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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.
J.D., Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
B.A., University of Notre Dame
Illinois
New York
August 22, 2024
King & Spalding Is Representing USARE in Becoming a Publicly Traded Company via Business Combination with IPXX
March 20, 2024
HCM Acquisition Corp Closes de-SPAC with Murano Global Investments
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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October 18, 2023
Reconsider That Term Sheet: DOJ "Safe Harbor Policy" Announcement Incentivizes Merger-Related Disclosures
August 22, 2024
King & Spalding Is Representing USARE in Becoming a Publicly Traded Company via Business Combination with IPXX
March 20, 2024
HCM Acquisition Corp Closes de-SPAC with Murano Global Investments
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)
See more
October 18, 2023
Reconsider That Term Sheet: DOJ "Safe Harbor Policy" Announcement Incentivizes Merger-Related Disclosures
August 22, 2024
King & Spalding Is Representing USARE in Becoming a Publicly Traded Company via Business Combination with IPXX
March 20, 2024
HCM Acquisition Corp Closes de-SPAC with Murano Global Investments
J.D., Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
B.A., University of Notre Dame
Illinois
New York