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Mergers & Acquisitions

Jan. 31, 2012

Dealmakers

A roundup of recent M&A and financing activity and the lawyers involved.


Mergers & Acquisitions

Twitter taps Shearman for malware acquisition


Twitter turned to Shearman & Sterling LLP for its purchase of Sunnyvale-based Web security firm Dasient Inc. Terms were not disclosed. Dasient makes software that helps users avoid malware. San Francisco-based Twitter is a social media platform that allows users to write short posts to their followers. The Shearman & Sterling team included San Francisco part...

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