Michael B. Singer

Michael Singer advises clients on a wide variety of antitrust matters related to mergers and acquisitions, including representing clients before the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission. Mr. Singer has worked with clients across a diverse range of industries, including aerospace and defense, consumer products, technology, health care, pharmaceuticals, financial services and private equity. His representations include:

• Stryker Corporation in its $5.4 billion acquisition of Wright Medical Group;
• DuPont in its $45.4 billion merger of its Nutrition & Biosciences business with International Flavors and Fragrances Inc.;
• Red Hat, Inc. in its $34 billion acquisition by IBM;
• WABCO Holdings in its $7 billion acquisition by ZF Friedrichshafen;
• Caesars Entertainment Corporation in its $17.3 billion merger with Eldorado Resorts, Inc.;
• CPI International, Inc. in its acquisition of the antenna systems business of General Dynamics;
• E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company in its $130 billion merger of equals with The Dow Chemical Company;
• Express Scripts Holding Company in its $67 billion acquisition by Cigna;
• Rockwell Collins, Inc. in its $30 billion acquisition by United Technologies Corporation;
• EMC Corporation in its $67 billion acquisition by Denali Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Dell, Inc.;
• Springleaf Holdings, Inc. in its $4.25 billion acquisition of OneMain Financial;
• Ash Grove Cement Company in its $3.5 billion acquisition by CRH plc;
• Hospira, Inc. in its $16 billion acquisition by Pfizer, Inc.;
• numerous sales and acquisitions for The Carlyle Group and its portfolio companies; and
• numerous sales and acquisitions for Veritas Capital and its portfolio companies.

Mr. Singer also provides general antitrust counseling and has advised clients on a variety of matters, including joint ventures, strategic alliances, unilateral conduct, and pricing and distribution issues.

Additionally, Mr. Singer routinely represents veterans on a pro bono basis in applications and appeals for compensation and benefits before the Department of Veterans Affairs, as well as not-for-profits in connection with incorporation and formation issues. He also serves as an adjunct professor at Fordham University School of Law, where he teaches a class on antitrust and cross-border mergers, and is a frequent contributor to the ABA Antitrust Law Section, Joint Conduct Committee’s “The Quick Look” newsletter.