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Tim FitzSimons is a partner in King & Spalding’s Corporate, Finance and Investments practice. He has advised companies on public and private M&A transactions totaling more than US$200 billion. He represents directors in conflict of interest transactions and corporate governance and shareholder activism/takeover defense matters. He also has represented private equity and venture capital investors and portfolio companies and financial advisors in M&A transactions.

Tim speaks and writes on M&A topics, including developments in public company M&A matters, activist hedge funds, and corporate governance.

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Advised United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) in the $800 million sale of its UPS Ground Freight, Inc. to TFI International Inc. (NYSE and TSX: TFII)

Advised the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Genentech in its $46.8 billion merger with Roche Holdings

Advised CBOT Holdings in its $12 billion merger with Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings (including the intervening unsolicited offer from InterContinental Exchange)

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Advised United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) in the $800 million sale of its UPS Ground Freight, Inc. to TFI International Inc. (NYSE and TSX: TFII)

Advised the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Genentech in its $46.8 billion merger with Roche Holdings

Advised CBOT Holdings in its $12 billion merger with Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings (including the intervening unsolicited offer from InterContinental Exchange)

Advised Energy Transfer in its $5.3 billion acquisition of Sunoco and in its $9.4 billion acquisition of Southern Union Company (including the competing offer from the Williams Group)

Advised Cardinal Health in its $3.2 billion acquisition of The Harvard Drug Group

Advised Conagra Brands in its $10.9 billion cash and stock acquisition of Pinnacle Foods

Advised PotashCorp in its $38 billion merger-of-equals with Agrium

Advised Orbitz in its $1.2 billion sale to Cendant Corporation and again in its $1.4 billion sale to Expedia

Advised ITW in its $3.2 billion sale of its packaging business (Signode) to The Carlyle Group and The Carlyle Group in its $4 billion sale of Signode to Crown Holdings

Advised the founding shareholders of Syntel, Inc. in its $3.6 billion sale to Atos S.E.

Advised Eli Lilly in its $6.5 billion tender offer for ImClone Systems

Advised the Koch Industries family of companies in more than $20 billion of transactions.

Matters

Advised United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) in the $800 million sale of its UPS Ground Freight, Inc. to TFI International Inc. (NYSE and TSX: TFII)

Advised the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Genentech in its $46.8 billion merger with Roche Holdings

Advised CBOT Holdings in its $12 billion merger with Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings (including the intervening unsolicited offer from InterContinental Exchange)

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Matters

Advised United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) in the $800 million sale of its UPS Ground Freight, Inc. to TFI International Inc. (NYSE and TSX: TFII)

Advised the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Genentech in its $46.8 billion merger with Roche Holdings

Advised CBOT Holdings in its $12 billion merger with Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings (including the intervening unsolicited offer from InterContinental Exchange)

Advised Energy Transfer in its $5.3 billion acquisition of Sunoco and in its $9.4 billion acquisition of Southern Union Company (including the competing offer from the Williams Group)

Advised Cardinal Health in its $3.2 billion acquisition of The Harvard Drug Group

Advised Conagra Brands in its $10.9 billion cash and stock acquisition of Pinnacle Foods

Advised PotashCorp in its $38 billion merger-of-equals with Agrium

Advised Orbitz in its $1.2 billion sale to Cendant Corporation and again in its $1.4 billion sale to Expedia

Advised ITW in its $3.2 billion sale of its packaging business (Signode) to The Carlyle Group and The Carlyle Group in its $4 billion sale of Signode to Crown Holdings

Advised the founding shareholders of Syntel, Inc. in its $3.6 billion sale to Atos S.E.

Advised Eli Lilly in its $6.5 billion tender offer for ImClone Systems

Advised the Koch Industries family of companies in more than $20 billion of transactions.

Credentials

J.D., Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

B.A., University of Notre Dame

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