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James C Morphy

James C Morphy

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Practice Areas

Mergers & Acquisitions; Corporate Governance

Career

Of Counsel. Partner from 1986-2014. Former member Firm Management Committee and Head, M&A Practice 1995-2007. Selected representations: Medco merger with Express Scripts; BHP Billiton acquisition of Petrohawk Energy; Barrick Gold acquisition of Equinox Minerals; AirTran merger with Southwest Airlines; BP on various corporate matters; PepsiAmericas’ Transaction Committee in acquisition by PepsiCo; InBev acquisition of Anheuser-Busch; Microsoft bid for Yahoo!; Hershey Foods on various transactions.

Professional Memberships

Tulane Corporate Institute; Harvard Law Program on Corporate Governance; ABA Corporate Laws Committee; Task Force on Proxy Access; Honorary Fellow to College of Corporate Governance.

Personal

Harvard Law (JD, 1979); Harvard (BA, 1976).

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James Morphy possesses deep M&A and corporate governance experience. He remains a trusted adviser to a stable of corporates, special committees and financial advisers.

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