Cleary Gottlieb acted as lead counsel to Google in its acquisition of Waze, which closed today.
Cleary Gottlieb has a long history of representing clients in high profile deals in Israel across a range of practice areas, including M&A, private equity, intellectual property and capital markets. Most recently, the firm advised Citi Venture Capital International in its acquisition of Ness Technologies and Stanley Black & Decker in its acquisition of AeroScout. The firm has also been underwriters counsel and counsel to the initial purchasers in a series of securities offerings by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited over the past decade.
Cleary Gottlieb has represented Google on a number of acquisitions, including Motorola Mobility, Wildfire, AdMob, Admeld and ITA Software.