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Deal Spotlights Firm’s Strength in Complex MLP Transactions After opening in Dallas in late March with six partners, the firm’s third Texas office has since expanded to 16 lawyers and, as of Monday, is operating from its permanent location at 2000 McKinney Avenue. McGuireWoods partner takes reins of Section of Antitrust Law amid rising global antitrust ferment. A cross-practice team of McGuireWoods partners from the firm’s Atlanta, Baltimore and Richmond offices advised the special committee of Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II Inc. in its recent $4 billion merger transaction with NorthStar Realty Corp. Partner William J. Cook, deputy chair of the firm’s data privacy practice, was featured prominently in the article “Lawyers are the new foot soldiers in the privacy wars.” The American Lawyer’s 2014 Global Legal Awards recognized last year’s purchase of Smithfield Foods by Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd. – the largest ever purchase of a U.S. company by a Chinese firm – among the most distinguished cross-border transactions of 2013. McGuireWoods played a substantial role in the deal.

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