Dealwatch: A&O wins place alongside Latham, Ropes and Sidley on Carlyle’s $8bn tech buyout Jaishree Kalia11 August 2015Corporate and M&AUS firms 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 categoryTrading places: Paul Weiss signs up five NY partners as Latham, Kirkland, A&O also make movesRevolving Doors: Latham swipes German transactions team from Freshfields as Ropes rebuilds in private equitySidley London partner promotions up despite smaller global round‘There are winners and losers’ – Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader’s leaders on why their merger makes senseA merger or a takeover? Winston Taylor by the numbers‘History in the making’ – Hogan Lovells set for record $3.6bn merger with Cadwalader‘There’s a lot of money in Chicago’ – the city’s top lawyers on what’s driving business in the MidwestLegal 500 US: Latham tops the charts in new US rankingsRevolving Doors: Travers and Shearman exodus continues as US firms pick up the talent