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Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., the world’s largest publicly traded copper producer, agreed to acquire Plains Exploration & Production Co. and McMoRan Exploration Co. for about $9 billion as the company returns to its roots in energy.
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz acted as legal adviser to Freeport’s special committee of board of directors. Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP served as legal counsel to McMoRan’s board. Latham & Watkins LLP was Plains’s legal adviser.