Cravath’s New York Office Moves to Two Manhattan West
January 21, 2022
On January 21, 2022, IBM and Francisco Partners, a global investment firm that specializes in partnering with technology businesses, announced that the companies have signed a definitive agreement under which Francisco Partners will acquire healthcare and data analytics assets from IBM that are currently part of the Watson Health business. The assets acquired by Francisco Partners include extensive and diverse data sets and products, including Health Insights, MarketScan, Clinical Development, Social Program Management, Micromedex, and imaging software offerings. Cravath is representing IBM in connection with the transaction.
The Cravath team is led by partners George F. Schoen and Bethany A. Pfalzgraf and includes associates Richard E. Schwartz, Blair Baker and Paul A. Bryant on M&A matters; partner Matthew M. Kelly and associate Temiloluwa A. Dele‑Dare on financing matters; partner J. Leonard Teti II, senior attorney Andrew Carlon and associate Carlos Nicholas Obando on tax matters; partner Jonathan J. Katz and associates Christopher C. Gonnella, Brendon J. Rivard and David Crampton on executive compensation and benefits matters; and senior attorney Joyce Law on real estate matters.
Deals & Cases
September 10, 2024
On September 9, 2024, IBM announced its intent to acquire Accelalpha, a global Oracle services provider with deep expertise helping clients digitize core business operations and accelerate adoption of Oracle Cloud Applications. This acquisition expands IBM's Oracle consulting expertise in supply chain and logistics, finance, enterprise performance management and customer transformation. Cravath is representing IBM in connection with the transaction.
Deals & Cases
February 20, 2024
Cravath represented IBM International Capital Pte. Ltd (“IIC”) and International Business Machines Corporation (“IBM”) in connection with IIC’s $5.5 billion registered notes offering. IBM is a guarantor of the notes. IIC is a wholly owned finance subsidiary of IBM, a globally integrated innovation company, serving the needs of enterprises and institutions worldwide. The transaction closed on February 5, 2024.
Deals & Cases
January 25, 2024
On January 18, 2024, IBM announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire application modernization capabilities from Advanced, bringing a combination of talent, tools and knowledge to enhance IBM Consulting’s mainframe application and data modernization services. Cravath is representing IBM in connection with the transaction.
Deals & Cases
December 18, 2023
On December 18, 2023, IBM announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Software AG, a company majority owned by Silver Lake, to purchase StreamSets and webMethods, Software AG's Super iPaaS (integration platform‑as‑a‑service) enterprise technology platforms, for €2.13 billion in cash. StreamSets will add data ingestion capabilities to watsonx, IBM's AI and data platform, while webMethods will give clients and partners additional integration and API management tools for their hybrid multi‑cloud environments. Cravath is representing IBM in connection with the transaction.
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