Three Firms Advised on Merck-Cubist Deal: Business of Law

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Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP and Baker & McKenzie LLP advised Merck & Co. in its deal to buy Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc. for $8.4 billion in cash. Cubist was represented by Ropes & Gray LLP.

The Hughes Hubbard team was led by corporate partner James Modlin and included partners David Schwartz and Andrew Fowler, corporate; Andrew Braiterman and Alexander Anderson, tax; Sarah Downie, employee benefits and executive compensation; and Ethan Litwin, antitrust.