Biomet in $13.35 Billion Merger with Zimmer

Cleary Gottlieb is acting as lead counsel including on European competition matters to the parent company of Biomet, Inc. and a consortium of its private equity owners Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, KKR and TPG in its $13.35 billion merger with Zimmer Holdings, Inc. The merger will position the combined company as a leader in the musculoskeletal industry, and the transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2015.