Mark Kovner's representative experience includes advising:
Major Acquisitions and Mergers
- WellCare Health Plans in its $17.3 billion acquisition by Centene Corporation and its $2.5 billion acquisition of Meridian Health Plans.
- Boeing Corporation in its $3.2 billion acquisition of KLX Inc.
- Wyndham Worldwide in its $1.95 billion acquisition of La Quinta’s hotel and franchise management business.
- GrubHub in its acquisition of Eat24 from Yelp and the formation of a GrubHub/Yelp partnership.
- Vista Equity Partners in its $1.65 billion acquisition of Cvent.
- Teva Pharmaceuticals in its $40 billion acquisition of Allergan’s generics business.
- Community Health Systems in its $3.6 billion acquisition of HMA.
- Advance Auto Parts in its $2 billion acquisition of General Parts International.
- 3G Capital in its partnership with Berkshire Hathaway to acquire H.J. Heinz for $28 billion.
- Avis Budget Group in its acquisitions of Zipcar and Payless Car Rental.
- NRG Energy in its $1.7 billion merger with Gen On.
Antitrust and Competition Investigations
- A Wall Street investment firm in an FTC investigation into HSR reporting compliance.
- Clearwire Corporation in matters related to the proposed AT&T/T-Mobile combination.
- Teva Pharmaceuticals in various FTC matters and investigations.
- TheMarkets.com in its acquisition by Standard & Poor’s for market data and analytics services.
- Danaher Corporation in securing approvals for its $13.8 billion acquisition of Pall Corporation.
- Paxar Corp. in obtaining HSR clearance for its $1.34 billion acquisition by Avery Dennison.
Strategic Transactions and Divestitures
- Accenture plc in the sale of its Navitaire airline reservation software business to Amadeus.
- Constellation Energy in its $7.9 billion merger with Exelon.
- Ventyx Inc. in securing U.S. and international antitrust clearances for its sale to ABB Group.
- Raytheon Company in its acquisition of BBN Technologies.
- Milnot Holdings in opposing an FTC preliminary injunction action against a merger of baby food firms.
High-Profile Litigation and Monopolization Cases
- Cisco Systems in monopolization counterclaims in intellectual property litigation against Rembrandt Technologies.
- Colgate-Palmolive Company in full dismissal of a purported class action.
- Honeywell International in a federal monopolization case brought by a large customer.
- Beech-Nut Nutrition Corp. in a predatory pricing litigation against Gerber baby foods.
- Barr Pharmaceuticals in a federal antitrust litigation brought by the FTC.
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