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Paul, Weiss Recognized in "Big Deals" section of The American Lawyer
In the "Big Deals" section under "Deals in Brief," Paul, Weiss was recognized in connection with Blackstone Group LP's $3.1 billion purchase of Emdeon Inc., this year's fifth-largest buyout.
The Paul, Weiss team representing Emdeon included M&A partners Matthew W. Abbott and Robert B. Schumer, and counsel Da-Wai Hu; finance/capital markets partners John C. Kennedy and Dale M. Sarro; tax partner Richard J. Bronstein; intellectual property counsel Claudine Meredith-Goujon; litigation partners Allan J. Arffa, Andrew G. Gordon, Stephen P. Lamb and Walter G. Ricciardi; environmental counsel William J. O'Brien; and employee benefits partner Robert C. Fleder and counsel Maureen A. Riley; litigation partner Joseph J. Simons and corporate counsel Didier Malaquin handled the regulatory aspects of the transaction.