We represented clients in more than 200 M&A transactions valued in excess of $40 billion in 2000. Selected transactions include:

• Akamai — has acquired Intervu Inc. — $2,800,000,000
• CareerBuilder — has been acquired by Knight Ridder and Tribune Company — $200,000,000
• Analog Devices — has acquired BCO Technologies plc — $150,000,000
• Spyglass — has been acquired by Open TV Corp. — $2,500,000,000
• PerkinElmer — has acquired NEN Life Sciences, Inc. — $400,000,000
• Millennium — has acquired Cambridge Discovery Chemistry — $53,000,000
• CMGI — has acquired Flycast Communications Corporation — $2,540,000,000
• Spring Tide Networks — has been acquired by Lucent Technologies Inc. — $1,300,000,000
• Oberon — has been acquired by OnDisplay, Inc. — $181,000,000
• ArrowPoint Communications — has been acquired by Cisco Systems, Inc. — $5,700,000,000
• Nortel Networks — has agreed to sell its 81.25% interest in Arris Interactive L.L.C. to Antec Corporation — $983,000,000
• Wildfire — has been acquired by Orange plc — $142,000,000
• Entrust Technologies — has acquired enCommerce, Inc. — $703,000,000
• Getronics — has sold its Alliance Managed Services business to QualxServ LLC — Undisclosed
• Broadband Access Systems, Inc. — has been acquired by ADC Telecommunications, Inc. — $2,250,000,000
• ATG — has acquired Toronto Technology Group — Undisclosed
• MKS Instruments — has agreed to acquire Applied Science and Technology, Inc. — $300,000,000
• eCredit.com — 30% interest has been acquired by Internet Capital Group, Inc. — $450,000,000
• Thermo Electron Corporation — has agreed to sell Thermo Cardiosystems, Inc. to Thoratec Laboratories Corporation — $572,000,000
• Sapient — has acquired Human Code, Inc. — $104,000,000
• Bottomline Technologies — has acquired Checkpoint Holdings, Ltd. — $78,000,000
• Element 14 — has been acquired by Broadcom Corporation — $594,000,000
• Curis — has been formed through the merger of Creative BioMolecules, Ontogeny and Reprogenesis — $600,000,000
• BeFree — has acquired TriVida Corporation — $186,000,000
• C-Port — has been acquired by Motorola, Inc. — $430,000,000
• Unisphere Networks — has agreed to acquire BroadSoft, Inc.
• Cerulean — has been acquired by Aether Systems, Inc. — $150,000,000
• Dragon Systems — has been acquired by Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V. — $593,000,000
• Prodigy Communications Corporation — has established a strategic relationship with SBC Communications Inc. — $1,610,000,000
• Marlin Broadcasting, Inc. — has been acquired by Cox Radio, Inc. — $125,000,000
• Innoveda — has been formed through the merger of Viewlogic Systems and Summit Design — $58,000,000
• MSL — has acquired selected assets from 3Com Corporation — $105,000,000
• NextPoint Networks — has been acquired by NetScout Systems, Inc. — $60,000,000
• BioTransplant Incorporated — has agreed to acquire Eligix, Inc. — $55,000,000
• IDX — has agreed to sell ChannelHealth to Allscripts, Inc. — $225,000,000
• VST Technologies Incorporated — has been acquired by SmartDisk Corporation — $93,000,000
• AspenTech — has acquired Petrosoft Corporation — $60,000,000
• Neon — has acquired selected fiber optic facilities and services from Exelon and ConEd — $280,000,000
• Convergent Networks — has acquired Technology Control Services, Inc. — $140,000,000
• Energy North — has been acquired by Eastern Enterprises — $250,000,000
• Keane — has acquired Care Computer Systems, Inc. — Undisclosed
• Williams — has sold Masterchem Industries to Masco Corporation — $260,000,000
• HomeRuns.com — has been acquired from Hannaford Bros. Co. — $100,000,000
• SilverStream — has acquired Bondi Software, Inc. — Undisclosed
• Mediabridge — has been acquired by Engage, Inc. — $268,000,000
• Pioneer — has been acquired by UniCredito Italiano, S.p.A. — $1,260,000,000
• Breakaway Solutions — has acquired Eggrock Partners — $252,000,000
• Arch Wireless — has acquired Paging Network, Inc. — $1,700,000,000