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Akin Gump Advises AT&T in Time Warner Acquisition

June 15, 2018

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(Dallas) – Akin Gump advised AT&T Inc. in its acquisition of Time Warner Inc., which closed on June 14, bringing together global media and entertainment leaders Warner Bros., HBO and Turner with AT&T’s leadership in technology and its video, mobile and broadband customer relationships. The deal is the largest corporate merger announced in 2016 and the fifth-largest deal in recent years, with a value of approximately $108 billion, including debt.

Akin Gump Dallas litigation partner Mike Warnecke served as lead antitrust counsel for the pre-merger integration planning effort. He was joined by a multidisciplinary team spanning several practices and offices across the firm.

Founded in 1945, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 900 lawyers in offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

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