Goodwin served as US counsel to Softcat on its acquisition of GDT and the related equity financing, working alongside Slaughter and May, Softcat’s lead legal advisor on the transaction.

Softcat plc is one of the UK’s leading IT infrastructure providers and an FTSE 250-listed company. They provide corporate and public sector organizations with workplace, data center, networking, and security solutions combined with all manner of professional, managed, and support services.

GDT is a leading North American technology solutions provider specializing in data center and networking services.

The Goodwin team was led by Michael Amalfe, Philip Treesh, Allison N. Swecker, Tripat Sandhu, George Davis, Kate Blansett, Jacob R. Osborn, Carrie Miller, Sofia Polishchuk, John Goheen, Kevin Walsh, Danielle Fong, Jeffrey Letalien, Justin Anslow, Liza V. Craig, Candi R. Alfred, Alexander Vivona, Stephen G. Charkoudian, Jason Yeoun, Omer Tene, Edward Holzwanger, Ana Victoria Alvarado, Malhar Naik, Bradley Stewart, Ai Tajima, and Virginia Wong.

For more information on the deal, please read the press release and PR Newswire coverage.