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Dennis J. Block

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Work Department

Corporate

Position

Sr. Chairman Global M&A

Career

Dennis J. Block is the Senior Chairman of Greenberg Traurig’s Global Mergers & Acquisitions practice, based in the New York office. Greenberg Traurig has approximately 2,100 lawyers in 41 U.S. and international offices, including a global corporate practice of more than 500 lawyers.

Mr. Block is known for precedent-setting transactions. These include:

• Pfizer Inc.’s $68 billion acquisition of Wyeth, the largest M&A transaction of 2009;
• P&G’s acquisition of Gillette;
• Westinghouse’s acquisition of CBS Corp;
• Bear Stearns Companies Inc. acquisition by JPMorgan Chase; and
• US West’s acquisition of Continental Cablevision and its subsequent split-off and joint venture with Time-Warner and the ultimate sales of both US West (to Qwest Communications) and Media One (to AT&T).

Mr. Block also represented Pfizer, Inc in connection with its:

• $100 billion hostile acquisition of Warner-Lambert, the largest domestic hostile takeover to date;
• $60 billion acquisition of Pharmacia;
• acquisition of King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; and
• its sale of the Capsugel business to KKR.

Concentrations
Mergers and acquisitions
Proxy contests
Joint ventures
Third-party/self-tender offers
Other corporate restructurings
Corporate governance and board representation
SEC matters
Finance
Risk management

Capabilities
Mergers & Acquisitions
Corporate
Private Equity

Admission to Practice
New York

Languages

English

Education

• LL.B., Brooklyn Law School, 1967
• B.A., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1964