ProfessionalsLaura C. Turano

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Laura C. Turano is a partner in the Corporate Department and a member of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group. Laura’s practice focuses on advising clients in connection with public and private company mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, carve-outs and other significant transactions. She also advises clients on activist defense and corporate governance matters. Laura is a member of the Advisory Counsel of the NYU Law Institute for Corporate Governance & Finance.
EXPERIENCE
Laura’s notable representations have included:
- ABB in its acquisition of General Electric’s Industrial Solutions business
- AstraZeneca in its acquisition of ZS Pharma
- Baker Hughes in its proposed merger with Halliburton; the formation of its hydraulic-fracturing joint venture with CSL Capital and West Street Energy Partners; its merger with GE Oil & Gas; and GE’s subsequent sell-down of its majority stake in Baker Hughes
- CNOOC in its acquisition of Nexen
- CSX in its settlement agreement with Mantle Ridge
- ExxonMobil in its acquisition of InterOil
- Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division in its acquisition of Boyd Corporation
- IBM in its pending spin-off of its managed infrastructure services business into a separate publicly traded company
- Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance in the acquisitions of Jackson Square Aviation, Engine Lease Finance Corp. and Beacon Intermodal Leasing
- PharMerica in its sale to KKR
- PRA Health Sciences in its pending sale to ICON
- SS&C in its acquisition of Citigroup’s Alternative Investor Services business
- Teladoc Health in its merger with Livongo Health
- VF Corp. in the sale of the Nautica brand to Authentic Brands Group
- Williams Partners in the sale of its Four Corners Area business to Harvest Midstream and its 50% interest in Jackalope Gas Gathering Services to Crestwood Equity Partners