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 and the $4.3 billion sale of its ophthalmology division to Johnson & Johnson.

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.

Commercial Metals Company (CMC) on the antitrust aspects of its $600 million acquisition of certain U.S. rebar steel mill and fabrication.

SUPERVALU in multiple transactions, including 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 its 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.