This development follows the announcement that the companies entered into a definitive agreement for Disney to acquire 21st Century Fox on December 14, 2017. Please click here to read the Firm’s previous news item related to this announcement.
The Cravath team is led by partners Faiza J. Saeed and George F. Schoen and includes associates Allison M. Wein, Daniel J. Cerqueira, Jin-Kyu Baek, Samantha J. Ostrom and Julia H. Rhieu on M&A matters; partners Stephen L. Gordon and Lauren Angelilli, senior attorney Andrew Carlon and associates Peter W. Rogers, Ashley N. Elnicki and Rebecca L. Fine on tax matters; partners Jonathan J. Katz and Eric W. Hilfers, senior attorney Nicole F. Foster and associates Daniel P. Herrmann and Jana I. Hymowitz on executive compensation and benefits matters; partner Michael S. Goldman, senior attorney Christopher J. Kelly and associate Stephanie L. Rowan on banking matters; and partner Nicholas A. Dorsey and associates Virginie Marier and Alexander E. Shiekman on securities matters. Summer associates Samantha N. Bollers and Courtney T. Seager worked on M&A matters, summer associate Aryan Zahraii worked on banking matters and summer associate William N. Hall worked on securities matters.