Microsoft announced plans for a $26 billion purchase of social networking website LinkedIn on Monday, a big win for the two law firms involved in the purchase.
Microsoft is advised by a team from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, led by Alan Klein, co-head of the firm’s M&A practice. LinkedIn is represented by lawyers from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
Monday’s purchase, $196 per LinkedIn share, paid for by Microsoft in cash, will reportedly be the largest acquisition in the computing company’s history.
The deal is expected to close by the end of 2016, according to a statement from Simpson Thacher.
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