Brandon Van Dyke focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions and corporate and securities law matters.
Van Dyke has represented acquirers, targets and financial advisors in a number of significant U.S. and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, takeovers (both negotiated and contested), leveraged buyouts and other corporate matters. In addition, he has provided transactional advice to companies implementing corporate restructuring plans.
Industries in which Van Dyke has had substantial transactional involvement include media and entertainment, mining and metals, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, railroads and health care.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2027 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers | 2027 | M&A |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America | 2026 | M&A |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2026 | M&A |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2025 | M&A, Corporate & Securities Law |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2024 | M&A, Corporate & Securities Law |
| The 2022 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2022 | M&A, Corporate & Securities Law |
| Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2021 | M&A, Corporate & Securities Law |
Representations and transactions include:
- DuPont in numerous transactions, including:
- its $130 billion merger of equals transaction with The Dow Chemical Company
- its $45.4 billion reverse Morris trust split-off and merger of its Nutrition and Biosciences business with International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
- its $11 billion sale of a majority of its Mobility and Materials business to Celanese Corporation
- DowDuPont in its separation into three independent public companies, including its $42 billion spin-off of Dow, Inc. and its $22 billion spin-off of Corteva, Inc.
- Union Pacific Corporation in its pending $85 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern Corporation to create America’s first transcontinental railroad, with combined enterprise value of more than $250 billion
- Twenty-First Century Fox in its:
- $71 billion acquisition by the Walt Disney Company and the related pre-merger spin-off of Fox Corporation and in connection with its response to an unsolicited acquisition proposal by Comcast Corporation
- proposed (but terminated) $80 billion acquisition of Time Warner
- Red Hat, Inc. in its $34 billion acquisition by IBM
- The Walt Disney Company in its proposed $1 billion investment in OpenAI as part of a landmark licensing agreement, pursuant to which Disney proposed to license key IP assets — including those from Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars — to OpenAI for use in Sora, OpenAI’s video generation tool
- International Flavors & Fragrances in numerous transactions, including:
- the $2.9 billion sale of its pharma solutions business to Roquette Frères S.A.
- the $810 million sale of its cosmetics ingredients business to Clariant International AG
- News Corporation in numerous transactions, including:
- the $12 billion tax-free spin-off of its newspapers, information services and certain other operations into a separate public company
- in its $11 billion buyback of its stock from Liberty Media in exchange for cash and assets
- Safeco in its $6.2 billion merger with Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
- Alcoa Inc. in its commenced (but terminated) $27 billion hostile exchange offer for Alcan Inc.