Cravath Advises on More Than $100 Billion in Announced Deals in Two Week Period

Over the two week period beginning April 29, 2019, Cravath has advised on more than $100 billion in announced deals for clients including Buckeye Partners, Brunswick, Disney, Occidental, Parker Hannifin and RELX Group. The eight deals include advising:

• Buckeye Partners, L.P. in its $10.3 billion acquisition by IFM Investors (read more here);

• Occidental in its $57 billion acquisition of Anadarko, contingent sale of Anadarko’s African assets to Total for $8.8 billion and $10 billion investment from Berkshire Hathaway (read more here);

• RELX Group in LexisNexis’s joint venture with LEAP Legal Software (read more here);

• Brunswick in the $490 million sale of its fitness business to KPS Capital Partners (read more here);

• Disney in its $10.6 billion sale of 21 regional sports networks to Sinclair Broadcast Group (read more here); and

• Parker Hannifin in its $3.67 billion acquisition of LORD Corporation (read more here).

Partners Faiza J. Saeed and George F. Schoen each advised on five of the eight deals, respectively, with partners Mark I. Greene, Andrew J. Pitts, Aaron M. Gruber and G.J. Ligelis Jr. also working on the deals contributing to the volume of work in this two‑week period.