George L. Paul

Representative matters include:

Mergers

DraftKings/Golden Nugget Online Gaming
Represented Golden Nugget Online Gaming in its US$1.56 billion sale to DraftKings.

Knighthead-led consortium/Hertz
Guided Hertz through its precedent-setting, immense, cross-border bankruptcy, including spin-offs and its acquisition in an expedited timeline; shortlisted by FT North America Innovative Lawyers Awards 2021 in the Rescue, Restructuring and Recovery category.

Anthem/Cigna Merger Litigation
Represented health insurance provider Anthem in its litigation with fellow insurer Cigna over an unsuccessful merger. The lawyers work on a temporary restraining order to keep the merger in place within 24 hours of Cigna's filing for a termination of the deal and subsequent trial work in Delaware Chancery Court protected Anthem from immediately having to pay a $1.85 billion reverse termination fee. The work was shortlisted by FT North America Innovative Lawyers Awards 2021 in the Dispute Resolution category.

Sony Music Entertainment/Kobalt Music Group
Represented Kobalt Music Group Ltd., an independent music rights management and publishing company, on its US$430 million sale of certain subsidiaries to Sony Music Entertainment.

Exxon Mobil/Celanese
Represented Exxon Mobil Corp. in its US$1.15 billion sale of its Santoprene TPV elastomers business to industrial chemical company Celanese Corp.

Smiths Group/ICU Medical
Represented Smiths Group plc in its US$2.35 billion sale of its Smiths Medical division to ICU Medical.

Anthem
Representation of Anthem, Inc., one of the nation's largest health benefits companies, in:

• its acquisition of InnovaCare Health, L.P.'s Puerto Rico-based subsidiaries, including MMM Holdings, LLC (MMM) and its Medicare Advantage (MA) plan, MMM Healthcare, LLC, as well as affiliated companies and Medicaid plan. MMM is Puerto Rico's largest MA plan and one of the fastest-growing vertically integrated healthcare organizations in the United States;
• its acquisition of myNEXUS Inc., a post-acute benefits management company focused on delivering innovative home and community-based product offerings;
• its acquisition of Beacon Health Options, the largest independently held behavioral health organization in the United States, from Bain Capital Private Equity;
• its acquisition of Aspire Health, Inc., the nation's largest non-hospice, community-based palliative care provider;
• its acquisition of America's 1st Choice, a privately-held for-profit Medicare Advantage organization that offers HMO products in Florida and South Carolina;
• its acquisition of HealthSun, one of the fastest-growing integrated Medicare Advantage health plans and healthcare delivery networks, from Summit Partners;
• its terminated US$54.2 billion agreement to acquire Cigna Corporation, a combination that garnered front-page coverage for more than two years and involved extensive coordination of a White & Case team of cross-practice lawyers in M&A, antitrust, litigation and bank finance;
• its acquisition of Simply Healthcare Holdings, Inc., a leading managed care company for people enrolled in Medicaid and Medicare programs in the State of Florida; and
• its sale of 1-800 CONTACTS, INC., a leading contact lens retailer, to Thomas H. Lee Partners; its related sale of 1-800 CONTACTS' glasses.com business to Luxottica; and its prior acquisition of 1-800 CONTACTS from Fenway Partners.
• in its acquisition of HealthSun, an integrated Medicare Advantage health plan and healthcare delivery network.

United Arab/Hapag-Lloyd
Representation of United Arab Shipping Company Ltd. (UASC) on UASC's merger with Hapag-Lloyd AG for approximately US$12 billion creating the world's fifth biggest liner shipping company.

Haier/General Electric
Representation of Qingdao Haier, a Chinese consumer electronics manufacturer, which is 41 percent owned by the leading Chinese Haier Group Corp, on its US$5.4 billion acquisition of GE's appliance business. Named "Cross-border M&A Deal of the Year (Over $1B)" by M&A Advisor International Awards 2017.

CVS Health/Omnicare
Representation of Omnicare, the US's leading provider of pharmacy services to long term care facilities, in its sale to CVS Health, for US$12.7 billion.

Shenzen Hepalink/Scientific Protein
Successfully secured early termination in the US and France for Shenzhen Hepalink Pharmaceuticals' acquisition of Scientific Protein Laboratories for US$337.5 million. This transaction is one of the most significant Chinese investments in the US healthcare industry, and is the first major Chinese investment in the US in the Heparin industry following the 2008 Heparin-from-China contamination scare.

Governmental Investigations and Civil Litigation

• Supply Chain – representation of retailer in responding to FTC inquiries as part of a 6(b) study.
• Price gouging – representation of isopropyl alcohol distributor in cooperating with various state and federal investigations on pricing policies.
• Technology – representation of technology companies in civil conduct investigations in the United States, India, Mexico, and numerous other jurisdictions.
• Technology – Epic Games v. Apple -- Filed 9th Circuit brief addressing key competition issues in two-sided transaction market.
• Technology – NY v. Facebook – Filed DC Circuit brief addressing the broad consensus disfavoring a key theory underlying plaintiff's case—"unilateral refusal to deal" doctrine.
• Finance -- representation of a bank in connection with investigations and federal class actions into possible violations of federal and state antitrust and fraud laws as well as of the Commodities Exchange Act.
• Technology -- representation of a manufacturer in connection with antitrust investigations and federal class actions involving TFT-LCD (Flat Panel) products and Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) products.