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Mergers & Acquisitions

Jan. 16, 2009

Top Deals

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom scored big on a $2.8 billion deal in which the firm's client Santa Ana-based Advanced Medical Optics, Inc., was sold to Abbott Laboratories, the Illinois-based pharmaceutical giant.

Skadden Scores on $2.8 Billion Pharma Deal

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom scored big on a $2.8 billion deal in which the firm's client Santa Ana-based Advanced Medical Optics, Inc., was sold to Abbott Laboratories, the Illinois-based pharmaceutical giant.

The all cash deal, announced Jan. 12, is expected to close in the first quarter of this year. As part of the deal, Abbott will launch a tender offer and purchase all of Advanced Medical ...

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