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DEAL NOTE: Crowell & Moring Advises GigCapital, Inc. on Business Combination with Kaleyra S.p.A. to Form Kaleyra, Inc.

Firm News | 1 min read | 11.26.19

New York – November 26, 2019: Crowell & Moring advised GigCapital, Inc. on its business combination with Kaleyra S.p.A., a rapidly growing cloud communications software provider delivering secure application programming interfaces and connectivity solutions in the API/Communications Platform as a Service market.

With the completion of this transaction, GigCapital’s name has been changed to Kaleyra, Inc., and the newly combined company’s common stock will begin trading under the ticker symbols “KLR” on the NYSE American stock exchange effective today.

Crowell & Moring served as legal counsel to GigCapital on this transaction. The team included partners Jeffrey C. Selman, Todd Rosenberg, Renée Delphin-Rodriguez, Paul Pollock and Charles Hwang; counsel William J. Bruno and corporate transaction manager Matt Postiglione.

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London – September 18, 2026: Crowell & Moring advised the Gold Family on the successful disposal of a 24.9% interest in WH Holding Limited, the holding company of West Ham United Football Club. The Gold Family originally agreed to sell its shareholding to a consortium comprising PCP Capital Partners, led by Amanda Staveley and Mehrdad Ghodoussi, and Ashland Forest Capital Partners. However, the proposed sale was subject to the pre-emption rights of the existing shareholders (including Daniel Kretinsky), who exercised those rights in full in September 2026 and subsequently completed the acquisition. The Crowell team was led by London corporate partner Simon Evers, counsel Stephen Bowman, and associate Emily McGovern....

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