Davis Polk is advising BofA Merrill Lynch as financial adviser to BMC Software, Inc. in connection with its approximately $6.9 billion acquisition by a private investor group led by Bain Capital and Golden Gate Capital together with GIC Special Investments Pte. Ltd. and Insight Venture Partners. The transaction, which is expected to close later this year, is subject to approval from BMC shareholders, regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.
More than 20,000 IT organizations in over 120 countries rely on BMC Software to manage their business services and applications across distributed, mainframe, virtual and cloud environments.
The Davis Polk team includes partner Alan F. Denenberg and associate Beth Hooton Ruiz. Partner James A. Florack and associate Jeong M. Oh are providing financing advice. Members of the Davis Polk team are based in the Menlo Park and New York offices.
