Deal of the Year
Troutman Sanders and WH Group Ltd.’s (formerly Shuanghui International Holdings) $4.7 billion acquisition of Smithfield Foods Inc. won the “China Outbound Deal of the Year” award at China Law & Practice’s 2014 awards ceremony, which was held in Beijing on October 2. China Law & Practice analyzed a record number of deals this year, choosing those that best symbolize legal innovation over the past 12 months as “deals of the year.” Shuanghui’s acquisition of Smithfield Foods was billed as the largest-ever Chinese takeover of an American company.
Richmond partners Mason Bayler, Dave Meyers and Coby Beck served as the Virginia legal counsel on the acquisition for Shuanghui.