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Dealwatch: Tech going gangbusters as elite firms line up $40bn SoftBank buyout and Klarna equity raise

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Standing out as one of the biggest mandates for external advisers in recent weeks, NVIDIA’s $40bn acquisition of Arm Limited from SoftBank kept transatlantic teams from Latham & Watkins and Morrison & Foerster on their toes in the artificial intelligence arena.

The deal sees California-based tech multinational NVIDIA acquire the Cambridge-headquartered AI company Arm from SoftBank Group and SoftBank Vision Fund in a cash and stock transaction. SoftBank will own a stake in NVIDIA of less than 10%. 

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