Dechert LLP advised Datascope Corp., a medical device company, in its agreement to sell its patient monitoring business to Mindray Medical International Limited. Datascope will receive $202 million in cash at the closing, subject to a working capital adjustment, and will retain approximately $38 million of receivables generated by the patient monitoring business. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions, and is expected to close during the second calendar quarter of 2008.

Dechert partners Martin Nussbaum, Adam Fox, and Joshua Rawson led the Dechert team that included associates Angela Lee, Victor Semah, and Thomas Rayski, as well as attorneys from the firm’s employee benefits, tax, antitrust, and real estate practice groups. Lehman Brothers was Datascope’s financial advisor while O’Melveny & Myers LLP represented Mindray.

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