, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Scores of Lawyers Tapped in Takeover

    WASHINGTON - In the weeks leading up to the federal government's takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, dozens of top lawyers worked to figure out the best way to save the two Washingto

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  • August 4, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    NY Firms Close Billion Dollar Deals

    Shearman, Sullivan & Cromwell Handle $3.9 Billion ING Insurance Sale Dutch financial service giant ING continues to shed assets, agreeing to sell it

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  • April 26, 2003 | National Law Journal

    Business briefs

    LIABLE FOR $2.7 MILLION A New Jersey firm is liable for half of the awarded damages of $5.4 million in a suit brought by a Miami developer claiming it was cheated out of its inter

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  • February 11, 2008 | Legal Times

    From the Archives: Microsoft's Antitrust Army

    To mark our 30th anniversary, we've reached into our archives to highlight key events and players who made a difference since we made our debut. A version of the following article app

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  • July 11, 2002 | The Recorder

    Sullivan & Cromwell Guides EBay in Acquisition of PayPal

    Tech investors got a brief flashback of the old days when online auction powerhouse eBay acquired PayPal, an online payment service, for $1.5 billion in stock Monday.Partner Alis

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  • April 3, 2007 | Alm

    Corporate Scorecard: Gargantuans at the Gate

    Last December, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz advised the two buyers in a deal to take Harrah's Entertainment Inc. private. If the $28 billion cash-and-debt deal goes through as planned, it

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  • July 17, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Lawyers on Major TransactionsCadwalader, Sullivan & Cromwell Counsel Sale of Pharmacia to PfizerIn a stock deal valued at about $60 billion, New York-based pharmaceuticals co

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  • December 1, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Skadden, Sullivan & Cromwell Handle $11 Billion Pharmaceutical Deal Biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences will pay $11 billion to acquire drug d

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