Adam Dawson

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