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Mergers & Acquisitions

Nov. 12, 2013

Dealmakers

A roundup of weekly mergers & acquisitions and financing activity and the lawyers involved.


Mergers & Acquisitions

Latham counsels on $2.6 billion biotech sale


Latham & Watkins LLP represented San Diego-based drugmaker Santarus Inc. in its $2.6 billion sale to Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd., a deal announced Nov. 7.


Salix, headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., was advised by Covington & Burling LLP.


Salix will pay Santarus shareholders $32 per share in cash, a 36 percent premium over the company's clo...

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