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- Provided American, English and German law advice to Air Liquide in a number of acquisitions in Germany totaling €2.68 billion.
- Represented Chrysler in 1980, serving as a lead counsel to get governamental financing.
- Represented Alibaba.com in sale of 40% stake to Yahoo for $1 billion.
- Represented American Airlines after the September 11 terrorist attacks
- Counseled The Hartford in a $1.95 billion capital offering of common stock and debt.
- Legal adviser to the Phelps Dodge mining corporation in its $25.9 billion merger with Freeport-McMoRan.
- Legal service provider to French company Pernod Ricard in its €5.6 billion purchase of the Absolut Vodka brand from the Government of Sweden's holding company, the V&S Group.
- Advised AIG in its agreement to sell its share of Nan Shan Life Insurance Company, Ltd. to a consortium for approximately $20.15 billion, the biggest deal in the history of the Taiwan financial sector.
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