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Rockstar Consortium Acquisition of Nortel Patents Named "M&A Deal of the Year"
- Awards
- October 10, 2012
On October 10, The M&A Advisor recognized the acquisition of Nortel's $4.5 billion patent portfolio by Rockstar Bidco as its "M&A Deal of the Year" at its 4th Annual International M&A Awards Gala. Paul, Weiss was lead adviser to the consortium, which was comprised of Apple, Microsoft, Research In Motion, Sony and Ericsson.
The Paul, Weiss team included M&A partner Marilyn Sobel and counsel Ji Lu; intellectual property partner Charles Googe; bankruptcy partner Stephen Shimshak and counsel Diane Meyers; tax partner Peter Rothenberg; antitrust partner Joseph Simons and counsel Didier Malaquin; and employee benefits counsel Reuven Falik.