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Andrew W. Ment

Partner

New York +1 212 841 1012

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    Andrew Ment assists clients in the evaluation, structuring, negotiation and implementation of mergers and acquisitions and other strategic transactions.

    Andrew advises clients in the life sciences industry on public and private acquisitions, joint ventures and investment transactions. He also advises clients in a variety of other industries, including technology, and financial services. Andrew's broad experience includes the acquisition of public companies, divisions, and other assets structured as mergers, stock purchases, asset purchases, acqui-hires, joint ventures, strategic investments, and going-private transactions.

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    • Forest Laboratories, Inc. in its $1.2 billion acquisition of Clinical Data, Inc. and its $357 million acquisition of the U.S. patents and other US and Canadian intellectual property related to Bystolic®.
    • eScreen, Inc. in its sale to Alere, Inc. for $270 million upfront and up to $70 million in contingent payments.
    • Bristol-Myers Squibb Company in its acquisition of Amira Pharmaceuticals for $325 million upfront and up to $150 million in contingent payments.
    • Procter & Gamble in the $3.1 billion sale of its pharmaceuticals business to Warner-Chilcott.
    • Snow Phipps Group in its acquisition of Service Champ, Inc. and in its acquisition of Acentia (formerly ITSolutions) and multiple follow-on acquisitions by the Acentia portfolio company.

    • Northwestern University in the sale of a portion of its worldwide royalty interest in Lyrica for $700 million.
    • Oregon Steel Mills, Inc. in its $2.3 billion merger into Evraz Group S.A.
    • Abbott Laboratories in its $3.7 billion acquisition of Kos Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    • Kerr-McGee Corporation in its $18 billion merger into Anadarko Petroleum Corporation.

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  • Credentials
    Education
    • Columbia Law School, J.D., 1998
        • Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
    • Swarthmore College, B.A., 1993
    Bar Admissions
    • New York
    Accolades
    • Legal 500 US, Mergers, Acquisitions & Buyouts: M&A (2013-2014)
    Previous Experience
    • Economic Consulting Services Inc., Staff Economist (1993-1995)

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