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Technology & Science

May 11, 2010

Lawyers Aid in AOL Spin-Off

A team of Palo Alto-based Simpson Thacher & Bartlett lawyers represented New York-based web services company AOL Inc. as it sold its ICQ instant messaging operations to Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies Ltd. for $187.5 million.

By Jill Redhage

Daily Journal Staff Writer

A team of Palo Alto-based Simpson Thacher & Bartlett lawyers represented New York-based web services company AOL Inc. as it sold its ICQ instant messaging operations to Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies Ltd. for $187.5 million. Palo Alto corporate partner Peter Malloy led the deal team, which also included corporate associates Jason Lee, Benjamin Backberg, Jie Jessica Pan, Jeffrey...

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