Maria Raptis Email & Phone Number

Roslyn, Ny, Us

Greater New York City Area

Named partner, March 2015.My M&A representations include:• SanDisk in its acquisition by Western Digital;• Actavis in its acquisitions of Forest Laboratories and Warner Chilcott;• Gilead in its acquisition of Pharmasett;• Valeant in its acquisitions of Salix, Medicis, Dermik, Ortho Dermatologics and Biovail;• Rite Aid in its acquisition of Envision Pharmaceutical Services;• NDS Group in its acquisition by Cisco Systems;• Watson in its acquisitions of Actavis and Andrx; and• StorageTek in its acquisition by Sun Microsystems.My litigation experience includes:• defending Actavis in suits brought by the FTC and private plaintiffs relating to “reverse payment” settlements for Androgel; • representing Bausch & Lomb in connection with litigation challenging its pricing policies relating to disposable contact lenses;• representing Actavis in a multidistrict litigation relating to patent settlements for Lidoderm; and • defending De Beers in connection with national class actions involving gem diamonds.

Doctor Of Law (J.D.)

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science And Economics