March 14, 2007 (Mountain View and San Francisco, CA) – LAWFUEL – US Law Firm News – Fenwick & West LLP represented Mountain View, CA-based Tellme Networks, Inc. in its recently announced acquisition by Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT). By combining Internet data and a voice interface, Tellme improves how people and businesses use the phone. The acquisition will help Microsoft bring the power of voice technology to everyday life. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, and are expected to close in the second quarter of 2007.
More information about the transaction can be obtained from the Microsoft Web site.
The Fenwick & West transaction team included corporate attorneys Gordy Davidson, Sayre Stevick, Greg Roussel, Melissa Trousdale, Guy Ladetzky, Kee Bong Kim, and Shannon O’Sullivan; executive compensation and employee benefits attorneys Scott Spector, Elizabeth Gartland and Mona Clee; technology transactions attorneys Lisa Kenkel and Ben Longoria; and tax attorneys Ron Schrotenboer and Timothy Fitzgibbon.
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