Global law firm Proskauer advised Becton, Dickinson and Company on employee benefits matters in connection with its $12.2 billion merger with CareFusion Corporation. The transaction is subject to regulatory and CareFusion shareholder approvals and customary closing conditions, and is expected to close in the first half of calendar year 2015.
Becton Dickinson manufactures and sells a broad range of medical devices, instrument systems and reagents used by healthcare institutions, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, the pharmaceutical industry, and the general public. CareFusion is a global medical technology company with a comprehensive portfolio of products in the areas of medication management, infection prevention, operating room effectiveness, respiratory care, and surveillance and analytics.
The Proskauer team was led by Paul M. Hamburger, co-Chair of the Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and ERISA Litigation Practice Center, and associate Justin S. Alex.
Source: www.proskauer.com
