Melissa Sawyer — Partner at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Melissa Sawyer has been a Partner at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP since January 1, 2009. Ms. Sawyer's practice has focused on a variety of corporate, M&A and private equity matters in the U.S. and abroad. Her recent publicly announced representations include: Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. in its going private acquisition of UnionBanCal Corporation; Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. in its agreement to acquire Philadelphia Consolidated Holding Corp.; UnitedHealth Group in its acquisitions of Sierra Health Services and the insurance subsidiaries of John Deere & Co.; Vornado Realty Trust in its bid to acquire Equity Office Properties; IntercontinentalExchange in its offer to acquire the Chicago Board of Trade and its acquisition of the New York Board of Trade; Dr. Thomas Frist in HCA's LBO by private equity investors; Wachovia in its acquisition of Golden West; Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board in its acquisition of four North American container terminals of Orient Overseas; Lightyear Capital as part of the private equity consortium acquiring Sirius America Insurance Company; Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Area in its acquisition with a private equity consortium of GMAC Commercial Holding Corp., the commercial mortgage subsidiary of General Motors Acceptance Corporation; and Diageo plc in numerous transactions, including its acquisitions of the Chalone Wine Group Ltd. and portions of the Seagram spirits and wines businesses. Ms. Sawyer joined Sullivan & Cromwell in 2000 with degrees from Washington and Lee University (B.A. 1997) and University of Virginia Law School (J.D. 2000).