NuVox’s Acquisition by Windstream

On November 3, 2009, Windstream Corporation announced a definitive agreement to acquire NuVox, a privately held competitive local exchange carrier based in Greenville, South Carolina, in a transaction valued at approximately $643 million. The boards of both companies approved the transaction, which is expected to close in the first half of 2010, subject to certain conditions, including necessary approvals from federal and state regulators.

The Cravath team includes partner Mark I. Greene and associates Dean M. Mades, Jarrod D. Murphy, Mayumi Ichino and Christopher R. Moore on corporate matters; partner Eric W. Hilfers and associate Kerry Halpern-Skoglund on executive compensation and benefits matters; senior attorney Nina M. Dillon and associate Mark L. Silverstein on antitrust matters; and partner Stephen L. Gordon and associates Edward S. Wei, Dana Frenkel and Melissa Moszkowski on tax matters.