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Simpson Thacher is representing Northwest Airlines Corporation in its stock-for-stock merger with Delta Airlines, Inc., creating America's largest airline with a combined enterprise value of $17.7 billion. The combined airline will have more than $35 billion in aggregate annual revenues, operate a mainline fleet of nearly 800 aircraft and employ approximately 75,000 people worldwide. The merger is subject to the approval of Delta and Northwest shareholders and regulatory approvals. It is expected that the regulatory review period will be completed later this year.

The Simpson Thacher team includes M&A partners Casey Cogut, Wilson Neely, Andrew Smith and associates Daniel Tseng and Yueting Liang; Tax partner Steve Todrys and associate Amie N. Broder; Executive Compensation partner Brian Robbins, counsel Rachel Berry, and associates Wonda Joseph, Beth Understahl; Environmental senior counsel Adeeb Fadil;  Labor senior counsel Scott Dyer and associate Jacqueline Rosenblum; Real Estate associate Krista McManus; and Intellectual Property partner Lori E. Lesser and associate Jennifer Rackoff.  Invaluable assistance was also provided by paralegals Ned Levy, Kevin Johannsen and Eliza Pike.