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Mergers & Acquisitions

Oct. 15, 2010

Cooley, Skadden Help in Broadcom Buy

Irvine-based Broadcom Corp. announced Wednesday it has agreed to acquire 4G chipmaker Beceem Communications Inc. for $316 million as it races its competition to the next-generation wireless technologies.

By Jill Redhage

Daily Journal Staff Writer

Irvine-based Broadcom Corp. announced Wednesday it has agreed to acquire 4G chipmaker Beceem Communications Inc. for $316 million as it races against its competition for the lead in next-generation wireless technologies.

Palo Alto-based Cooley lawyers counseled long-time client Beceem in its sale after helping the company register for an initial public offering back in April, which th...

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