Winston & Strawn Deal Wins M&A Advisor International M&A Award

A joint venture between Abbott Laboratories and Fonterra Co-operative Group, in which Winston & Strawn represented Abbott, was awarded the M&A Advisor “2014 International M&A Award—Cross Border Deals” for the Oceania Region at the M&A Advisor’s Seventh Annual International M&A Awards Gala on April 28, 2015. The gala honored the leading deal teams, firms, and professionals whose activities set the standard for cross border M&A transactions.

The joint venture intends to operate a dairy farm hub in China consisting of up to five farms and more than 16,000 milking cattle. This strategic alliance will leverage Fonterra’s expertise as the world’s largest global milk processor and dairy exporter with Abbott’s continued commitment to business development in China. Abbott’s business and legal teams and Winston’s multi-disciplinary team of attorneys in the U.S., China, and elsewhere helped Abbott negotiate this complicated, cross-border joint venture agreement, building a business from the ground up in a dynamic regulatory environment.