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Mergers & Acquisitions

May 12, 2011

Ebay Scores in Microsoft's Skype Deal

Ebay Inc. and the private equity firm Silver Lake Partners are shaping up to be big winners in Microsoft Corp.'s decision to buy Skype for $8.5 billion.

By Robert Pierce

Daily Journal Staff Writer

Ebay Inc. and the private equity firm Silver Lake Partners are shaping up to be big winners in Microsoft Corp.'s decision to buy Skype Global S.à.r.l. for $8.5 billion in cash.

The deal, announced Tuesday, is Microsoft's largest acquisition to date, and the 11th largest technology takeover since 2000. A team of lawyers from Sullivan & Cromwell LLP led by Los Angeles partner Alison S. Ressler and Pa...

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