• December 13, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Cravath, Osler, Bingham, Torys, Counsel $5 Billion Software Deal IBM Corporation has purchased the Canadian software developer Cognos Incorporated for $5 billion in cash.

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  • December 1, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Under Siege

    Nearly 20 years ago, Qualcomm Incorporated's founder, Irwin Jacobs, made one hell of a bet. Jacobs believed that a technique invented for guiding torpedoes during World War II-a highly complex

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  • October 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Big Deals

    KKR IPO KKR & Co. L.P. is going public in an unconventional way. The leveraged buyout powerhouse announced July 27 that it

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  • September 11, 2008 | Daily Report Online

    Deal Watch: PoGo partner steers sale of longtime client Nioxin to P&G

    Eva Graham founded Nioxin Research Laboratories Inc. in her garage in 1987. Since then, Graham and others have built the company into the best-known brand name for products that help improve

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  • February 9, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Power, with a French accent

    Name and title: Peter Wexler, general counsel, critical power business unit, Schneider Electric S.A. Age: 41 Fre

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  • October 14, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Four Firms Lead on $2.3 Billion in Chemical Sales

    Lawyers from a quartet of Am Law 100 firms have picked up roles on two big chemical transactions worth a total of $2.3 billion. Platform Acquisition Holdings announced late Thursday

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  • July 1, 2011 | Focus Europe

    Arbitration Scorecard: Contract Disputes

    A listing of contract arbitrations active in 2009-10 in which at least $500 million was at stake. Correction, 6/30/11: Due to a datab

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  • January 1, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

    On the Job: Moves

    From Rubber To Lobster Here's a job that really should come with a lifetime supply of bread sticks. In early October, Teresa Mosley Se

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  • December 1, 2008 |

    At Risk

    When Israel-based Teva Pharmaceuticals Ltd. announced to investors in July that it would be acquiring Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc., based in New Jerseythus making what was by far the world's largest

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  • May 15, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Kirkland Cleans Up on PE Shop's $1.4 Billion Buy

    Kirkland & Ellis clinched its latest large M&A deal on Wednesday as London-based private equity client Pamplona Capital Management acquired the largest laundry equipment service provi

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