Arthur F. Golden

Partner

arthur.golden@davispolk.com

Mr. Golden is a Davis Polk partner and for nine years was a member of our Management Committee. He is also a member of the board of directors of Emerson Electric, where he sits on the Executive Committee and chaired the Corporate Governance Committee. He regularly represents large multinational companies with respect to acquisition-related transactions, advises clients on corporate governance matters, and is the senior partner in the firm’s practice in competition and antitrust matters, which include domestic and international mergers and acquisitions and antitrust counseling and litigation, both private and governmental (civil and criminal).

He has also represented clients in various contested acquisition matters, and numerous federal grand jury investigations, including the investigations of trading practices with respect to U.S. government securities, the commercial tissue, and explosives industries, violations of U.S. export controls, and the ‘Ill-Wind’ criminal investigation into fraud in the Pentagon procurement process.

He acted as one of the two lead negotiators for the U.S. tobacco industry in the effort to resolve, through legislation and settlements, the legal issues facing that industry.

Contact

New York
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
P: 212-450-4388
F: 212-701-5388

Related Practices

Bar Admissions

State of New York
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
U.S. District Court, E.D. New York
U.S. District Court, S.D. New York
U.S. District Court, N.D. Ohio

Education

B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1966
J.D., New York University School of Law, 1969
- Editor, Law Review

Work Highlights

Mr. Golden has represented Emerson Electric in most of its significant transactions during the past three decades, including:

Joint ventures with Caterpillar and with Robert Bosch
The acquisitions of Fisher Controls, Copeland, Daniel Industries, Vermont American, Leroy-Somer, McGill, Liebert and ASCO
The spinoff of its defense business

Recent Representations

Roche in its acquisition of Genentech and in its hostile bid for Ventana Medical Systems
Gillette in its merger with Procter & Gamble
The directors of various mutual fund companies in investigations of that industry
Freeport-McMoRan in the criminal investigation of the copper concentrate industry
Comcast in its merger with AT&T Broadband
RJR Nabisco sale to Philip Morris (Kraft)
Roche Holding in its previous acquisitions of Boerhinger Mannheim, Syntex and Genentech and hostile bid for Sterling Drug
Allegiance in its merger with Cardinal Health

Litigated Representations

Hoffmann-La Roche in criminal and civil antitrust litigation relating to vitamins and its recent disputes with Gilead over rights to the flu medication, Tamiflu, and with Procter & Gamble in a false advertising preliminary injunction case
AstraZeneca in various matters, including the Canadian import litigations and the brand name prescription drug antitrust litigation
Bertelsmann in the federal antitrust investigation relating to the online distribution of music
Antitrust merger litigation with respect to Whirlpool’s acquisition of KitchenAid
The securities litigation in the Delaware Chancery and Supreme Courts with respect to the Fort Howard LBO

Recognition

Mr. Golden is listed as a leading lawyer in several legal industry publications, including:
- Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business
- Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
- IFLR100: The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms
- The Legal 500 U.S.
- Practical Law Company’s Which lawyer?; Cross-border Corporate Governance Handbook; and Cross-border Competition Handbook
- Law Business Research’s Who’s Who Legal–International Who’s Who of Corporate Governance Lawyers; Who’s Who Legal–International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers; and Who’s Who Legal–International Who’s Who of Competition Lawyers & Economists
- Legal Media Group’s Expert Guide to the World’s Leading Competition & Antitrust Lawyers and Expert Guide to the World’s Leading Corporate Governance Lawyers
Mr. Golden is the senior member of Davis Polk’s Antitrust Group, which was named a “Competition Group of the Year” by Law360.

Of Note

Current Memberships

Member, Board of Directors, Emerson Electric
Trustee, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Past Memberships

Director of various other NYSE companies
Member, Executive Committee; Chairman, Compensation Committee, ESCO Electronics
Member, Executive Committee; Audit Committee, Burns International Services
Member, Audit Committee, Allegiance Corporation
Member, Board of Managers, State Communities Aid Association

Professional History

Partner, 1978-present
Associate, 1969-1977

News

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Client Publications

Chinese Antitrust Authorities Approve Western Digital/Hitachi GST Deal with Significant Conditions
Client Memorandum

China Antitrust Review 2011
Client Memorandum

Delaware Court of Chancery Awards $1.26 Billion in Entire Fairness Case
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