Cravath Publishes Winter 2026 Issue of Alumni Journal
On February 1, 2022, IBM announced it has acquired Sentaca, a leading telco consulting services and solutions provider. Sentaca will join IBM Consulting’s Hybrid Cloud Services business to solve clients’ strategic and technology challenges such as cost‑of‑ownership, monetization, scalable and secure architecture and address opportunities including 5G, IoT and streaming that can accelerate the creation and delivery of new services. Cravath is representing IBM in connection with the transaction.
The Cravath team includes associate Jarrod L. Hall on M&A matters; partner J. Leonard Teti II, senior attorney Kiran Sheffrin and associate Sonia Katharani‑Khan on tax matters; partner Jonathan J. Katz and practice area attorney Arian Mossanenzadeh on executive compensation and benefits matters; and senior attorney Joyce Law on real estate matters. Kiyana A. Grimes also worked on M&A matters and Nicholas J. Celli also worked on executive compensation and benefits matters.
Deals & Cases
April 07, 2025
On April 7, 2025, IBM announced it has acquired Hakkoda Inc., a leading global data and AI consultancy. Hakkoda will expand IBM Consulting's data transformation services portfolio, adding specialized data platform expertise to help clients get their data ready to fuel AI‑powered business operations. Cravath is representing IBM in connection with the transaction.
Deals & Cases
September 10, 2024
On September 9, 2024, IBM announced its intent to acquire Accelalpha, a global Oracle services provider with deep expertise helping clients digitize core business operations and accelerate adoption of Oracle Cloud Applications. This acquisition expands IBM's Oracle consulting expertise in supply chain and logistics, finance, enterprise performance management and customer transformation. Cravath is representing IBM in connection with the transaction.
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