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Mergers & Acquisitions

Nov. 1, 2012

Latham & Watkins LLP guides Lucasfilm in $4 billion sale to Disney

Latham & Watkins LLP advised Lucasfilm Ltd. in its $4.05 billion sale to The Walt Disney Company, which called on Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom & Affiliates for counsel.


By David Ruiz


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Latham & Watkins LLP represented Lucasfilm Ltd., producer of the Star Wars franchise, in its $4.05 billion agreement to be sold to The Walt Disney Co.


California-based Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates lawyers counseled Disney in the deal announced Tuesday.


Leading the Latham team were Menlo Park-based corporate partners Christopher L. Kaufman, Jamie K. Leigh ...

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