CFIUS

• Lithium producer Livent in its $10.6 billion merger of equals with Allkem
• Japan Industrial Partners in its $15 billion take-private of Toshiba
• Nidec in its hostile tender offer for precision machine tool manufacturer Takisawa
• Syngenta AG in multiple acquisitions
• Tencent Holdings Ltd. in multiple acquisitions
• UBS in its $3 billion acquisition of Credit Suisse
• Maso Capital-led Duddell Street Acquisition Corp. in its de-SPAC combination with political intelligence firm FiscalNote.
• Prior to joining Davis Polk:
  • Independent directors of Broadcom in Broadcom’s bid for Qualcomm
  • Google in the sale of Motorola Mobility’s mobile devices business to Lenovo Group
  • Parpública in the sale of a stake in EdP to China Three Gorges
  • Nortel in the divestiture of its CDMA and GSM businesses
  • Highstar in its acquisition of Ports America from Dubai Ports
  • Nokia in the formation of Nokia-Siemens Networks

Economic Sanctions

• Clearstream Banking in ongoing matters arising from its 2014 OFAC settlement, Iran-related litigation and compliance matters
• UBAF in its 2020 $8.6 million settlement relating to over $2 billion in transactions relating to Syria and ongoing matters
• Orascom Investment Holdings in U.S., UK, and UN sanctions issues arising from its historic investment in a North Korean mobile telephone network
• Alfa-Bank (Ukraine) in severing ties with its former Russian owners and obtaining sanctions relief
• A major international information services provider in connection with investigating and remediating potentially prohibited payments and services provided in connection with operations in Russia
• A major multinational financial institution in resolving U.S. sanctions issues arising from its operations and exit from Russia
• Various clients with respect to the impact of U.S. sanctions on their non-U.S. operations and exposure to restricted Chinese securities
• TP Global Operations in its acquisition of Truphone from interests associated with Roman Abramovich
• Kroll Advisory in connection with compliance and licensing issues arising out of legacy operations involving interests in Russian assets
• Prior to joining Davis Polk:
  • Stanley Black & Decker in connection with its 2019 OFAC settlement
  • Venezuelan Creditors’ Committee in connection with the imposition of sanctions against Venezuelan sovereign debt
  • American Airlines in connection with its resumption of operations in Cuba
  • BNP Paribas in connection with its 2014 guilty plea and settlement with OFAC and DOJ and related matters