Symantec $4.65 billion acquisition of Blue Coat

Overview:

• Symantec has acquired Blue Coat in a $4.7 billion deal.
• Both companies are technology security firms.
• Blue Coat was sold by private equity firm Bain Capital.
• Symantec's last big deal was when it sold its data storage unit Veritas this past January.
• Fenwick & West (Doug Cogen, David Michaels, Scott Joachim) and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett advised Symantec.
• Ropes & Gray (Will Shields, Thomas Holden, Byung Choi) advised Bain Capital and Blue Coat.
• Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (Martin Korman, Todd Cleary) advised Blue Coat.
• Davis Polk & Wardwell (Alan Denenberg, Max Brunner) represented Symantec financial adviser JPMorgan Chase.

Kurt Stumpo - Journalist - North America and the Caribbean