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The Army Behind the Big Dell Deal

Huge leveraged buyouts don’t happen all by themselves.

The $24.4 billion takeover of Dell by its founder, Michael S. Dell, and the investment firm Silver Lake certainly didn’t. Tuesday’s announcement lists the panoply of investment banks and law firms needed to dispense advice and thread the tricky legal maze in a big management buyout.

Here are the advisers who get to share in the bounty of deal fees and league table credit:

Dell’s special board committeeDellMr. Dell
  • Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (legal counsel)
Silver Lake