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Peter
D.
Lyons
Partner
Education
Georgetown University, Law Center, J.D., 1980
University of Virginia, B.A., 1977
Practice
Mr. Lyons, co-head of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group, represents clients in acquisitions and sales of public and private companies, asset acquisition and disposition transactions and joint ventures. He also regularly represents the mergers and acquisitions group of the firm’s investment banking clients, and provides general securities law advice. Mr. Lyons joined the firm in 1980, practiced in the firm’s Bay Area office from 1983 to 1985, and became a partner in 1989. Mr. Lyons headed the firm’s Bay Area offices during 2000 and 2001.
Recent Experience
- American Cyanamid Company in its acquisition of control of Immunex Corporation and in its sale to American Home Products
- BASF AG in the sale to Hoffman-La Roche of its Fritzsche Dodge & Cie flavors and fragrance business, its acquisition of the Latex Division of Polysar Limited, the swap of its container coatings business for the surfactants business of PPG Industries, its acquisitions of Micro-Flo Co., Chemdal from Amcol International and Cyanamid Corporation from American Home Products and its fibers business for Honeywell, Inc.’s plastics business
- Boston Scientific Corporation in its acquisitions of Scimed Life Systems, Inc., Cardiovascular Imaging Services, Inc., Meadox Medicals, Inc., Mintec, Inc., the Schneider division of Pfizer Inc., Target Therapeutics, Inc. and Interventional Technologies Inc.
- Celanese AG in its acquisition by Blackstone
- CIT Group Inc. in its acquisition of Education Lending Group, Inc.
- Deutsche Bank AG in its acquisition of Zurich Scudder Investments, Inc. and its sale of Deutsche Financial Services to GECC, its U.S. Consumer Finance business to E*Trade Bank, its global custody business to State Street Corporation and its passive asset management business to Northern Trust Company
- Expedia, Inc. in the acquisition of control of Expedia from Microsoft Corporation by USA Interactive and a special committee of Expedia directors in USA’s acquisition of Expedia’s public shares
- First Financial Management Corporation in its sale of Georgia Federal Bank to First Union Corporation, its acquisition of the Western Union money transfer business and its merger with First Data Corporation
- Merrill Lynch in its acquisition of Midland Walwyn, its acquisition of the assets of D.E. Shaw Financial Technology, L.P. and in the sale of its NYSE specialist subsidiary to Fleet Securities Inc.
- The majority shareholders of Perez-Companc S.A. in the sale of their shares to Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.
- Seagram in its acquisition of MCA, and MCA in its acquisition of 50% of Interscope Records
- Siemens AG and its subsidiaries in the sale of its worldwide pacemaker business to St. Jude Medical and Unisphere, Inc. to Juniper Networks, Inc. and the acquisitions of Efficient Networks, Pyramid Technologies and Sylvania’s North American lighting business from GTE
- Siex Investment Advisors Inc. in the sale to Sun Trust Banks, Inc.
- Southern Pacific Rail Corporation in its merger with Union Pacific Corporation
- United Financial of Japan in its sale of United California Bank to BNP Paribas
- YPF S.A. of Argentina in responding to an unsolicited takeover attempt by Spain’s Repsol, S.A.
Selected Professional & Business Activities
Member of the Board of Editors of The M&A Lawyer
Bar Admissions
New York
California
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