Elaine Ewing

The Dow Chemical Company in its $130 billion merger of equals with DuPont, one of the largest and most complex international antitrust transactions ever completed; in its $5 billion agreement to separate a significant portion of its chlorine value chain and merge that new entity with Olin Corporation; and in its previous $18.8 billion acquisition of Rohm and Haas.

Thales in its €4.6 billion offer for Gemalto.

Air Liquide in its $13.4 billion acquisition of Airgas, which created the world’s largest supplier of industrial gases.

Abbott Laboratories in its $25 billion acquisition of St. Jude Medical.

Commercial Metals Company in its $600 million acquisition of 33 U.S. rebar fabrication facilities and four steel mills from Gerdau S.A. The transaction combined two of the three largest rebar producers in the U.S.

The Coca-Cola Company in numerous transactions, including its $2.15 billion acquisition of a 16.7 percent equity stake in Monster Beverage Corp. and its $1.2 billion acquisition of a 10 percent equity stake in Keurig Green Mountain, as well as its previous $12.3 billion acquisition of the North American bottling operations of Coca-Cola Enterprises.

Medtronic in its $49.9 billion acquisition of Covidien, cleared globally less than six months after announcement.

Google in several transactions, including its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility, its subsequent sale of Motorola Mobility’s mobile devices business to Lenovo, and its previous acquisition of Admeld.

Western Digital in its $4.8 billion acquisition of Hitachi’s hard drive business.

Stanley Black & Decker in its $690 million acquisition of International Equipment Solutions Attachments Group.

SUPERVALU in multiple transactions, including in its acquisition by United Natural Foods for approximately $2.9 billion, its $375 million acquisition of Unified Grocers and its $193 million acquisition of Associated Grocers of Florida.

Dollar Thrifty in its $2.3 billion acquisition by Hertz and through past competing offers by Hertz and Avis.

Platform Specialty Products in its $2.3 billion public takeover of Alent, a UK-based maker of specialty chemicals.

Vitro, the leading glass manufacturer in Mexico, in the $2.15 billion sale of its food and beverage glass containers business to Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Keurig Green Mountain in monopolization litigation brought by competitors and purported class action plaintiffs, including successfully defending against a preliminary injunction seeking to block the launch of Keurig’s 2.0 coffee brewer in a decision that was upheld by the Second Circuit.

Automotive parts manufacturer Aisin Seiki in an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice into possible price-fixing.

W.L. Gore & Associates in obtaining the closure (with no action taken) of an FTC investigation into whether Gore’s business practices restricted competition in waterproof and breathable fabrics in violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act.

Whirlpool and Brazilian subsidiary Embraco in global cartel investigations into the refrigeration compressor industry. Also advised Whirlpool in related U.S. class actions and other antitrust litigation, including a successful Sixth Circuit appeal.

A major technology company in obtaining successful closure (with no action taken) of non-public FTC investigation into its business practices.