Law firms The IT crowd: Travers, Kirkland and Freshfields line up as Micro Focus seals $8.8bn HP deal Legal Business · 8 September 2016 · 2 min read Corporate and M&A Kirkland & Ellis Travers Smith Travers Smith and Kirkland & Ellis have teamed up to advise UK tech firm Micro Focus on its $8.8bn deal for Hewlett-Packard’s software business.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 category‘M&A is back with a bang’ – global elite dominate deal rankings in best-ever H1Law firmsKate Peacock3 Jul 2026‘An environment of possibility’ – why liability management is law’s new frontierLaw firmsAlex Ryan2 Jul 2026Cleary taps Kirkland for PE partner in first Paris lateral since 2001Law firmsTom Cox30 Jun 2026Paul Hastings launches sports practice with former American football GCLaw firmsWill Lewallen13 Jul 2026Latham and Simpson Thacher power up for $2.6bn EQT-Carlyle data centre dealLaw firmsKate Peacock10 Jul 2026Paul Weiss lands mandate as Apollo swoops in with £5.7bn bid for easyJetLaw firmsTheresa Hargreaves10 Jul 2026Revolving doors: Simpson Thacher, Latham, Sidley lead New Year London movesLaw firmsAnna Huntley9 Jan 2025Five partners vie to succeed Hoyland as Simmons managing partnerLaw firmsTom Cox7 Jan 2025‘Seize every opportunity’ – Paul Hastings partner Reena Gogna on City law, Suits and poetryLaw firmsAnna Huntley7 Jan 2025