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Law Practice

Sep. 1, 2009

Latham and Greenberg Help Yahoo Branch Into Arab World

Yahoo Inc. announced it has agreed to buy Maktoob.com, a popular online community in the Arab world, with more than 16.5 million users. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

By Pat Broderick
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Yahoo Inc. announced it has agreed to buy Maktoob.com, a popular online community in the Arab world, with more than 16.5 million users.

The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Latham & Watkins and Greenberg Traurig served as legal counsel for Yahoo on the deal. Both firms declined to comment.

The Latham team was led in Dubai by partner Nick O'Keefe. Ora Fisher served as prima...

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