Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) in its acquisition of the Registry business of Neustar Inc., which includes an extensive portfolio of top-level domains (TLDs), including .biz, .co, .in, .nyc and .us, and supports more than 215 TLDs and approximately 12 million domains. The deal is expected to close in Q2 of this year. Please read the company's press release here.

GoDaddy’s mission is to give its customers the tools, insights and the people to transform their ideas and personal initiative into success. With 19 million customers worldwide, the company empowers everyday entrepreneurs around the world by providing all of the help and tools to succeed online. Neustar enables trusted connections between companies and people, with world-class and industry-leading solutions in Marketing, Risk, Communications, Security, and Registry services.

The Debevoise team is led by M&A partners Michael Diz and Sue Meng and includes M&A associates Lunar Mai, Ethan McMahon, Chibundu Okwuosa and Joel Salomon, tax partner Michael Bolotin and associates Samuel Duncan, benefits partner Lawrence Cagney and associate Zain Kazmi, intellectual property partner Jeffrey Cunard and associate Melody Godbolt and antitrust partners Timothy McIver and Michael Schaper, counsel Kyra Bromley and associate Anne-Mette Heemsoth, and regulatory counsel Erich Grosz.