Michael Aiello

Partner

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Current

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Citi; Lehman Brothers Creating a New Mobile Broadband Company Represented Citi and Lehman Brothers, financial advisors to Sprint Nextel Corporation in its combination with Clearwire Corporation to create a new mobile broadband company.

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NYMEX Holdings, Inc. Sale of NYMEX Holdings Represented NYMEX Holdings in connection with its $9.5 billion sale to CME Group, Inc.

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Providence Equity Partners Inc.; Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board; Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC Acquisition of BCE Inc. (Bell Canada) Representing Providence Equity Partners Inc., Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board and Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC in the $48.5 billion going private acquisition of BCE Inc. (Bell Canada), the largest leveraged buyout in history.

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Friendly Ice Cream Corporation Sale of Friendly Ice Cream Corporation Advised Friendly Ice Cream Corporation in connection with its $337 million going private acquisition by Sun Capital Partners.

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Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC Acquisition of Famous Music LLC Represented Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC in its acquisition of Famous Music LLC from Viacom Inc.

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MGM Mirage Bid for Bellagio Hotel and City Center by MGM Mirage Represented the Special Transactions Committee of the MGM Mirage Board of Directors in the planned going private sale of the Bellagio Hotel and City Center, both owned by MGM Mirage, to Tracinda Corp. and majority shareholder Kirk Kerkorian.

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Goldman Sachs Capital Partners Acquisition of Alltel Corp. Advised GS Capital Partners in connection with the $27.5 billion public-to-private acquisition of wireless phone company Alltel by GS Capital Partners and TPG Capital.

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GE Infrastructure Acquisition of Equity Interest in Bobcat Gas Storage Project Advised GE Infrastructure in connection with its investment in an underground salt dome natural gas storage project in Louisiana called the Bobcat.

Widener University

J.D.

1994

New York University

B.A.

1991

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