Putting an end to 15 months of uncertainty, first relating to merger talks with Warner Music, a unit of AOL Time Warner, and then to talks with BMG, a unit of Bertelsmann, briefly gave a lift to EMI's battered share price.
She will advise the law firm's clients on antitrust issues related to mergers.
Disney says it has had a board-approved strategy for two years to address situations related to mergers and acquisitions.
The prospectus appears to show the enormous profitability of Wall Street advisory work, in which corporations pay bankers for strategic advice related to mergers and turnaround situations.
Wall Street companies have announced layoffs of about 9,000 people since the last months of 2000, including cuts related to mergers, The Journal said, citing the Securities Industry Association.
But the company's operating earnings, which exclude charges relate to mergers and restructurings, were below expectations, at $1.18 billion, or 58 cents a share.
But Mr. Woodford said he had been dismissed after he raised questions about $1.4 billion in payouts related to mergers and acquisitions of obscure recipients.
But Mr. Woodford disclosed internal documents to show he was dismissed after he raised questions about irregular payouts related to mergers and acquisitions.
Davis Polk, which is based in New York, plans to use Mr. Leibowitz's expertise to advise its corporate clients on competition issues related to mergers and acquisition transactions, as well as to counsel companies in the burgeoning area of privacy law.
According to people with knowledge of the deal, Cnooc got the transaction "precleared" by the Committee for Foreign Investment in the United States, a panel that monitors national security issues related to mergers and acquisitions.
"Davis Polk, which is based in New York, plans to use Mr. Leibowitz's expertise to advise its corporate clients on competition issues related to mergers and acquisition transactions, as well as to counsel companies in the area of privacy law," Mr. Lattman says.
