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Biography

Scott A. Barshay is Global Head of Paul, Weiss’s Mergers & Acquisitions Practice and has been widely recognized as one of the country’s leading activist defense and M&A lawyers. Scott represented clients in many of the biggest and highest-profile M&A transactions in recent years, including ADP in its successful proxy contest against Pershing Square, Anheuser-Busch InBev in its $107 billion acquisition of SABMiller, BHP Billiton plc in the activist campaign by Elliott Management, Chevron in its proposed $50 billion acquisition of Anadarko Petroleum, General Electric in the $21.4 billion sale of its BioPharma business to Danaher Corporation, the Board of Directors of Harris Corporation in its proposed $37 billion merger of equals with L3 Technologies, Honeywell in its $90 billion proposal to acquire United Technologies and in the activist campaign by Third Point LLC, IBM in its proposed $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat, Ingersoll Rand in the proposed $15 billion merger of its Industrial Segment with Gardner Denver, The Kraft Heinz Company in its proposed $143 billion acquisition of Unilever, Mylan Pharmaceuticals in its successful takeover defense against Teva’s $40 billion hostile bid and in Mylan’s $35 billion hostile offer to acquire Perrigo, Qualcomm in connection with a $130 billion unsolicited offer from Broadcom, its proposed $47 billion acquisition of NXP and the activist campaign by JANA Partners, Starwood Hotels in its $13.6 billion sale to Marriott International which was contested by Anbang Insurance Group, United Airlines in its $7 billion merger of equals with Continental Airlines, and 3G Capital and H.J. Heinz in the $60 billion Kraft/Heinz merger.