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.
• Barrick Gold in EU merger control approval of its $1 billion sale of a 50% interest in the Zaldivar copper mine to Antofagasta.
• EN+ Group in Glencore’s proposed RUSAL-EN+ share swap.
• Ingevity in merger control approvals of its $310 million acquisition of Georgia Pacific’s chemical pine business.
• Global independent power producer in merger control approvals of its $178.6 million sale of a 50% interest in Silver Ridge Power to SunEdison.
• 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.
• 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.
• Liberty Media Global in various potential acquisitions.
• Colfax in merger control approvals of its acquisitions of Flakt Woods, Victor Technologies, GE Oil & Gas’s Roots Blowers & Compressors, and Siemens’ Turbomachinery Equipment GmbH.
• American Industrial Partners (AIP) in merger control approvals of its acquisitions of Goss International, Gerber Technology, Moly-Cop, and L3’s Vertex Aerospace.
• Noble Corporation in its $1.7 billion spin-off of Paragon Offshore.
• Kimberly-Clark Corporation in its $1.8 billion spin-off of Halyard Health.
• A third party complainant in the European Commission’s investigation into the proposed $14 billion Deutsche Borse/London Stock Exchange merger.
• A third party complainant in the European Commission’s investigation into the $10 billion General Electric/Alstom merger.
• A potential purchaser 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.*
• Pfizer in merger control approvals for its acquisition of King Pharmaceuticals.*
• Yahoo! in EU and other merger control approvals for its partnership with Microsoft.*

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.*

Antitrust Consulting

• An international manufacturer on the use of pricing algorithms.
• An online marketplace on its compatibility with EU competition law.
• A B2B platform on its compatibility with EU competition law.
• 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.*

*Prior to joining Baker Botts