EDITORIAL REVIEW

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A tight credit market didn’t stop this Skadden stalwart from finding financing for client United Online’s $800M purchase of FTD.



McCarthy guided Activision in its $18.9B deal with Vivendi Games, which creates one of the largest video game makers in the world.


McCarthy molded Disney's acquisition of Pixar, Oracle's merger with PeopleSoft and Shopzilla's sale to E.W. Scripps.


He represented The Walt Disney Company in its acquisition of Pixar Animation Studios.


Competitors in the M&A area say that Brian McCarthy is a "bright, energetic" and "knowledgeable" attorney who has a great reputation among the business executives who have called on his dealmaking skills. He represented Credit Suisse First Boston in its role as adviser to Oracle's $10.3 billion acquisition agreement reached with PeopleSoft in December 2004. Advanced Medical Optics hired the Skadden star for its 2005 acquisition of VISX, valued at $1.4 billion. McCarthy also worked on MGM Grand's purchase of Mirage Resorts and the Times Mirror Company's sale to the Tribune Company. One fellow M&A practitioner praised McCarthy for avoiding the "bravado and bluff" of negotiations and focusing on "the issues to get deals done."




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