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Mergers & Acquisitions

Sep. 7, 2013

Skadden, Wilson guide pharma buy

California attorneys advise Tokyo-based drugmaker Otsuka in $886 million purchase


By Dominic Fracassa


Daily Journal Staff Writer


California counsel at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates rounded out a busy week of dealmaking with two more big-figure announcements Thursday.


The firm advised Tokyo-based drugmaker Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. in its $886 million cash purchase of Astex Pharmaceuticals Inc. It also counseled Thomas Property Group Inc., a Los Angeles-based real estate management compan...

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