Claire Webb

Associate

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Current

Current

Education Media Publishing Group Houghton Mifflin College / Cengage Representing EMPG, parent of leading textbook publisher Houghton Mifflin, in the $750 million sale of its college division, HM College, to Cengage Learning (formerly Thomson Learning). The U.S. Department of Justice offered a favorable settlement agreement whereby the parties could merge following limited divestitures by Cengage.

Current

DirecTV DOJ investigation Representing DirecTV in the Department of Justice's investigation relating to Liberty Media Corporation's purchase of News Corp.'s 40% stake in DirecTV.

Current

Education Media Publishing Group Houghton Mifflin / Harcourt Represented EMPG, parent of leading textbook publisher Houghton Mifflin, in a $4 billion acquisition of a direct competitor, the Harcourt Education, Harcourt Trade and Greenwood-Heinemann divisions of Reed Elsevier. Obtained early termination from the U.S. Department of Justice without divestitures only four months after notifying the government of the transaction.

Current

Thomas H. Lee Partners LP Private Equity Antitrust Litigation Lead counsel for Thomas H. Lee in connection with private nationwide antitrust class action litigation asserting broad ranging antitrust conspiracy claims against THL and other private equity companies.

Australian National University

LL.B.

2002

Australian National University

B.A.

2002

Publication

Publication