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- Announcements
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- June 01, 2010
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MSCI Completes Acquisition of Kramer Levin Client RiskMetrics
On June 1 MSCI Inc. announced that it has completed its acquisition of Kramer Levin client RiskMetrics Group, Inc. Under the terms of the transaction, each outstanding share of RiskMetrics common stock not held by MSCI, RiskMetrics or any of their subsidiaries has been converted into the right to receive a combination of 0.1802 of a share of MSCI's Class A common stock and $16.35 in cash, without interest. The transaction was valued at more than $1.6 billion.
RiskMetrics is a leading provider of risk management and corporate governance products and services to the global financial community. MSCI is a leading global provider of investment decision support tools.
The Kramer Levin team that advised RiskMetrics was led by Corporate partners Howard T. Spilko, Richard H. Gilden and Eric M. Lerner, and associates Fabien Carruzzo, Joshua R. Little, Adam H. Price and Carly Vella; Banking and Finance partner Kenneth Chin; Tax partner Barry Herzog and associate Blake Rigel; Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation partner Christine Lutgens and special counsel Avram J. Cahn; and Intellectual Property partner Kevin M. Moss.
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Howard T. Spilko
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- Partner
- Co-Managing Partner
- New York
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Fabien Carruzzo
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- Partner
- New York
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Kenneth Chin
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- Partner
- Chair, Banking and Finance
- New York
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Barry Herzog
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- Partner
- Chair, Tax
- New York
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Avram J. Cahn
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- Special Counsel
- New York
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Kevin M. Moss
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- Counsel
- New York
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