• Akamai Technologies — acquisition of Nine Systems — $160,000,000
• Arlington Tankers — asset acquisition from Stena Group — $92,000,000
• Becton Dickinson — acquisition of GeneOhm Sciences — $230,000,000
• Blackstone — sale of Kabel BW to EQT — undisclosed
• BrassRing — acquisition by Kenexa — $115,000,000
• Danaher — acquisition of Sybron Dental Specialties — $2,200,000,000 (co-counsel)
• Domantis — acquisition by GSK — £230,000,000
• GeoTrust — acquisition by VeriSign — $125,000,000
• GlycoFi — acquisition by Merck — $400,000,000
• HMS Holdings — acquisition of the Benefits Solutions Practice Area division of Public Consulting Group — $100,000,000
• IDEXX Laboratories — acquisition of Osmetech's Critical Care Division — $44,900,000*
• IDX Systems — acquisition by GE Healthcare — $1,200,000,000
• I-Logix — acquisition by Telelogic — $80,000,000
• IMlogic — acquisition by Symantec — $90,000,000
• Infinity Pharmaceuticals — acquisition of Discovery Partners — $162,500,000
• Kronos — acquisition of Unicru — $150,000,000
• Lifeline Systems — acquisition by Philips Electronics — $750,000,000
• Linde — acquisition of BOC Group — $14,800,000,000 (worldwide antitrust counsel)
• Lucent — merger with Alcatel — $13,000,000,000 (US CFIUS counsel and worldwide antitrust co-counsel)
• MatrixOne — acquisition by Dassault Systèmes — $408,000,000
• PAREXEL International — acquisition of California Clinical Trials Medical Group and Behavioral and Medical Research — $65,000,000
• PepsiCo — acquisition of Stacy's Pita Chip Company — undisclosed
• Red Hat — acquisition of JBoss — $420,000,000 (including earnout)
• RSA Security — acquisition by EMC — $2,300,000,000
• Savient Pharmaceuticals — sale of oral liquid pharmaceuticals business to Close Brothers Private Equity — $176,000,000
• SkillSoft — acquisition of NETg from Thomson — $285,000,000*
• Softricity — acquisition by Microsoft — undisclosed
• Thermo Fisher Scientific — acquisition of Cohesive Technologies — undisclosed
• Verizon Communications — acquisition of MCI — $8,500,000,000 (regulatory counsel)
• WebMD — acquisition of Subimo — $60,000,000
• WiderThan — acquisition by RealNetworks — $350,000,000

*pending as of January 8, 2007