Weil, Gotshal & Manges Advises Great Lakes Chemical Corporation in Merger with Crompton Corporation to Become Chemtura Corporati

Weil, Gotshal & Manges Advises Great Lakes Chemical Corporation in Merger with Crompton Corporation to Become Chemtura Corporation NEW YORK, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, one of the world's leading law firms, advised Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (GLK) in its merger with Crompton Corporation (CK). The combined company becomes Chemtura Corporation, the fourth-largest publicly traded U.S. specialty chemicals company and the world's largest plastics additives company. Chemtura has a market capitalization of approximately $3.3 billion and will begin trading under the New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol CEM on July 5. Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Corporate Partners: Thomas Roberts, Jay Tabor Associates: Elizabeth Kemery, Lindsay Germano, Cinthia Trajtenberg Tax Partner: Martin Pollack Associate: Jen Zheng Antitrust Partner: Steve Newborn Associate: Carrie Anderson Benefits Partner: Andrew Gaines Associate: Jill Chessler Environmental Partner: Annemargaret Connolly Associate Connie Ericson Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP is an international law firm of more than 1,200 attorneys, including approximately 300 partners. Weil Gotshal is headquartered in New York, with offices in Austin, Boston, Brussels, Budapest, Dallas, Frankfurt, Houston, London, Miami, Munich, Paris, Prague, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Warsaw, Wilmington and Washington, D.C. DATASOURCE: Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP CONTACT: Robin Wagge, of Rubenstein Associates, +1-212-843-8006, , for Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Web site: http://www.weil.com/