Edward O. Minturn focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and general corporate matters. He has advised public and private companies, as well as boards of directors and special committees, in connection with a variety of significant transactions across diverse industries and jurisdictions.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2026 | M&A, Corporate Governance |
Minturn’s notable transactions include representing:
- Linde in its $70 billion merger of equals with Praxair;
- Frontier Communications in its pending $20 billion acquisition by Verizon;
- Just Eat Takeaway.com in its $7.3 billion acquisition of Grubhub;
- Consolidated Communications’ special committee in the $3.1 billion acquisition by Searchlight and BCI;
- The Aquarion Water Authority in its pending $2.4 billion acquisition of Aquarion Water Company from Eversource Energy;
- Vista Outdoor in the $2.225 billion sale of The Kinetic Group to Czechoslovak Group and the $1.125 billion sale of Revelyst to SVP;
- Martin Marietta in the $2.1 billion sale of its South Texas cement business and related concrete operations to CRH;
- Johnson & Johnson in its $2 billion acquisition of Ambrx and in the separation of Kenvue;
- UScellular’s independent directors in the pending sale of select retained spectrum licenses to AT&T and Verizon for more than $2 billion;
- Spectranetics in its €1.9 billion sale to Philips;
- ADT in its $1.2 billion equity investment from State Farm;
- Oshkosh in its $800 million acquisition of the AeroTech business from JBT;
- altafiber in the $670 million sale of CBTS to TowerBrook;
- RELX in its £580 million acquisition of ThreatMetrix;
- Tabula Rasa in its $570 million take‑private acquisition by Nautic;
- Unilever in its $384 million acquisition of TAZO from Starbucks and its acquisition of Sundial Brands;
- IBM in its acquisition of Databand.ai;
- Schneider Electric in its acquisition of AutoGrid; and
- Thrivent in its acquisition of a majority stake in College Avenue.
Minturn has been recognized by Lawdragon as among the “500 Leading Dealmakers in America.”