Ann Beth Stebbins

Ann Beth Stebbins is a corporate partner in Skadden’s New York office who concentrates primarily on mergers and acquisitions. Ms. Stebbins spent eight years in the firm’s London office and has been involved in a variety of cross-border transactions representing acquirors, targets and financial advisors.

Ms. Stebbins lectures and participates in seminars on topics related to her practice. In 2012, she was recognized as one of five “Outstanding Women Leaders” by Georgetown University Law Center. She also has been named as a “Woman Dealmaker of the Year”
by The M&A Advisor.

Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in its $7 billion pending acquisition by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company;

• J. C. Penney Company, Inc. in its acquisition of the Liz Claiborne and Monet trademarks from Liz Claiborne, Inc.;
• Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc. in its sale to The Carlyle Group and Hellman & Friedman;
• Empresas Polar S.A. in connection with the formation of a joint venture with PepsiCo, Inc. and Grupo Embotelladoras Unidas, S.A.B. de C.V. to manufacture and distribute beverages in Mexico;
• Apax Partners in its acquisition of Advantage Sales & Marketing from J.W. Childs Equity Partners and ML Global Private Equity Fund; its acquisition of Tivit, a leading technology service provider in Brazil; and the formation of Advantage-Waypoint, LLC, a consortium of foodservice brokers;
• UBS AG in its acquisition of a 39 percent interest in Jumbo Retail Argentina S.A. from Cencosud S.A.;
• Deutsche Bank as financial advisor to Vale S.A. in connection with Vale’s acquisition of Bunge Ltd.’s fertilizer assets in Brazil;
• WildBlue Communications, Inc. in its acquisition by Viasat Inc.;
• Valeant Pharmaceuticals International in the sale of its European subsidiaries to Meda A.B. and in its collaboration agreement with GlaxoSmithKline for the development of Retigabine;
• Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. in its acquisition of Indevus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Penwest Pharmaceuticals Co.;
• Citibank Banking Corporation in its sale of Citi Technology Services, Ltd. to Wipro Limited;
• the special committee of the board of directors of Golden Telecom, Inc. in the sale of Golden Telecom to Vimpel-Communications;
• the special committee of the board of directors of SkyTerra Communications, Inc. in connection with SkyTerra’s proposed acquisition of Inmarsat plc and its $500 million financing from affiliates of Harbinger Capital Partners;
• Basell AF in its $19 billion acquisition of Lyondell Chemical Company;
• Daimler Chrysler AG in its sale of a majority interest in Chrysler Corporation to a subsidiary of Cerberus Capital Management L.P.;
• Agere Systems, Inc. in its $4 billion merger with LSI Logic Corporation;
• Alcatel in its $12 billion merger with Lucent Technologies Inc.;
• FiberMark, Inc., a portfolio company of Silver Point Capital, in the sale of its German and North American subsidiaries;
• Gold Fields Limited in its defense against a hostile $7 billion bid from Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited;
• Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Rothschild as financial advisors to Aventis SA in the $68 billion acquisition of Aventis by Sanofi-Synthélabo;
• Westfield Group in its $5 billion acquisition, together with Simon Property Group and the Rouse Company, of the assets of Rodamco North America, N.V.;
• Gucci Group N.V. in its successful defense against a hostile takeover attempt by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton S.A.;
• Gucci Group N.V. and the independent directors of Gucci in connection with Pinault-Printemps-Redoute’s acquisition of the publicly held shares of Gucci;
• Gucci Group N.V. in numerous acquisitions of European luxury goods companies, including Sanofi Beauté (which includes the Yves Saint Laurent clothing and perfume businesses), Balenciaga S.A., Stella McCartney Ltd., Alexander McQueen Ltd. and Bedat S.A.; and
• Autoliv, Inc. in its acquisition of the restraint electronics business from Visteon Corporation.

Education
 J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1994
 M.B.A., New York University, 1991
 B.A., Georgetown University, 1986
 

Bar Admissions
 New York