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Experience:
Scott Perlman concentrates on mergers and acquisitions and other transactional work, as well as on antitrust litigation and counseling. He has worked on a variety of mergers involving the petrochemical, pharmaceutical, healthcare, telecommunications, electronic components, food ingredient, and securities broker-dealer industries. He advises on joint ventures in agriculture, transportation, and entertainment and has counseled business-to-business exchanges in the chemicals, metals, retail, and health care industries. He also has extensive experience in antitrust class actions involving alleged price fixing, exclusive dealing and bundling claims, predatory pricing, and government investigations of pricing and marketing policies.
Scott frequently counsels clients on antitrust compliance issues, and he has assisted numerous clients with preparation of compliance materials as well as organizing compliance programs for their employees. He also has primary responsibility for the entire firm for counseling clients on Hart-Scott-Rodino compliance.
Notable Engagements:
Aetna's acquisitions of US Healthcare, NYLCare and Prudential.
Dow Chemical's sales of Marion Merrell Dow to Hoescht and DowBrands to S.C. Johnson.
The merger of Strong Memorial and Highland Hospitals in Rochester, New York.
The merger of St. Joseph's and Candler Hospitals in Savannah, Georgia.
The formation of a joint venture between Cargill and Monsanto for the development of transgenic seed.
The formation of a joint venture between Bertelsmann's Doubleday Direct Book Club and Time Warner's Book of the Month Club.
Crompton Corporation's acquisition of Great Lakes.
Fresenius AG's acquisition of Renal Care Group.
UnitedHealth Group Incorporation’s proposed acquisition of Sierra Health Services, Inc.
Education:
Harvard Law School, JD, magna cum laude, 1986, University of Pennsylvania, BA, summa cum laude, 1982; Phi Beta Kappa. | 