Fenwick & West Represents Becton in Acquisition of Cytopeia

Fenwick & West LLP represented Becton, Dickinson and Company (NYSE: BDX) in its recently announced acquisition of Seattle, WA-based Cytopeia Inc., a developer of flow cytometry and cell sorting instruments. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The acquisition was initially announced on May 13, 2008 and closed the same day.

More information about the transaction can be obtained from the BD Web site.

The Fenwick & West transaction team included corporate attorneys Stephen Graham, Michael Piraino, Elizabeth Barclay-Bekiroglu, Andrew Albertson and Kee Bong Kim; executive compensation and employee benefits attorneys Scott Spector, Gerald Audant and John Ludlum; technology transactions attorney Roger Tolbert; and corporate paralegal Ellen Welichko.


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