Law firms Dealwatch: A&O wins place alongside Latham, Ropes and Sidley on Carlyle’s $8bn tech buyout Jaishree Kalia · 11 August 2015 · 2 min read Corporate and M&A US firms A&O Shearman Baker McKenzie Latham & Watkins A raft of firms, including Allen & Overy (A&O), have landed roles on Carlyle Group’s $8bn purchase of software-storage company Veritas in what is the largest US technology leveraged buyout this year.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categoryA&O Shearman promotes 33 new partners, nine in LondonLaw firmsWill Lewallen15 Apr 2026Latham London revenue breaks $1bn as firmwide PEP soars more than 20%Law firmsWill Lewallen14 Apr 2026Revolving Doors: Weil hires Kirkland secondaries partner as Orrick targets Cadwalader againLaw firmsKate Peacock14 Apr 2026Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader partners approve largest ever law firm mergerLaw firmsKate Peacock15 Apr 2026HSF Kramer leads on £1.4bn Ivy empire saleLaw firmsEliza Winter13 Apr 2026Ropes & Gray adds new private equity partner as Milan office growsLaw firmsWill Lewallen13 Apr 2026‘There’s a lot of money in Chicago’ – the city’s top lawyers on what’s driving business in the MidwestLaw firmsAlex Ryan13 Jan 2025Legal 500 US: Latham tops the charts in new US rankingsLegal 500 dataBarnaby Merrill28 Jun 2024Revolving Doors: Travers and Shearman exodus continues as US firms pick up the talentLaw firmsAlex Ryan16 Feb 2023