LAWFUEL – Business & Law – MACH, the leading global clearing and settlement partner for mobile based transactions, has announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire CB Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Cibernet, a leading mobile roaming, clearing and business solutions provider. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close in the first half of 2007. Luxembourg-based MACH is a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus.
International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is advising Mach in the transaction.
The Freshfields team was led by New York corporate partner Matthew Herman and London corporate partner James Wood, and included the following US/European team:
New York: Lisa O’Brien (partner, finance), Gretchen Johanns (associate, corporate) and Yayoi Shionoiri (associate, corporate)
Washington DC: Claude Stansbury (partner, tax), and Bob Schlossberg (partner, ACT)
London: Peter Hall (partner, finance), Gareth Camp (associate, corporate) and David Arana-Morton (associate, finance)
