Mergers & Acquisitions 2022 Annual Review

40 MORRISON FOERSTER SOUTHWEST GAS Morrison Foerster has advised longtime client Southwest Gas in many o transactions in the company’s history. In 2022, we were entrusted to adv in its defense against a hostile tender offer to acquire control of the com a separate proxy contest (with a control slate of directors) brought by Ca affiliates, including the related contentious legal proceedings, subseque and entry into a settlement agreement with Icahn that successfully resol Icahn’s campaign. In December 2022, MoFo advised Southwest Gas in connection with sev actions, including the pending $1.5 billion sale of MountainWest Pipeline to Williams Companies (NYSE: WMB) and the decision to spin off Centu