Concentration

Summary

Mr. Boland’s practice focuses on representing companies before the U.S. and international antitrust enforcement agencies. He came to Baker Botts in 2011 and is now Co-Chair of our practice globally. His areas of experience include mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, intellectual property and transactional antitrust. He has also represented large and small companies in criminal antitrust proceedings and in complex civil antitrust litigation.

Mr. Boland previously was Co-Chair of the prestigious and accomplished private antitrust practice at Howrey. He has been recognized as a leading international antitrust practitioner in Who’s Who Legal, Chambers, Legal 500, Washington Magazine and BTI Client Service All Stars.

Mr. Boland has guided numerous mergers and acquisitions, in a broad range of industries, through the federal and foreign antitrust review process. He is skilled in drafting and negotiating acquisition agreements and handling contested transactions through premerger second requests and consent order proceedings at both the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice.

He has represented clients in various high-tech industries including healthcare, oil and gas production and drilling, mining and mining equipment, basic metals and chemicals, heavy manufacturing, regulated industries, electric motors, gas turbines, transportation and financial services.

Additionally, Mr. Boland has served as lead defense counsel in complex criminal and civil litigation involving the trucking, petroleum drill bit, hand tool, office products, outdoor advertising and fluid milk industries. He has also engineered creative settlements in various litigation proceedings as well as in the mergers and acquisitions area.

Representative Engagements

• Acquisition by Caterpillar Inc. of Bucyrus International, Inc. Represents Caterpillar.
• Acquisition by Baker Hughes Incorporated of BJ Services Company. Represented Baker Hughes Incorporated.
• Acquisition of Smith International, Inc. by Schlumberger Limited. Represented Smith International, Inc.
• Acquisition of A.O. Smith Corporation’s motor division by Regal Beloit Corporation. Represents A.O. Smith Corporation.
• Sale of Wood Group PLC’s Well Support Division to General Electric. Represented Wood Group PLC.
• Merger of National-Oilwell, Inc. and Varco International, Inc.  Represented both merging parties.
• Acquisition of York International by Johnson Controls, Inc. Represented York.
• United States Steel Corporation’s Acquisition of Lone Star Steel. Represented Lone Star Steel.
• Acquisition by Caterpillar Inc. of Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD). Represented Caterpillar Inc.
• Acquisition of Roadway Corporation by Yellow Corporation. Represented Yellow Corporation.
• Acquisition by Precision Castparts of Wyman-Gordon Co. Represented Precision Castparts.
• Acquisition of Harbison-Walker Refractories Co. by RHI AG. Represented Global Technologies, Inc., parent of Harbison- Walker.
• Sale of Can Division of Reynolds Metals Company to Ball Corporation. Represented Reynolds Metals Company.
• Joint Venture between Baker Hughes, Incorporated and Schlumberger Limited. Represented Baker Hughes, Incorporated.
• Sale of National Advertising Company by 3M Company. Represented 3M Company.

Publications, Speeches and Presentations

Publications

• “Private Equity Firms Put on the Spot.” Legal Times (November 20, 2006)
• “High Price Wars: Populist Laws Ignore Economics Behind Alleged Gas Gouging.” Legal Times (June 12, 2006)
• “Antitrust Strategies Enhance Merger Approval Likelihood.” Oil and Gas Journal (September 15, 2003)
• “More Transparency In M&A Antitrust Reviews.” Mergers &Acquisitions (July 2002)
• “Life In The Fast Lane.” thedeal.com (April 12, 2002)
• “Antitrust Implications of Energy Industry Consolidation.” The Energy Law Institute, South Texas College of Law (August 2001)
• “Assets on the Block; Tech Sales by Bankrupt Dot-Coms May Yet Raise Antitrust Interest.” Legal Times of Washington (July 2001)
• “Litigating The Fix: Ensuring That All The Facts Are Before The Court.” Clayton Act Newsletter, ABA Section on Antitrust Law Vol. 1, No. 2 (Spring 2001)
• “Hear Our Divestitures.” Legal Times of Washington (November 2000)

Speeches and Presentations

• “Current Antitrust Issues for Petroleum Equipment Suppliers,” Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association (PESA) 2010 Legal Seminar, Houston, Texas (September 28, 2010)
• Panel Moderator, “New Trends in Antitrust Oversights of Mergers.” The Conference Board (March 1, 2007)