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Unrivaled Experience in Global M&A Transactions ROPES & GRAY MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

ROPES & GRAY’S global M&A team can handle any Recognized as a leader, our M&A practice group deal, in any industry sector, anywhere in the world. possesses both extensive transaction experience and With over 150 M&A attorneys, we have the knowl- deep industry knowledge, providing unrivaled counsel edge, track record and resources to help clients succeed. on a full range of strategic transactions.

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We regularly advise on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, n PFIZER strategic alliances, securities offerings, and other capital-raising Represented Pfizer, a global pharmaceutical activities, including: company, in its $17 billion acquisition of Hospira. n Acquisitions and dispositions n Mezzanine debt and high yield bond financing n Equity financing n CUBIST PHARMACEUTICALS n n Management compensation Structured financing Represented Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc. n n Senior debt financing Minority investments in its proposed $9.5 billion sale to Merck n Seller financing & Co. Inc., a provider of various health solutions.

n SYNAGEVA BIOPHARMA WHO WE SERVE Representing Synageva BioPharma in its Many of the world’s largest and most well-known public and private proposed $8.4 billion sale to Alexion Phar- companies, private equity funds, and financial institutions rely on maceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company. our counsel. Representative clients include: n PAR PHARMACEUTICALS Representing Par Pharmaceuticals in its n AbbVie Inc. n Hanover Insurance Group proposed $8.05 billion sale to Endo Inter- n Acceleron Pharma Inc. n IMS Health national, an Ireland-based pharmaceutical n Affiliated Managers Group n Ironwood Pharmaceuticals company. n Alexion n Katy Industries, Inc. Pharmaceuticals Inc. n TORNIER n LPL Financial Holdings Representing Wright Medical Group in its n Bain Capital n MicroVision, Inc. $3.3 billion cross-border merger of equals n Becton, Dickinson and Co. n NetEase.com, Inc. with Amsterdam-based Tornier N.V., a n Cambrex n Novavax, Inc. global medical device company. n Carter’s n Planet Fitness n FOCUS MEDIA n Covidien Plc n Samsonite Represented China Everbright in its $3.7 n Domino’s Pizza International S.A. billion go-private transaction for Focus n Dunkin’ Brands n State Street Corporation Media, a digital media company. n Emcor Group, Inc. n Symmetry Medical Inc. n NSTAR n Eversource Energy n The TJX Companies, Inc. Represented NSTAR in its merger with n Keurig Green Mountain n TPG Capital Northeast Utilities, which created one of n GT Advanced Technologies n TransAct Technologies the nation’s largest utilities, with an enter- prise value totaling $17.5 billion. CROSS-PRACTICE COLLABORATION Ropes & Gray attorneys focus on the most critical business needs of our clients, across a range of leading legal practices. Our collaborative approach means that our clients have ready access to the knowledge and experience of attorneys in all relevant practice areas.

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n DEMOULAS SUPERMARKETS INC. Represented The Strategic Alternative MARKET PERCEPTION Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Demoulas Super Markets n M&A Advisor n The American Lawyer Inc. in a $1.6 billion deal that enabled Named “Law Firm of the Year” Global Legal Awards minority shareholders to purchase a for international M&A in 2015. Honored for “Global M&A Deal of the Year” in the “Latin America/ 50.5 percent stake in the company. n Chambers Mexico” and “China Private Eq- Ranked as a leading corporate/ n ENTEGRIS, INC. uity” categories in 2014. M&A practice in the U.S., Asia, Represented Entegris, Inc. in its $1.15 China, Japan and Korea. n International M&A billion acquisition of ATMI Inc., a Advisor Awards supplier of semiconductor materials. n The Legal 500 Recognized for “M&A Deal Ranked for private equity transac- of the Year (Over $100 million n PARTY CITY HOLDINGS tions in the U.S., U.K., Hong to $250 million)” in 2014. Represented Party City Holdings in its Kong and China. $2.69 billion sale to Thomas H. Lee n PrivCo Top 20 Law Firms n U.S. News & World Report – Partners, a private equity firm. for Private Tech M&A Best Lawyers Transactions Ranked in the top tier for M&A n VIRGIN MEDIA Ranked in the top 10 in the law; named “Law Firm of the U.S. in 2014. Represented Liberty Global in the Year’ for “Leveraged Buyouts financing of the $24 billion acquisition and Private Equity Law” and n Bloomberg Global M&A of Virgin Media. for “Private Funds/Hedge Funds Legal Advisory Ranking Law” in 2015. Ranked (by volume) among the n THE TIMBERLAND COMPANY top 20 firms by private equity Represented The Timberland Company, n IFLR1000 deals announced in 2014. a footwear company, in its $2.23 billion Ranked for M&A in the U.S., China, Hong Kong and Japan, and n sale to V.F. Corporation. Law360 for private equity transactions in Named a private equity n GENZYME CORPORATION the U.K. “Practice of the Year” in 2013. Represented Genzyme Corporation in n IFLR Asia Awards n China Law & Practice Awards Sanofi’s acquisition of the biotechnology Recognized for “Private Equity Honored for “Private Equity Deal firm for $20.1 billion in cash, plus Deal of the Year” in 2014. of the Year” in 2014. contingent value rights. ROPES & GRAY MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

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Ropes & Gray serves clients through a global network of offices in the world’s major centers of business, finance, technology and government. Across 17 time zones, more than 1,100 attorneys based in the United States, Europe and Asia collaborate seamlessly to provide clients with the high-quality representation and uncompromising, round-the-clock service that have made Ropes & Gray one of the world’s premier law firms.

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