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Top Deals

Jan. 9, 2013

Editors' Note

Despite uncertainty in the market, California's corporate lawyers enabled some memorable deal activity in 2012.




Despite uncertainty in the market, California's corporate lawyers enabled some memorable deal activity in 2012.


In October, celebrity filmmaker George Lucas made off with billions when he sold Lucasfilm Ltd. - in which he was sole shareholder - to the Walt Disney Co. for more than $4 billion. With the help of lawyers, that deal cleared antitrust scrutiny last month.


Particularly strong in California were deals in the pharmaceutical and biotech...

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