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Mergers & Acquisitions

Feb. 13, 2014

Latham guides $1.3 billion pharmaceutical sale

Firm represents San Diego-based Cadence Pharmaceuticals Inc. in its sale to Mallinckrodt plc.


By Andrew McIntyre


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Latham & Watkins LLP advised San Diego-based Cadence Pharmaceuticals Inc. in its $1.3 billion sale to a subsidiary of Irish pharmaceutical giant Mallinckrodt PLC, which had counsel from Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.


Per terms of the deal, announced Tuesday, Mallinckrodt will pay $14 per share in cash for Cadence, a 26 percent premium on Monday's close and 32 percent above the stock...

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