Latham and Watkins is home to the “highly intelligent” Farrell Malone. He is described as “very smart and hard-working,” and wins praise for his experience handling “a large number of complex, global transactions.”
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Profile
Farrell Malone advises market-leading companies on the antitrust aspects of complex, high stakes mergers and acquisitions in the US and worldwide.
Farrell leverages nearly two decades’ experience across a broad spectrum of highly scrutinized industries to guide clients through:
Global merger review processes
Antitrust investigations and enforcement
Follow-on litigation
Drawing on his extensive economics background, Farrell helps clients navigate the transactional complexities inherent in US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reviews and investigations.
Farrell seamlessly integrates with his Latham M&A colleagues and in-house deal teams to mitigate antitrust risk from deal inception to deal close and address any post-closing issues. He has driven strategy for some of the highest profile global deals in recent years and helps clients maintain antitrust compliance across the full scope of their business.
Farrell's substantial international practice involves coordinating strategy for merger clearance in major jurisdictions worldwide, including Europe, Brazil, China, and India, among others. Farrell has three years’ experience practicing competition law in Brussels, Belgium.
A recognized leader at the firm, Farrell is a member of the Training and Career Enhancement Committee, which serves to train the next generation of Latham lawyers.
Experience
Farrell's experience includes advising:
Merger Control
American Airlines on alliances and international joint businesses
EssilorLuxottica on:
Its US$6 billion acquisition of GrandVision
Acquiring US-based lab network Walman
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) on multiple matters, including its:
US$35 billion acquisition of Xilinx, winning clearances in 11 jurisdictions, including China
US$1.9 billion acquisition of Pensando Systems
Novelis on its US$2.8 billion acquisition of Aleris
Agrium on its US$36 billion merger of equals with PotashCorp
Nissan on acquiring a US$2.2 billion controlling stake in Mitsubishi Motors, winning 14 unconditional clearances globally
FXI Holdings, a One Rock Capital portfolio company, on acquiring Innocor
CoStar on multiple matters, including its:
US$250 million acquisition of Homesnap, an online and mobile real estate software platform
Acquisition of Homes.com, a residential property listing and marketing portal
Ka’ena Corporation, including US subsidiary Mint Mobile, on its sale to T-Mobile US
Astorg Partners on selling Laboratoire HRA Pharma to Perrigo
Syneos Health on its US$7.1 billion sale to a consortium of private investment firms, including Elliott Investment Management, Patient Square Capital, and Veritas Capital
The London Stock Exchange on its US$1.1 billion sale of BETA+ to Clearlake Group and Motive Partners
Globally active private equity clients on multiple transactions including One Rock Capital, Blackstone, Blue Road, Oaktree Capital, One Equity Partners, ArcLight Capital, and E2P
Qualifications
Bar Qualification
District of Columbia
New York
Education
JD, Georgetown University Law Center magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, Dean's List
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