Lawyers from Paul Weiss and Cooley LLP advised on International Business Machines Corp.'s plan to buy data-streaming platform Confluent Inc. for about $9.3 billion.
The transaction is the latest AI takeover as technology companies race to bolster their ecosystems of software makers, data centers, generative AI tools, and data management offerings.
IBM is a long term client of Paul Weiss, whose lawyers have steered around a dozen acquisitions, sales, spin-offs, and partnerships for the company. Steven Williams, the Manhattan-based deputy chair of the firm’s corporate department, and partner Dotun Obadina are part of the team advising IBM on the Confluent ...