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Feb. 6, 2008

January Top Deals

Despite the credit crunch, January featured some massive deals, including the mending of the Oracle-BEA deal and possibly the largest gaming transaction in history as Harrah's Inc. went private for $28 billion. The month also closed with talk of Micrsoft's $44.6 billion proposed offer to Yahoo. Here is the list compiled by staff writer Devan McClaine.


KL Gates Helps Bank of America Buy Countrywide for $4 Billion

      Partner John Jaffe and associate Erin Murphy of KL Gates' San Francisco office served as special counsel to Bank of America in its $4 billion all-stock purchase of Countrywide Financial Corp. The pair assisted lead attorneys from the firm's District of Columbia and Boston offices. Cleary Gottlieb served as lead for Bank of America from the firm's New York of...

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