Craig A. Roeder

Public Company Mergers and Acquisitions

• Acted as counsel to Physicians Realty Trust (NYSE: DOC), a real estate investment trust focused on medical office buildings, in connection with its merger of equals with Healthpeak Properties, Inc. (NYSE: PEAK) creating a combined company with an enterprise value of USD 21 billion.

• Advised Gebr. Knauf KG, a major German building products manufacturer, in connection with its acquisition of USG Corporation (NYSE: USG), the leading US manufacturer of gypsum wall board and related building products, in a transaction valued at USD 7.0 billion.

• Represented LVMH Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton SE, the French luxury products group, with respect to its USD 3.1 billion acquisition of Belmond Ltd. (NYSE: BEL), a global luxury hotel and travel company.

• Represented The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited, one of the largest Japanese life insurance companies, with respect to its USD 5.7 billion cash merger with Protective Life Corporation (NYSE: PLC), a US-headquartered life insurance holding company, in the largest cross-border acquisition by a Japanese life insurance company.

• Advised Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company, the oldest mutual life insurance company in Japan, in connection with its USD 5.3 billion acquisition of StanCorp Financial Group (NYSE: SFG), a financial services company headquartered in Portland, Oregon.

• Acted as counsel to Ecolab Inc., a global producer of cleaning, sanitizing, food safety and infection prevention products and services, in connection with its USD 8.1 billion stock and cash merger with Nalco Holding Company (NYSE: NLC), the world’s leading water treatment and process improvement company.

Private Company Mergers and Acquisitions

• Advised JCDecaux SA, the largest global outdoor advertising company, with respect to its acquisition of the Latin American outdoor advertising business of Outfront Media, Inc.

• Represented Nasdaq, Inc., the operator of the Nasdaq Stock Market and other international securities exchanges, in connection with its acquisition of Chi-X Canada ATS Ltd., a Canadian alternative securities trading platform.

• Acted as counsel to Knauf Insulation GmbH with respect to its acquisition of the fiberglass insulation manufacturing business of Guardian Industries Corp.

Investment and Joint Venture Transactions

• Represented Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., a global retail and pharmacy company, with respect to its joint venture combining its mail order and specialty pharmacy operations with those of Prime Therapeutics, Inc. in a transaction valued at USD 2 billion.

Securities Transactions

• Acted as counsel to Abbott Laboratories in connection with its USD 2.3 billion public resale offering of shares of Mylan N.V. underwritten by Morgan Stanley and Goldman, Sachs & Co.

• American Bar Association - Section on Business Law