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Mergers & Acquisitions

Feb. 9, 2011

California Lawyers Advise on AOL Deal

Simpson Thacher led AOL Inc. while Huffington Post turned to Latham & Watkins to close the $315 million deal.


By Ben Adlin


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - California attorneys advised AOL Inc. and The Huffington Post in the deal between the two online companies, announced Sunday.


Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP advised AOL in its $315 million purchase of the news and content aggregation website. Leading the 16-attorney team were partners Peter Malloy, Katharine Moir and Tristan Brown in Palo Alto and Lori Lesser in New York.


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