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Motorola Solutions £819.5 million acquisition of Airwave Solutions

3/12/2015
Private acquisition
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£ 819.5 million

$ 1.025 billion

Announced

3/12/2015

Overview:

  • Motorola Solutions has acquired Airwave Solutions for £819.5 million from Macquarie Group.
  • Airwave is a UK communications company that provides the network for the UK's emergency services.
  • Macquarie Group bought Airwave in 2007 for £1.9 billion.

Sam Duke - Editor

Jurisdictions:

United States
Luxembourg
United Kingdom

Deal type:

Private acquisition

Practice area:

M&A

Industry sector:

Technology and telecommunications

Firms:
Clifford Chance

Party: Macquarie (Seller)

Lawyers: Iain White, Michael Bates, Philip Hertz

Jones Day

Party: Guardian Digital Communications (Owner, Target)

Lawyers: Ben Larkin, Vica Irani

Winston & Strawn

Party: Motorola Solutions (Acquirer)

Lawyers: Nicholas Usher, R Cabell Morris

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