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Mitel Acquired by Searchlight Capital for $2 Billion

Paul, Weiss represented Ottawa-based global telecommunications company Mitel Networks Corporation in its $2 billion all-cash acquisition by an investor group led by affiliates of Searchlight Capital Partners, L.P.

The Paul, Weiss team included, among others, corporate partners Ross Fieldston, Adam Givertz and Brian Kim and counsel Stephen Centa; intellectual property counsel Jonathan Ashtor; litigation partner Andrew Gordon; tax partner Scott Sontag and counsel Alyssa Wolpin; and antitrust counsel Marta Kelly.

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