Wake Up Call: Five Firms Lead Amgen’s $27.8 Billion Horizon Deal

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• Sullivan & Cromwell and Irish law firm William Fry LLP are advising biotech giant Amgen Inc. on its agreement to buy Dublin-based Horizon Therapeutics Plc for about $27.8 billion. Cooley LLP and Irish firm Matheson LLP are counseling Horizon on the deal, which is expected to close in 2023’s first half. Willkie Farr & Gallagher is advising Morgan Stanley, which is financial adviser to Horizon, the law firm said. (PR Newswire)
• Lateral hires of lawyers shrank by ...