IBM’s Acquisition of BoxBoat Technologies
July 12, 2021
On July 8, 2021, IBM announced plans to acquire BoxBoat Technologies, a premier DevOps consultancy and enterprise Kubernetes certified service provider. The acquisition will extend IBM’s container strategy and implementation services portfolio to further advance IBM’s hybrid cloud strategy. Cravath is representing IBM in connection with the transaction.
The Cravath team is led by partner Daniel J. Cerqueira and includes associates Adam M. Sanchez, Jarrod L. Hall and Kristina M. Hurley on corporate matters; partner J. Leonard Teti II and senior attorney Kiran Sheffrin on tax matters; practice area attorney Aaron S. Cha and associate Tiffany B. Wong on executive compensation and benefits matters; and senior attorney Joyce Law and practice area attorney Laurel R. Berkowitz on real estate matters. Alissa B. Fromkin and Charles A. Friedman also worked on tax matters and Faisal H. Ajam also worked on corporate matters.
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