Clifford Chance

Mergers & Acquisitions Transactions

• Represented MHR Fund Management in its US$ 1.8 billion sale of Emisphere Technologies to Novo Nordisk
• Represented Palladium Equity Partners in its investments in Envoy Global, CircusTrix, QMax Solutions and Quirch Foods
• Represented David Tepper, founder and president of global hedge fund Appaloosa Management, in his acquisition of Major League Soccer’s 30th expansion team for Charlotte, North Carolina
• Represented Liberty Media in the combination of Liberty Media’s Liberty SiriusXM’s tracking stock group with SiriusXM to create a new public company
• Represented MHR Fund Management in its investments in a digital media company and a biosciences company
• Represented Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in its merger with Lantheus Holdings, Inc. in an all-stock transaction
• Represented Alibaba in its sale of a subsidiary and its investment in an e-commerce company
• Represented Thirty Five Ventures and NBA player Kevin Durant in his purchase of a minority interest in MLS Philadelphia Union
• Represented Meg Whitman and Dr. Griff Harsh in their acquisition of a minority interest in MLS Cincinnati FC
• Represented a subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange Group in an asset purchase and related asset sale
• Represented an investor group in the acquisition of a minority interest in MLS Seattle Sounders FC
• Represented Peter Norton in his investment in a technology company and other general corporate matters
• Represented Health E-Commerce (parent company of FSAstore.com) in its sale to Beecken Petty O’Keefe & Company, LLC
• Represented investors including Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer in David Bonderman and Oak View Group's acquisition of NHL Seattle Kraken
• Represented TTM Technologies, Inc. in its US$775 million acquisition of Anaren, Inc.
• Represented Johnson & Johnson in a US$1 billion asset sale
• Represented Weyerhaeuser Company in its US$23 billion merger with Plum Creek Timber Company
• Represented Allied World Assurance in its acquisition of a minority interest in and strategic partnership with Blue Vista Capital Management
• Represented Panasonic in its acquisition of TS Sports, LLC