Voip Pal Com Inc (VPLM)

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"Stubbs Alderton and Markiles is representing the founders of Skype (Joltid) in
its sale to Microsoft. They have entered into a definitive agreement under
which Microsoft will acquire Skype,"
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My memory of the dd I did on this back when this firm was hired, was that they represented the Skype founders as they were building Skype up to what it became, but, that they were not instrumental in the final deal & it was a different legal team who was. Maybe I interpreted it wrong, but my impression at the time, was that vplm was using the fact that this firm they just hired (at that time), had a connection to Skype (in that one or more members of this firm represented the founders of Skype as it was coming up) in a way that made it look like this firm was the firm who pulled off the big 8.5b deal, when I don't think that's the case. That is based on my search of the legal teams of record, when the deal happened & I reported it here then. The only reason I bring this up (and apologies if I'm wrong about it) is same reason I did back when it happened, which is that I took issue w/the way vplm characterized (or mischaracterized) the role of the firm they had just hired, to make it sound like they were the guys who made the big deal happen. And I also remember that indeed there were numerous posters here on this board, at that time, who kept throwing that "fact" out there, as it being another in a string of actions vplm took, to make this company be so very valuable.