Bethany Wise

Antitrust and Competition

• Google in relation to ongoing investigations by the European Commission and national competition authorities into its ad tech practices.

Mergers and Acquisitions

• RenaissanceRe in its acquisition of Validus Re from AIG for US$2.985 billion.
• Gamma Biosciences in its divestiture of Univercells Technologies.
• Magna in its acquisition of the Veoneer Active Safety business from SSW Partners for US$1.53 billion.
• Viterra in its acquisition of the grains and ingredients business of Gavilon from Marubeni Corporation for US$1.13 billion.
• Gallagher in its acquisition of the treaty reinsurance brokerage operations of Willis Towers Watson for US$3.25 billion.

Corporate Transactions

• International Paper in its US$1.5 billion sale of its Global Cellulose Fibers business to American International Partners.