Chang-Do Gong is a partner in Dewey & LeBoeuf's Mergers & Acquisitions Group. He has represented acquirors, targets, boards of directors, special committees and investment banks in several complex domestic and cross-border, negotiated and unsolicited, and public and private transactions. Mr. Gong has participated in a number of significant transactions, including the representation of: · MedImmune, Inc. in its US$15.2 billion acquisition by AstraZeneca PLC. · Sony Corporation of America in its US$4.9 billion acquisition of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. with a consortium of acquirors. · The Walt Disney Company in its US$4 billion acquisition of Marvel Entertainment, Inc. · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, financial advisor to Ventana Medical Systems Inc., in connection with Roche Holding AG's US$3.4 billion acquisition of Ventana. · Zimmer Holdings, Inc. in its US$3.4 billion unsolicited acquisition of Centerpulse AG and InCentive Capital AG. · Alimentation Couche-Tard in its US$1.9 billion unsolicited cash tender offer for Casey's General Stores, Inc. · CNET Networks, Inc. in its US$1.8 billion acquisition by CBS Corporation. · Omnicare, Inc. in its US$1.8 billion unsolicited acquisition of NeighborCare Inc. and US$460 million unsolicited acquisition of NCS HealthCare, Inc. · King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in its US$1.6 billion unsolicited acquisition of Alpharma Inc. · USI Holdings Corp. in its US$1.4 billion acquisition by GS Capital Partners. · Lee Enterprises, Inc. and its financial advisor, Lazard Freres, in connection with Lee's US$1.45 billion acquisition of Pulitzer Inc. · PSEG Global in its US$1.2 billion sale of the SAESA Group of Companies to a consortium formed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure and the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. · Actavis Group hf. in its US$810 million acquisition of the human generics business of Alpharma Inc. and US$600 million acquisition of Amide Holdings, Inc. · Qatar Telecom Q.S.C. in its US$800 million acquisition of Series B Shares and American Depositary Shares of PT Indosat Tbk. · PRA International in its US$790 million acquisition by Genstar Capital. · Dendrite International, Inc. in its US$751 million acquisition by Cegedim S.A. · Illumina, Inc. in its US$600 million acquisition of Solexa, Inc. · Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc. in its US$550 million acquisition by Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd. · AXA Financial, Inc. in its US$400 million sale of The Advest Group to Merrill Lynch & Co. · Sony Corporation of America and Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. in their US$435 million acquisition of InterTrust Technologies Corporation. · The Talbots, Inc. in its US$75 million sale of the J. Jill business to Golden Gate Capital. · JPMorgan Infrastructure Investments Fund in connection with its majority investments in CNG Holdings, Inc. and Southern Missouri Gas Company, L.P. · Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. in its joint venture with Discovery Communications and IMAX Corporation to create a 3D television network. |