Latham & Watkins Advises Cerner Corporation in Acquisition of Kantar Health

Cerner Corporation announced an agreement to acquire Kantar Health, a division of Kantar Group, for $375 million in cash, subject to adjustment.

Latham & Watkins LLP represented Cerner Corporation in the transaction with a corporate deal team led by Century City partner Jim Beaubien and Los Angeles counsel Brian Duff with Century City associate Brad Burton and Los Angeles associate Todd Noelle. Advice was also provided on tax matters by Bay Area partner Grace Lee with Boston associate Jeremiah Cowen; on compensation and benefits matters by Los Angeles partner Michelle Carpenter; on regulatory matters by Bay Area partner Josh Holian, Washington D.C. counsel Patrick English, and Hamburg counsel Jana Dammann; on data and technology transaction matters by Orange County counsel David Kuiper with Los Angeles associate Jia Jia Huang; on FDA regulatory matters by Washington D.C. partner Ben Haas with associate Barrett Tenbarge; on healthcare and privacy matters by Los Angeles partner Daniel Settelmayer and Bay Area counsel Heather Deixler with Bay Area associate Heather Lui and London associate Mihail Krepchev; on insurance matters by Los Angeles partner Drew Levin with San Diego associate Hannah Cary; on environmental matters by Los Angeles counsel Aron Potash; and on real estate matters by Los Angeles partner Kim Boras.