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Brian Hamilton is a partner in the Firm’s
Mergers & Acquisitions and
Private Equity Groups. Mr. Hamilton advises on public and private mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions, both in the U.S. and outside the U.S., and in a variety of industries.
Selected Representations
- Augere Holdings in connection with its formation and funding and in Wimax-related ventures in Pakistan, Uganda and Bangladesh.
- Digital Sky Technologies in the restructuring of its Mail.ru internet joint venture with MIH and Tiger Investments.
- Abu Dhabi Future Energy Corporation in its investment in WinWinD Oy.
- Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc in the $10 billion combination of its investment management business with BlackRock, Inc.
- ARAMARK Corporation Chairman and CEO Joseph Neubauer in the $8.3 billion leveraged buyout of ARAMARK led by Mr. Neubauer and a Sponsor group consisting of GS Capital Partners, CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC, J.P. Morgan Partners, LLC, Thomas H. Lee Partners L.P. and Warburg Pincus LLC.
- Swift Transportation Co., Inc. in its $2.75 billion going-private acquisition by Swift’s founder and largest stockholder.
- SBC Communications Inc. in its $22 billion acquisition of AT&T Corp.
- IMS Health Incorporated in its proposed $6 billion acquisition by VNU N.V.
- GS Capital Partners in connection with the $1.7 billion acquisition of UICI by a consortium of private equity investors.
- Barclays Bank plc in its acquisition of EquiFirst Corporation from Regions Financial Corporation.
- Allegheny Energy, Inc. in the $250 million sale of its West Virginia natural gas distribution business to a private investor group backed by ArcLight Capital LLC.
- Medco Health Solutions, Inc. in its $2.2 billion acquisition of Accredo Health, Incorporated.
- Eurazeo, S.A. in the buyout by partners of Lazard LLC of Eurazeo’s significant ownership interest in Lazard.
- J Sainsbury plc in its $2.5 billion sale of Shaw’s and Star supermarkets to Albertson’s, Inc.
- Matsushita Electric Industrial Ltd., owner of a minority interest in Universal Pictures and Universal Music, in connection with Vivendi Universal’s sale of Vivendi Universal Entertainment LLLP to General Electric, and in Matsushita’s subsequent sale of its interest in Universal Music and other Universal entities to Vivendi.
- Vodafone Group plc in its $6 billion, two-stage acquisition of a controlling interest in Japan Telecom from British Telecommunications plc and AT&T Corp., respectively.
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