Baker Botts L.L.P. continues to be instructed on merger reviews connected to high-stakes transactions, including matters that proceed into contentious proceedings. The team also handles multi-jurisdictional filings and coordinated reviews across the US and other competition authorities, with recent work spanning healthcare, telecoms and media and entertainment. Steering the practice is Paul Cuomo, who advises on US and multi-jurisdictional merger reviews, regularly appearing before US and overseas competition authorities. John Taladay regularly supports clients through complex, multi-jurisdictional merger reviews before US and international competition authorities, while Matthew Adler is noted for his experience in the chemicals, healthcare, entertainment, and energy sectors. Jody Boudreault supports clients from HSR filings through to investigations and negotiated outcomes with regulators.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Jeffrey Oliver persuades by describing issues simply and putting the deal and its impacts in context, which is exactly what you want for someone representing you in front of a regulator. The ability to speak both the regulator's language and the business language is rare and valuable.'
- ‘The Baker Botts team is knowledgeable about our industry. They do not just describe the law and pose barriers. They instead are adept at anticipating our needs and coming up with creative solutions to address them, and also explain clearly the realistic risks of various approaches.'
Key clients
- Akamai Technologies, Inc.
- Amazon.com, Inc.
- American Industrial Partners, LLC (AIP, LLC)
- Avenue5 Residential
- Caterpillar Inc.
- Celanese Corporation
- CMC Materials, Inc.
- Enovis Corporation
- Envista Holdings Corporation
- EOG Resources
- Ericsson Inc.
- Formula One World Championship Limited
- Georgia-Pacific LLC (GP Wood Products LLC)
- Halliburton
- Koninklijke Philips N.V., Philips North America LLC, Philips Taiwan, Limited and Philips do Brasil Ltda.
- Liberty Latin America Ltd.
- Liberty Media Corporation
- Magellan Midstream Partners LP
- Masco Corporation
- National Association of Boards of Pharmacy
Work highlights
Served as Liberty Media Corporation’s global antitrust counsel for the acquisition of Dorna Sports, S.L. which required merger control clearances in Brazil, Australia, UK and EU, in addition to several foreign direct investment (FDI) clearances.
Acted as lead antitrust counsel for UnitedHealth Group’s $3.3 billion acquisition of Amedisys, a leading nationwide home health and hospice services provider.
Acting as lead regulatory counsel in American Industrial Partners, LLC’s $1.5 billion acquisition of International Paper’s Global Cellulose Fibers (“GCF”) division.
Practice head
Paul Cuomo
Other key lawyers
John Taladay; Matthew Adler; Paul Cuomo; Jeffrey Oliver; Jody Boudreault; Anthony Swisher