The takeover battle for Dell Inc. may not have yet reached the level of Wall Street legend, but the proposed $24.4 billion leveraged buyout for the company has drawn in enough high-powered lawyers to make a small screen drama.
The latest large firms to join the fray are Alston & Bird, which is serving as litigation counsel to Dell in shareholder litigation in Delaware, and Kirkland & Ellis, which has been retained by private equity firm The Blackstone Group to advise on a competing bid for the world’s third-largest personal computer maker.
