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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

11 May 2026

Alphabet closes inaugural $8.5 billion maple bond offering

Deal TypePublic/Private Offering

IndustryTech/Computer/IT

Transaction Value$ 8,500,000,000

Firms InvolvedCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
27 Feb 2026

Paramount to acquire Warner Bros Discovery in US$110 billion deal

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryOther

Transaction Value$ 110,400,000,000

Firms InvolvedBlake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
22 Dec 2025

Tanabe Pharma Corporation sells global ALS Therapy business rights to Shionogi

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryHealthcare

Transaction Value$ 3,500,000,000

Firms InvolvedCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Ropes & Gray LLP
28 Jul 2025

Warburg Pincus agrees to acquire FlavorSum from Riverside Company

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryOther

Transaction ValueUndisclosed/Confidential

Firms InvolvedStikeman Elliott LLP, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Jones Day
30 Sep 2024

DIRECTV acquires EchoStar’s video distribution business in debt exchange transaction

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryOther

Transaction ValueUndisclosed/Confidential

Firms InvolvedRopes & Gray LLP, Crowell & Moring LLP, HWG LLP, White & Case LLP, Steptoe LLP, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
12 Sep 2024

General Mills sells North American yogurt business to Lactalis and Sodiaal for US$2.1 billion

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryOther

Transaction Value$ 2,800,000,000

Firms InvolvedMcCarthy Tétrault LLP, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Ropes & Gray LLP, Stikeman Elliott LLP
4 Sep 2024

Collegium acquires Ironshore

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryHealthcare

Transaction Value$ 720,021,750

Firms InvolvedHogan Lovells, Goodwin Procter LLP, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Goodmans LLP
30 Jul 2024

BCI sells majority stake in Hayfin Capital Management to Arctos Partners

Deal TypeFinancing/Investment

IndustryBanking/Finance

Transaction ValueUndisclosed/Confidential

Firms InvolvedWeil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Macfarlanes LLP, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
3 Apr 2024

Saint-Gobain bolsters Canadian presence with strategic acquisition of The Bailey Group

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryInfrastructure

Transaction Value$ 880,000,000

Firms InvolvedCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, The Bailey Group of Companies
28 Nov 2023

Waterloo-based OpenText to divest mainframe business to US-based Rocket Software for $3 billion

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryTech/Computer/IT

Transaction Value$ 3,000,000,000

Firms InvolvedCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Stikeman Elliott LLP