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Damien R. Zoubek is a partner in Cravath’s Corporate Department. His practice primarily encompasses mergers and acquisitions, shareholder activism defense, corporate governance and general corporate matters. Mr. Zoubek has been repeatedly recognized as a leading lawyer in mergers and acquisitions by, among others, Chambers USA, Chambers Global, The Legal 500, IFLR1000, Lawdragon’s list of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America” and Who’s Who Legal: M&A and Governance. Mr. Zoubek’s work was featured by the Financial Times in its annual FT North America Innovative Lawyers 2016 report. In 2012, Mr. Zoubek was recognized by Law360 as one of five outstanding attorneys in the nation under the age of 40 for his corporate/M&A work. Mr. Zoubek has broad mergers and acquisitions experience spanning numerous industries. Notable transactions include representing: •AmerisourceBergen in numerous transactions, including its $2.575 billion acquisition of PharMEDium •Atlas Air Worldwide in its long-term commercial agreements to provide air cargo services to Amazon, and its grant of rights to Amazon to acquire Atlas Air equity •Burlington Northern Santa Fe in its $44 billion sale to Berkshire Hathaway •Covance in its $6.2 billion sale to LabCorp •Florida East Coast Railway in its sale to Grupo México by Fortress Investment Group •The Fresh Market in its $1.36 billion sale to affiliates of Apollo •Johnson & Johnson in numerous acquisition and divestiture transactions, including its $30 billion acquisition of Actelion •Lender Processing Services in its $4.3 billion sale to Fidelity National Financial •Pilgrim’s Pride in its $7.7 billion offer for Hillshire Brands and in connection with a competing offer to acquire Hillshire made by Tyson Foods •Starwood Hotels in its $13.3 billion sale to Marriott International Mr. Zoubek received a B.S. from Carnegie Mellon University in 1995 and a J.D. magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 1999, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif. He joined Cravath in 1999 and became a partner in 2007.