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Clare
O'Brien
Partner
Education
Incorporated Law Society of Ireland
Trinity College, Dublin, B.A. Legal Science
Practice
Ms. O’Brien has been a partner since January 1995. She joined the firm in 1988 and in 1989 moved to the Mergers & Acquisitions Group, where she has worked on a large variety of public and private transactions, including public company restructurings, joint ventures and large public transactions. She also advises clients regularly on mergers and acquisitions and other corporate law questions. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. O’Brien worked with the law firm of Brady & Tarpey, P.C., where her practice included cross-border corporate transactions, litigation and domestic relations. Ms. O’Brien began her legal career at the Irish law firm of Eugene F. Collins & Son, and was admitted to the Irish Roll of Solicitors in 1985.
Recent Experience
- Mubadala Development Company, a public joint stock company wholly owned by the Government of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, in connection with its global business partnership with General Electric Company
- Bunge Limited in connection with various matters, including its recently terminated merger agreement with Corn Products International, Inc.
- The Special Committee of HCA Inc. in connection with the $33 billion acquisition of HCA by three private equity funds
- Boston Scientific Corporation in connection with the restructuring of its acquisition of Advanced Bionics Corporation, its acquisition of Guidant Corporation, the sale of Guidant’s vascular businesses to Abbott Laboratories and in various corporate and other transactional matters
- SunGard Data Systems, Inc. in its $11.3 billion acquisition by seven private equity funds led by Silver Lake Partners
- Credit Suisse First Boston Inc. in various matters, including the sale of its Pershing business to Bank of New York
- Groupe Danone in various matters, including its transactions with an affiliate of Kelso & Company, Suntory Water Group, The Coca-Cola Company, and Stonyfield Farm, Inc.
- Quest Diagnostics Incorporated in various corporate and transactional matters, including its acquisitions of AmeriPath Corporation, Unilab Corporation and the clinical laboratory business of SmithKline Beecham Corporation
- Corning Incorporated in various corporate and transactional matters
Selected Professional & Business Activities
- Board of Directors, American Association of the International Commission of Jurists
- Board of Directors of Lawyers Alliance for New York
Bar Admissions/Qualifications
New York
Ireland
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