Elaine Ewing

Google in numerous transactions, including its $5.4 billion acquisition of Mandiant, its $1.3 billion acquisition of Raxium, its $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit, its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility, its subsequent sale of Motorola Mobility’s mobile devices business to Lenovo, and its previous acquisition of Admeld.

The Dow Chemical Company in its $130 billion merger of equals with DuPont, one of the largest and most complex international antitrust transactions ever completed; and in several prior transactions, including its $5 billion agreement to separate a significant portion of its chlorine value chain and merge that new entity with Olin Corporation; and in its previous $18.8 billion acquisition of Rohm and Haas.

The Coca-Cola Company in numerous transactions, including its $5.6 billion acquisition of BodyArmor, its $2.15 billion acquisition of a 16.7 percent equity stake in Monster Beverage Corp., its $1.2 billion acquisition of a 10 percent equity stake in Keurig Green Mountain, and its previous $12.3 billion acquisition of the North American bottling operations of Coca-Cola Enterprises.

Medtronic in its $49.9 billion acquisition of Covidien, cleared globally less than six months after announcement.

Abbott Laboratories in its $25 billion acquisition of St. Jude Medical.

SUPERVALU in multiple transactions, including in its acquisition by United Natural Foods for approximately $2.9 billion, its $375 million acquisition of Unified Grocers, and its $193 million acquisition of Associated Grocers of Florida.

International Flavors & Fragrances in its $45.4 billion merger with DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences and in its $1.3 billion sale of its Microbial Control business unit to Lanxess AG.

Workman Publishing, one of the largest independently owned book publishers in the U.S., in its $240 million acquisition by Hachette Book Group. 

International Seaways Inc. in its merger with Diamond S Shipping Inc., creating the second-largest U.S.-listed tanker company by vessel count and the third-largest by deadweight.

Sysco Corporation in its acquisition of Greco and Sons, an independent Italian specialty distributor.

Tech Data Corporation in its sale to funds managed by Apollo Global Management Inc.

Thales in its €4.6 billion offer for Gemalto.

LATAM Airlines Group in its $1.9 billion strategic partnership with Delta.

Air Liquide in its $13.4 billion acquisition of Airgas, which created the world’s largest supplier of industrial gases.

Commercial Metals Company in its $600 million acquisition of 33 U.S. rebar fabrication facilities and four steel mills from Gerdau S.A. The transaction combined two of the three largest rebar producers in the U.S.

Western Digital in its $4.8 billion acquisition of Hitachi’s hard drive business.

Stanley Black & Decker in its $690 million acquisition of International Equipment Solutions Attachments Group.

Dollar Thrifty in its $2.3 billion acquisition by Hertz and through past competing offers by Hertz and Avis.

Platform Specialty Products in its $2.3 billion public takeover of Alent, a UK-based maker of specialty chemicals.

Vitro, the leading glass manufacturer in Mexico, in the $2.15 billion sale of its food and beverage glass containers business to Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Keurig Green Mountain in monopolization litigation brought by competitors and purported class action plaintiffs, including successfully defending against a preliminary injunction seeking to block the launch of Keurig’s 2.0 coffee brewer in a decision that was upheld by the Second Circuit.

Automotive parts manufacturer Aisin Seiki in an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice into possible price-fixing.

W.L. Gore & Associates in obtaining the closure (with no action taken) of an FTC investigation into whether Gore’s business practices restricted competition in waterproof and breathable fabrics in violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act.

Whirlpool and Brazilian subsidiary Embraco in global cartel investigations into the refrigeration compressor industry. Also advised Whirlpool in related U.S. class actions and other antitrust litigation, including a successful Sixth Circuit appeal.

A major technology company in obtaining successful closure (with no action taken) of non-public FTC investigation into its business practices.