A Legal Showdown with Big-Name Counsel
The litigation featured heavyweight legal teams. Stockholders were represented by attorneys from Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP, Block & Leviton LLP, Grant & Eisenhofer PA, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, and Kaskela Law LLC.
Svane and the other defendants relied on Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Despite the sharp rhetoric, the Supreme Court sided with the lower court, leaving no room for appeal. The case marks the definitive end of a challenge that once threatened to unravel one of the software industry’s landmark private equity deals.