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Mergers & Acquisitions

May 21, 2014

AT&T deal to add DirecTV expected to win approval

Attorneys at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP took leading roles in proctoring AT&T Inc.'s planned $48.5 billion takeover of DirecTV LLC.


By Dominic Fracassa


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Attorneys at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP took leading roles in proctoring AT&T Inc.'s planned $48.5 billion takeover of DirecTV LLC, the latest in a string of recent mega-deals ushering in a transformation of the telecommunication and media industries.


The deal, announced Sunday, would bring together the nation's second-largest wireless communication...

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