Dell Makes History with EMC and Firms Benefit

Dell’s historic, $67 billion bid for EMC Corp. is good business for five firms — at least — that were involved with the deal.

Dell, along with founder and chief executive officer Michael Dell, MSD Partners and private equity firm Silver Lake, plan to buy EMC.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is advising Dell and Silver Lake, while Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz partners Steven A. Rosenblum and Gordon S. Moodie represent Michael Dell and his investment firm, MSD Partners.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP is advising storage-device maker EMC. From Skadden are partners Margaret Brown, Peter Atkins and Laura Knoll, ...