Morgan Lewis served as co-counsel to BHP Billiton on a definitive agreement for BHP Billiton to acquire Petrohawk for $38.75 per share, representing a total equity value of approximately $12.1 billion and a total enterprise value of approximately $15.1 billion.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is pleased to announce that Daniel L. Hogans, formerly an attorney-advisor in the Office of Benefits Tax Counsel at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, has joined the firm as a member of the Employee Benefits and Executive