Davis Polk & Wardwell and Slaughter and May are representing Dublin-based Shire as it recovers from its botched deal with AbbVie last year and acquires New Jersey-based NPS Pharmaceuticals, which turned to Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom for legal counsel.
January 12, 2015 at 05:57 PM
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Recovering from a botched deal with AbbVie last year, Irish drugmaker Shire has agreed to purchase New Jersey-based NPS Pharmaceuticals for $5.2 billion.
Davis Polk & Wardwell, along with Slaughter and May, is representing Shire in the transaction, while Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is serving as legal counsel to NPS.
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