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Jul. 25, 2012

Pillsbury snares $1.05 billion deal for Nicira

Pillsbury partner Jorge A. del Calvo led the Nicira Inc. deal team in the Palo Alto-based company's $1.05 billion sale to VMWare Inc.


By Kevin Lee


Daily Journal Staff Writer


PALO ALTO - Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP advised privately held cloud network software startup Nicira Inc. in its $1.05 billion cash sale, announced Monday, to VMware Inc., a Palo Alto-based virtualization software maker.


Nicira, launched in 2007 and also based in Palo Alto, enables customers to create virtual networks that operate independently of physical networks.


A Palo Alto-based Pi...

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