Debevoise and Plimpton

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As co-chair of Debevoise's private equity group and a M&A group member, Blassberg has helped to build one of the preeminent law firm private equity practices in the world.
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She cleans up the biggest fiascoes, from UBS' $19B buyback of failed auction rate securities to Siemens' internal investigation of a corporate bribery scandal. —2008 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America...
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Blassberg blasted away obstacles for client Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, which bought ServiceMaster for $5.5 billion and a chunk of Hertz with other private investors.
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His forte is complex acquisition and leveraged financings, such as the $15 billion deal to acquire Hertz.
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Alden helped the Hartford Group finance its new headquarters, to say nothing of a $2.6 billion military housing project in Hawaii. Aloha!
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Clients from the AP and Greater Media to SV Investment Partners trust him with their most sensitive matters.
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Gillespie aided the Jim Henson Co. in selling The Muppets to Walt Disney, and guided the merger of pay-TV platforms DirecTV Brasil and Sky Brasil.
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She helped North Castle Partners get top dollar and The Carlyle Group and partners to acquire Hertz.
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She saved Tommy Hilfiger's board already; now she wants to keep HCA clean from the Bill Frist fallout.
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This cable kingpin handles Cablevision Systems founder Charles Dolan, Oxygen Media and Hasbro.
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Corporate America seeks Franci Blassberg for help in major deals. Blassberg helps run the private-equity group at Debevoise & Plimpton, which is considered the country's best in fund formation and leveraged...
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U.S.-attorney-turned-rainmaker Mary Jo White guides companies through complex investigations. She is a member of the prestigious International Academy of Trial Lawyers.
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The M&A hotshot structureda private equity group's $15 billion acquisition of Hertz.
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Attorney Steven Alden handles real estate sales and acquisitions as well as sophisticated real estate financing. Clients include The Hartford Insurance Group, Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of...
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He helped Jim Henson Co. sell the Muppets and did a $1.3 billion restructuring for Brazil's Globopar.
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Rosen rounded up a complicated array of investors to pay $6.6 billion for 5.7 million acres of International Paper Co.-held forest, spread across 17 states.
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As an international arbitrator, David Rivkin has appeared in front of all the major panels throughout the world. In 1999, he chaired a panel for the International Bar Association to amend the rules on taking...
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Bird became "the word" for The Carlyle Group, after he helped them buy Atlas Roofing Corp. and grab a share of acquiring HD Supply from Home Depot.
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As an international arbitration specialist, Donald Donovan tries cases in international courts and sits as an arbitrator in global disputes. He represented the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights - now called...
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Davenport won the gold star from Teachers' Private Capital, after helping the fund buy Doane Pet Care, then resell it to Mars Inc.
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