DLA Piper has taken the lead role for Qatar-based news network Al Jazeera on its acquisition of former US vice president Al Gore's cable television channel Current TV. The US-based news channel was co-founded by Gore and and former Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison lawyer Joel Hyatt. The value of the deal was undisclosed but is widely estimated to be worth around $500m (£309m).
January 04, 2013 at 08:30 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
DLA Piper has taken the lead role for Qatar-based news network Al Jazeera on its acquisition of former US vice president Al Gore’s cable television channel Current TV.
The US-based news channel was co-founded by Gore (pictured) and and former Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison lawyer Joel Hyatt. The value of the deal was undisclosed, but is widely estimated to be worth around $500m (£309m).
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