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Top 10 Legal Advisors in the World in 2022 by Deal Value

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates, White & Case LLP, and Latham & Watkins LLP are among the top 5 legal advisors in the world in 2022 by deal value. Broadcom-VMware was a major deal in the world in 2022. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, and Debevoise & Plimpton LLP served as legal advisors to VMware Inc, while Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz served as legal advisors to Broadcom. Broadcom Inc., a company that designs, develops, and supplies semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions, has received approval from VMware's stockholders to acquire all the outstanding shares of VMware, Inc, a provider of enterprise software solutions specializing in cloud infrastructure and digital workspace technology services, for a cash-and-stock transaction of $69,000 million. The Elon Musk-Twitter deal was another major deal in the world in 2022. McDermott Will & Emery LLP served as legal advisor to Elon Musk. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Professional Corp served as legal counsels to Twitter, while Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP served as legal advisor to Musk. X Holdings I, Inc. and X Holdings II, Inc, entities wholly owned by Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, have acquired the remaining 90.8% stake in Twitter Inc, a US-based provider of online social networking services, for the consideration of $39,952 million. The deal was completed by Q4 2022. Microsoft-Activision Blizzard was one of the major deals in the world sector in 2022. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP acted as legal advisor to Microsoft, while Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP served as legal advisor to Activision Blizzard. Microsoft Corporation, a developer and designer of software and hardware products, has entered into an agreement to acquire Activision Blizzard Inc., a game developer, and interactive entertainment content publisher, for $95 per share representing a total purchase consideration of $68,700 million.

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