Katherine Ambrogi

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: Current; Reuters Group plc Secured antitrust clearance for Reuters in its $17.2 billion combination with The Thomson Corporation Weil Gotshal attorneys secured antitrust clearances for Reuters Group PLC in its $17.2 billion combination with The Thomson Corporation. Regulatory clearance was successfully obtained from the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice after the parties agreed to sell copies of certain databases. Thomson Reuters is the world’s leading provider of news and data for professional markets.

: Current; Staples, Inc. Staples' bid to acquire Corporate Express Representing Staples, Inc. and Staples Acquisition B.V., in the US and EU, in connection with its unsolicited multi-billion dollar cash bid to acquire Corporate Express N.V. Weil Gotshal is also coordinating the worldwide antitrust clearance process. Antitrust clearance for the transaction was obtained in the United States in the first half of 2008 and it is anticipated that clearance in the European Union will be granted in the near future.

: Current; Alfa SAB de CV Alfa SAB de CV's $496.8 million acquisition from Teksid Aluminum Ltd. Represented Alfa SAB de CV, a large Mexican industrial conglomerate with over $6 billion in revenues world wide, in its $496.8 million acquisition of certain North American and international assets from Teksid Aluminum Ltd., an automotive engine parts supplier. The firm successfully obtained antitrust clearance from U.S. regulators at the FTC and the DOJ. Approval was achieved without any divestitures or a Second Request, despite substantial product overlaps.

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