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Kirkland’s new Boston hires lead as Novartis seals $12bn Avidity Biosciences acquisition

Kirkland’s new Boston hires lead as Novartis seals $12bn Avidity Biosciences acquisition

Kirkland & Ellis’s  recently hired Boston team has scored a key role advising Avidity Biosciences on its $12bn acquisition by Swiss pharma giant Novartis.

The team, which joined earlier this year from Skadden, is advising San Diego-based RNA therapeutics developerAvidity opposite Covington & Burling for Novartis.

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