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Mar. 12, 2015

Douglas D. Smith

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP San Francisco


Last year, Smith successfully negotiated a complex carve-out transaction between three competing companies with numerous antitrust implications in a more than two-year-long sale.


The deal involved Matson Inc. and Horizon Lines Inc., Hawaii's two primary cargo shipping businesses. When Horizon Lines went on the market, Matson sought to acquire its competitor's Alaska business but, for antitrust reasons, was prevented from snagging the whole company. Horizo...

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