Winston & Strawn represented Italy-based Luxottica Group S.p.A., a global leader in eyewear, in its completed merger with Oakley, Inc., a worldwide specialist in sport performance optics, for a total purchase price of approximately $2.1 billion. Oakley will now be a wholly owned subsidiary of Luxottica Group. The Winston team on this transaction was led by New York corporate partner Jonathan Goldstein, with assistance from New York corporate partner David Sakowitz and associates Michelle Degen and James HuYoung, and Washington, D.C. antitrust partners Michael Sibarium and Jay Levine. |
