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    The lawyers in our General Practice Group provide strategic advice and innovative solutions across a spectrum of practice areas to many of the world’s most influential companies. In stable economies and volatile times alike, our cross-disciplinary teams drawn from 13 offices on four continents work closely with clients on complex matters that shape industries around the world.

    A distinguishing feature of our General Practice Group is that our lawyers are generalists, trained in many facets of corporate law and organized into seven subgroups. Lawyers from our General Practice Group work together as one team across our preeminent M&A, Financial Services, Capital Markets, Corporate Governance and Executive Compensation, Finance and Restructuring, Intellectual Property, and Real Estate practices, providing advice to clients on their most significant transactions. Our generalist approach produces the most well-rounded, seasoned transactional lawyers who can tailor advice for clients on all aspects of their unique situations.

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    Spotlight

    Sullivan & Cromwell Adds Leading Shareholder Activism Lawyers Lawrence Elbaum and Patrick Gadson

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    Frank Aquila Authors Practical Law Column on Activism Preparedness for H2 2025

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    S&C Shortlisted for Financial Times’ Innovative Lawyers Europe Award for Bosch’s $8B Acquisition of Residential and Light Commercial HVAC Business from Johnson Controls and Hitachi

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    S&C Shortlisted for Financial Times’s Innovative Lawyers Europe Award for Ambatovy Restructuring

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    Regina Readling Returns to Sullivan & Cromwell as Partner in the Firm’s Executive Compensation Group

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    Experience

    Experience

    • AT&T in its spin-off of WarnerMedia and its $108.7 billion acquisition of Time Warner.
    • California Resources Corporation in the formation of a joint venture with Brookfield Renewable to create a carbon management partnership dedicated to carbon capture and sequestration.
    • Canadian Pacific Railway in its $31 billion acquisition of Kansas City Southern, creating the first rail network connecting the U.S., Mexico and Canada.

    • Credit Suisse in its merger with UBS, marking the first time that two global systemically important banks have combined.
    • Elon Musk, xAI and X on the $113 billion merger of xAI and X.
    • FTX as debtors counsel in its Chapter 11 proceedings.
    • OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT and Dall-E, in its ongoing multi-billion dollar partnership with Microsoft including in the development of supercomputing systems to accelerate OpenAI’s groundbreaking independent AI research, and enabling the deployment of OpenAI’s models in Microsoft’s consumer and enterprise products.
    • Seagen in its $43 billion acquisition by Pfizer, including securing clearances from the Federal Trade Commission, the European Commission and other regulators. The deal is the largest-ever all-cash change of control in the biopharmaceutical industry.
    • SoftBank Group on the $5.23 billion initial public offering of its subsidiary Arm Holdings, the largest IPO of 2023.
    • Stellantis (formerly Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) in its $60 billion 50/50 merger with Peugeot, creating the fourth-largest automaker in the world.
    • Tiffany & Co. in its $16 billion acquisition by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the largest deal in the luxury retail sector.
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    Rankings and Recognitions

    Rankings and Recognitions

    • Andy Dietderich, Jim Bromley and Alexa Kranzley Named Top Dealmakers by The American Lawyer 

      March 20, 2025
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    • S&C Shortlisted for Financial Times’s Innovative Lawyers Europe Award for Ambatovy Restructuring

      July 8, 2025
    • S&C Shortlisted for Financial Times’ Innovative Lawyers Europe Award for Bosch’s $8B Acquisition of Residential and Light Commercial HVAC Business from Johnson Controls and Hitachi

      July 8, 2025
    • New York Law Journal Names Ral Turbeville a Finalist for ‘Real Estate Transaction of the Year’

      July 3, 2025
    • Keiji Hatano Recognized in Asia Business Law Journal’s A-List of Japan’s Top Lawyers for the Fourth Consecutive Year

      July 2, 2025
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    News

    News

    • S&C Advises BNY on $2 Billion Notes Offering

      July 8, 2025
    • S&C Assists Creditors in Reaching Important Milestones in Two Restructurings of Chinese Companies

      July 7, 2025
    • S&C Advises Guild Holdings in $1.3 Billion Sale to Bayview Asset Management

      July 1, 2025
    • S&C Advises Enbridge in $2.25 Billion SEC-Registered Notes Offering

      June 30, 2025
    • S&C Advises CarUX in $1.1 Billion Acquisition of Pioneer Corporation

      June 27, 2025
    • S&C Advises on Three Same-Day IPO Listings on Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Collectively Raising approximately HK$3 Billion ($379.6 million)

      June 26, 2025
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    Publications, Videos and Podcasts

    Publications, Videos and Podcasts

    • Frank Aquila Authors Practical Law Column on Activism Preparedness for H2 2025

      Articles |  July 8, 2025
    • Energy Transition Insights: One Big Beautiful Bill Act Impact on Clean Energy Tax Credits

      S&C Memos |  July 7, 2025
    • SEC Issues Guidance on Crypto Asset Exchange-Traded Products

      S&C Memos |  July 3, 2025
    • Craig Jones and André Garcia do Fôjo Author Law360 Article on EU and UK Russia Sanctions

      Articles |  July 2, 2025
    • S&C Partners Hurd, Sawyer and Crofton Author USA Chapter of Chambers Corporate Governance Guide 2025

      Books |  July 2, 2025
    • Bank Capital Requirements

      S&C Memos |  June 27, 2025
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    Practice Contacts

    Practice Contacts

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    • Capital Markets
    • Corporate Governance
    • Credit & Leveraged Finance
    • Environmental Transactions
    • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
    • Executive Compensation
    • Financial Services
    • Foreign Investments and Trade Regulations
    • Intellectual Property & Technology Transactions
    • M&A Financial Advisory and Valuation
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Project Development & Finance
    • Real Estate
    • Restructuring and Special Situations
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