Cravath represented IBM in its acquisition of Watchfire Corporation, a privately held security and compliance testing software company based in Waltham, Massachusetts. The lawyers involved in this matter are partner George F. Schoen and associates Margarita Melikjanian and Kai H. Liekefett on corporate matters; partner Andrew W. Needham and associate J. Leonard Teti on tax matters; and partner Eric W. Hilfers and associate Kerry Halpern-Skoglund on executive compensation and benefits matters. The deal was announced on June 6, 2007.
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