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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Corporate/M&A: The Elite

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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

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Corporate/M&A: The Elite - California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrou

Band 4

What the Team is Known For

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP demonstrates deep expertise in advising clients across a great many sectors on sophisticated corporate transactions. Clients benefit from the firm's extensive international footprint.

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Work Highlights

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  • Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton represented Asahi Kasei in its $1.1 billion acquisition of Calliditas Therapeutics.

Strengths

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  • The team is able to provide practical advice that is understood and welcomed by the business.

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  • Cleary's responsiveness and work product distinguish it. Cleary has extremely bright people who are able to both guide and perform at the highest level.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Benet O'Reilly
    Benet O'Reilly

    Benet O'Reilly

    Benet O'Reilly is recognized for his high-quality work in public and private M&A in the technology, healthcare and pharmaceuticals spaces. Additional capabilities can be seen in his experience in restructurings and private equity investments.

    • Benet has good, sensible judgment.

      Corporate/M&A: The Elite respondentUSA

    • Benet is an excellent M&A attorney and adviser. He is incredibly pragmatic and able to distill complex issues into comprehensible bites for our business leaders.

      Corporate/M&A: The Elite respondentUSA

    • He has an ability to describe complex issues in a way which is easy to understand.

      Corporate/M&A: The Elite respondentUSA

    • He is very caring and responsive against the backdrop of sophisticated, excellent advice.

      Corporate/M&A: The Elite respondentUSA

    • Benet is strategic and able to handle enormous volume.

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  • Christopher R Moore
    Christopher R Moore

    Christopher R Moore

    Christopher Moore is a prominent corporate attorney with strength in public and private M&A deals.

    • Chris is a trusted adviser who goes above and beyond to think through my issues as if they were his.

      Corporate/M&A: The Elite respondentUSA

    • He manages to be incredibly responsive. He is so deep in the details and the technical elements and knows the answer to any question off the top of his head.

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California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrou

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