On the heels of Avago Technologies’ $37 billion buy of Broadcom, a handful of Am Law 100 firms have found themselves at the helm of yet another microchip-making combination involving Santa Clara, California-based Intel Corp.’s $16.7 billion acquisition of San Jose, California-based Altera Corp.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Weil, Gotshal & Manges are advising Intel on the deal, announced Monday, while Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is working on behalf of Altera, according to sibling publication The Recorder, which notes that Davis Polk & Wardwell is representing JPMorgan Chase as financial adviser to Intel and Latham & Watkins is counseling Goldman Sachs as financial adviser to Altera.
