Adam Dawson

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Brussels

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Merger Control

  • Halliburton in seeking EU and other merger control approvals of its $28 billion proposed acquisition of Baker Hughes.
  • MeadWestVaco in merger control approvals of its $16 billion merger with Rock-Tenn.
  • Dresser-Rand in EU and other merger control approvals of its $7.8 billion merger with Siemens.
  • McDermott in merger control approvals of its $2.7 billion sale of Lummus Technology group to the Chatterjee Group and Rhône Capital.
  • Caterpillar Inc. in merger control approvals of its acquisition of the oil & gas Division of the Weir Group PLC.
  • Sempra Infrastructure on the development of the Port Arthur LNG project.
  • Celanese in EU and other merger control approvals of its $11 billion acquisition of DuPont’s Mobility & Materials (M&M) business. 
  • Ingevity in merger control approvals of its $310 million acquisition of Georgia Pacific’s chemical pine business.
  • Barrick Gold in EU merger control approval of its $1 billion sale of a 50% interest in the Zaldivar copper mine to Antofagasta.
  • AES Corporation in merger control approvals of its $179 million sale of a 50% interest in Silver Ridge Power to SunEdison.
  • EN+ Group in Glencore’s proposed RUSAL-EN+ share swap.
  • Kimberly-Clark Corporation in its $1.8 billion spin-off of Halyard Health.
  • Colfax (now Enovis) in merger control and FDI approvals of its $3.1 billion acquisition of DJO Global and $285 million acquisition of Mathys AG Bettlach. 
  • Envista in its $600 million acquisition of Carestream Dental’s Intraoral Scanner Business.
  • Merck & Co., Inc (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada) in various potential acquisitions in human and animal health.
  • Koepon Holding BV in its combination with Cooperative Resources International. 
  • Liberty Media Corporation in various potential acquisitions in the media sector.
  • An online platform on potential acquisitions in the travel sector.
  • Dell in merger control approvals of the sale of its Engineering Services division to L&T Technology Services.
  • CA Technologies in its acquisition of Grid-Tools, a provider of automated software testing.
  • Akamai in EU and other merger control approvals of its joint venture with Mitsubishi UFG Financial Group for the development of a new block-chain based online payment network. 
  • Akamai in its $600 million acquisition of microsegmentation technology provider, Guardicore. 
  • Akamai in its $900 million acquisition of cloud hosting service provider, Linode. 
  • American Industrial Partners (AIP) in merger control and FDI approvals of its acquisitions of Goss International, Gerber Technology, Moly-Cop, L3’s Vertex Aerospace, Raytheon Technologies’ Defense Training and Mission Critical Solutions business, CQMS Razer, GE’s commercial lighting business, Seacor, Hubbell’s Commercial and Industrial Lighting Business and Domtar Corporation’s personal care business.
  • Colfax in merger control approvals of its acquisitions of Flakt Woods, Victor Technologies, GE Oil & Gas’s Roots Blowers & Compressors, Siemens’ Turbomachinery Equipment GmbH and Gas Control Equipment
  • Colfax in the $1.8 billion sale of its air and gas handling equipment division, Howden, to KPS Capital Partners.
  • Noble Corporation in its $1.7 billion spin-off of Paragon Offshore and its Chapter 11 reorganization and related merger control proceedings.
  • Rosneft Oil Company and BP plc in merger control approvals of a new joint venture investment fund.
  • Rosneft Oil Company in EU and other merger control approvals of its joint venture with General Electric for the supply of industrial IoT applications.
  • Rosneft Oil Company in merger control approvals of its $1.1 billion acquisition of a 30% interest in the Egyptian Zohr gas field from Eni.
  • Rosneft Oil Company in merger control approvals of various upstream joint ventures.
  • A third-party in the European Commission’s investigation into the proposed $17 billion Siemens/Alstom merger.
  • A third-party complainant in the European Commission’s investigation into the proposed $14 billion Deutsche Börse/London Stock Exchange merger.
  • A third-party complainant in the European Commission’s investigation into the $10 billion General Electric/Alstom merger.
  • A third-party in the UK Competition and Markets Authority investigation into John Wood Group’s proposed acquisition of Amec Foster Wheeler.
  • Mondi in EU and other merger control approvals for its acquisition of Nordenia.*
  • GE in EU and other merger control approvals for a joint venture with Microsoft.*
  • Volkswagen in EU merger control approval for its joint venture with D’Ieteren.*

Unilateral Conduct

  • The International Air Transport Association (IATA) as a complainant in the European Commission's investigation into anticompetitive practices in the aircraft engines and components aftermarket.
  • A complainant in the European Commission’s investigation into Google's abusive practices in online search and Android.*

Antitrust Consulting

  • Several digital platforms on their potential exposure under EU and national competition law.
  • MSD Animal Health on competition-law related matters in Europe.
  • ESAB on competition-law related matters in Europe. 
  • Ryanair in the UK Department for Transport’s public consultation on the UK’s Aviation Strategy
  • A major international consumer goods manufacturer on its distribution activities in Europe.
  • A major international industrial goods manufacturer on its distribution and pricing policies in Europe.
  • An international manufacturer on the use of pricing algorithms.
  • An LNG supplier in the European Commission’s investigation into LNG supply agreements to Europe. 
  • An O&G supplier on its pricing provisions in long term supply agreements.
  • An international oilfield services company on its potential exposure to EU competition law.
  • An international polymer supplier on the validity of its international joint ventures and distribution agreements.
  • A major gas distributor on the implementation of the Third Energy Package in the EU.*

Pro Bono

  • The Innocence Project in its review of past criminal convictions for potential exonerations based on DNA testing.
  • The Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project (MAIP) in its review of past criminal convictions for potential exonerations based on the evidence available and potential new forensic techniques.

 

*Prior to joining Baker Botts