Akin Gump Advises Aquadrill in Merger with Seadrill
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(Houston) – Akin Gump advised Aquadrill in its $958 million all-stock merger with Seadrill, a leading offshore drilling contractor.
The transaction values Aquadrill at an implied equity value of approximately US $958 million.
The combination creates an industry-leading offshore drilling company, with a modern and high specification fleet and a streamlined cost structure.
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The deal team was led by corporate partners David Elder, Patrick Hurley and David Sweeney of Akin Gump and Gregory L. Phillips of Phillips Kaiser PLLC as part of a team that included corporate counsel Leana Garipova and associates Michael Daus, Marissa Etter and Madeline Sullivan; tax partners Alison Chen and Olivier de Moor, counsel Mohammed Natha and associates Brendan Chisholm and Aaron Vera; employee benefits partner Rolf Zaiss; antitrust partner Haidee Schwartz and Craig Kaiser, Carol Dubose, Susan Garcia and Ashlee Boswell from Phillips Kaiser PLLC.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 900 lawyers in offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
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