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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 represents clients in acquisitions and sales of public and private companies, asset acquisition and disposition transactions and joint ventures. Mr. Lyons joined the firm in 1980 and became a partner in 1989. Mr. Lyons is a member of the firm’s Senior Management Team.
Recent Experience
- American Cyanamid Company in its acquisition of control of Immunex Corporation and in its sale to American Home Products
- BASF AG, in its acquisitions of Engelhard, Micro Flo Co., Chemdal, Cyanamid Corporation and the Latex Division of Polysar Limited, the swap of its container coatings business for the surfactants business of PPG Industries, the swap of its fibers business for Honeywell, Inc.’s plastics business, and the sale of its Fritzsche Dodge & Cie flavors and fragrance business
- BiogenIdec in its 2008 proxy contest with Carl Icahn
- Boston Scientific Corporation in its acquisitions of Guidant Corporation, Scimed Life Systems, Inc., Cardiovascular Imaging Services, Inc., Meadox Medicals, Inc., Mintec, Inc., the Schneider division of Pfizer Inc., Target Therapeutics, Inc., Interventional Technologies Inc. and Quanam Medical Corporation, the sale of Guidant’s vascular intervention business to Abbott Laboratories and its equity investment in Biophan Technologies, Inc.
- Data Domain, Inc. in its acquisition by EMC Corporation
- Expedia, Inc. in the acquisition of control of Expedia from Microsoft Corporation by USA Interactive, its acquisition of Classic Custom Vacations from Classic Vacation Group Inc. 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
- Gambro AB in its acquisitions of Cobe Laboratories, Inc. and Vivra Incorporated, its investments in, and subsequent acquisition of, Ren-Corporation USA, its investment in Hemasure, Inc., its divestiture of Gambro Healthcare, Inc. to DaVita Inc., its distribution agreement with Baxter Healthcare Corporation and its independent directors in the acquisition of Gambro by Indap AB
- IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. in its acquisition of The Clearing Corporation, the formation of ICE US Trust and the establishment of the leading clearing house for credit default swaps
- JetBlue Airways Corporation in the sales of 19% of its common stock to Deutsche Lufthansa AG
- Nokia Corporation in the formation of Nokia Siemens Networks and the acquisition of Navteq Corporation
- The independent directors of Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. in its acquisition by Universal Health Services, Inc.
- Shiseido Company, Limited in its acquisition of Bare Escentuals, Inc.
- 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 UGS Corporation, Efficient Networks, Pyramid Technologies, Sylvania’s North American lighting business from GTE and the water systems and services division of United States Filter Corporation, a subsidiary of Veolia Environment S.A.
- Southern Pacific Rail Corporation in its merger with Union Pacific Corporation
Selected Professional & Business Activities
- Member of the Board of Editors of The M&A Lawyer
- Member of Faculty of Tulane Corporate Law Institute, 2000-2010
- Participated at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Roundtable on Implementation of Internal Control Reporting Provisions, 2004 and 2005
Bar Admissions/Qualifications
New York
California
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