The birth of a new corporate parent for Google Inc. excited both tech and transactional nerds this week—not to mention buoying investors hoping to learn more about the sources of Google’s revenue. Google turned to longtime adviser Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton for legal counsel on the restructuring, which will split up the company’s many projects—including its core Google search business—under the umbrella of a single newly formed holding company called Alphabet. Alphabet will be publicly traded, with Google shares converting to those of the holding company.
Over the years Cleary Gottlieb’s work for Google has included advising the technology titan on its $12.5 billion buy of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. in 2011, its $2.35 billion sale of Motorola Home Business in 2012 and its $1 billion acquisition of Waze in 2013.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
