Shearman & Sterling represented Syniverse in its definitive agreement to acquire MACH for cash consideration of approximately €550 million, subject to regulatory approvals.
Syniverse makes mobile work for more than 900 mobile operators, cable and Internet providers, and enterprises in over 160 countries. MACH connects and monetizes the telecom world with its comprehensive and growing portfolio of cloud-based communication services, providing its 650 operator customers with mission-critical solutions to monetize mobile data, simplify interoperability between networks, optimize wholesale processes and protect revenues.
The Shearman & Sterling team included partners Christa D’Alimonte (New York-Mergers & Acquisitions), Martin Neuhaus (Düsseldorf-Mergers & Acquisitions), Thomas König (Frankfurt-Mergers & Acquisitions), Geert Goeteyn (Brussels-Antitrust), Trevor Soames (Brussels-Antitrust),Johannes Frey (Munich-Tax), Michael Shulman (Washington, DC-Tax),Philip Urofsky (Washington, DC-Litigation), Doreen Lilienfeld (New York-Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits), and Lisa Brill (New York-Real Estate); counsel James Webber (London-Antitrust), Lisl Dunlop (New York-Antitrust), Joachim Grittmann (Frankfurt-Mergers & Acquisitions),Rainer Thum (Frankfurt-Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits),Sam Whitaker (London-Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits), andAzad Ali (London-Financial Institutions Advisory & Financial Regulatory); and associates Tania Mattei (New York-Mergers & Acquisitions), Aselle Kurmanova (New York-Mergers & Acquisitions), Nader Dabbo (New York-Mergers & Acquisitions), Robert Bucella (New York-Mergers & Acquisitions), Rishard Cooper (New York-Mergers & Acquisitions), Michael Dockery (New York-Mergers & Acquisitions), Nicholas Moulton(New York-Mergers & Acquisitions), Lulu Zhou (New York-Mergers & Acquisitions), Dirk Neumann (Düsseldorf-Mergers & Acquisitions), Rüdiger Schmidt-Bendun (Düsseldorf-Mergers & Acquisitions), Georg Gellißen (Düsseldorf-Mergers & Acquisitions), Tim Odendahl (Düsseldorf-Mergers & Acquisitions), Hartmut Häselbarth (Frankfurt-Mergers & Acquisitions), Simon Little (London-Mergers & Acquisitions), Blake Spencer (London-Mergers & Acquisitions), George Milton (London-Antitrust), Sara Ashall (Brussels-Antitrust), Derek Kershaw (New York-Tax), Andreas Wieland (London-Financial Institutions Advisory & Financial Regulatory), Mario Meeks (Washington, DC-Litigation), Tim Hanson (New York-Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits), Jordan Altman (New York-Intellectual Property Transactions), Jung Yoo (New York-Intellectual Property Transactions) and Andrew Vinci (New York-Real Estate).
