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Covington & Burling LLP

Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded

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Covington & Burling LLP

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Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded - USA - Nationwide

Band 2

What the Team is Known For
Covington & Burling LLP offers recognized strength in handling private equity transactions and strategic takeovers, particularly in the pharmaceutical and life sciences sectors. The corporate team's other industry experience includes financial services, sports, energy and media. The firm's client base includes multinational corporations, senior management teams and boards of directors.
Notable practitioners

Catherine Dargan and J.D. Weinberg are key contacts.

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Work Highlights

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  • Covington & Burling advised MidFirst Bank on the acquisition of the Texas bank division of Amerant Bank.

Strengths

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  • The team is really laser-focused on the issues, the risk and our tolerance. They anticipate what we need and want and explains very complicated things in simple ways so business people can understand.

    Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded respondentUSA

  • Covington & Burling are technically brilliant, very responsive and can push us towards a solution.

    Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded respondentUSA

  • They have exceptionally talented counsel in every relevant area for M&A transactions.

    Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded respondentUSA

  • The team provides pragmatic and business-oriented advice.

    Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded respondentUSA

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