Dewey & LeBoeuf’s corporate group recently secured two high-profile M&A mandates. Dewey M&A head Mort Pierce advised Disney on its US$4bn acquisition of Marvel Entertainment; and Richard Climan and Keith Flaum led a team advising eBay on the US$1.9bn sale of Skype.
The firm won a role in both deals as the result of longstanding relationships, highlighting why Dewey has been among the more successful US firms during the downturn in deal flow.
Mergermarket’s global M&A survey for the first half of 2009 recently revealed that the US firm moved up to 12th place from 25th in the global deals value table.