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Matt Friestedt is a member of the Firm s Executive Compensation Group. He is experienced in handling all matters involving the compensation of senior executives, including employment, change in control, severance, incentive compensation and equity compensation arrangements. His primary focus is on dealing with compensation matters arising in mergers, acquisitions and leveraged buyouts. Recent transactional assignments include representing: Philips in its $5 billion acquisition of Respironics Hilton Hotels in its $26 billion LBO by Blackstone TXU in its $45 billion LBO by KKR and TPG Special Committee of First Data in its $29 billion LBO by KKR Senior management of Guitar Center in their $2 billion LBO by Bain Senior management of HCA in their $33 billion LBO by Bain, KKR, Merrill Lynch and the Frist family Medco in its $2 billion acquisition of PolyMedica Ohio Casualty in its $3 billion sale to Liberty Mutual Tenaris in its $3 billion acquisition of Maverick Tube, its $2 billion acquisition of Hydril and its $1 billion sale of its pressure control business to GE McJunkin and its senior management in their $1 billion LBO by Goldman Sachs Acosta and its senior management in their LBO by AEA Investors Archipelago in its $10 billion merger with the New York Stock Exchange SBS in its $3 billion LBO by KKR and Permira Amegy Bank and its senior management in their $2 billion sale to Zions Bank Riggs Bank and its senior management in their $2 billion sale to PNC Bank SBC in its $22 billion acquisition of AT&T Intelsat in its $5 billion LBO by Apollo, Permira, Madison Dearborn and Apax Interbrew in its $11 billion merger with AmBev Regions Financial in its $6 billion merger with Union Planters Goldman Sachs, RR Donnelley and Amgen in multiple acquisitions and divestitures | 