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IBM’s Proposed Acquisition of Bluewolf

March 31, 2016

On March 30, 2016, IBM announced its plans to acquire Bluewolf Group LLC, one of Salesforce’s top partners and a globally recognized leader in cloud consulting and implementation services. Together, Bluewolf and IBM will extend IBM’s analytics, experience design and industry consulting leadership with one of the world’s leading Salesforce consulting practices to deliver differentiated, consumer‑grade experiences via the cloud. Cravath represented IBM in connection with this proposed transaction. Financial terms were not disclosed.

The Cravath team included associates Michael E. Mariani, Matthew M. Kelly, Nicoleta D. Lupea and Justin B. Stein on M&A matters; practice area attorney Romica Singh and associate Peretz Riesenberg on executive compensation and benefits matters; partner J. Leonard Teti II, senior attorney Andrew Carlon and associates Antje Hagena and Tara L. Rhoades on tax matters; senior attorney Joyce Law on real estate matters; and partner Matthew Morreale on environmental matters.

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J. Leonard Teti II
Title
Tax
Title
Partner
Email
lteti@cravath.com
Phone
+1-212-474-1896
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    • J.D., 2005, University of Virginia School of Law
      Order of the Coif
    • A.B., 1999, Princeton University
      with Honors

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    • New York
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    Matthew Morreale
    Title
    Corporate
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    Partner
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    mmorreale@cravath.com
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      • J.D., 1997, Columbia Law School
        Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
      • M.S., 1994, University of Pennsylvania
      • B.A., 1990, University of Pennsylvania
      • B.A.S., 1990, University of Pennsylvania

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      • New York
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      Joyce Law
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      Senior Attorney
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      jlaw@cravath.com
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      +1-212-474-1066
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        • J.D., 1997, Boston University School of Law
        • B.Comm., 1994, University of Alberta
          Distinction

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        • New York

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