Represented United Business Media Limited (UBM.L), a global business media company, in connection with its acquisition of DesignCon, an exhibition and conference serving the electronic design and semiconductor industry.

United Business Media Limited (UBM.L) is a global business media company with headquarters in London, England. In April 2010, UBM’s EE Times Group acquired the DesignCon conference and related products, including the InfoVault technical library, from Professional Education International, Inc. DesignCon is an annual four day Silicon Valley-based exhibition and conference which attracts more than 120 exhibitors and 3,300 professionals from the electronic design and semiconductor industries. A Seward & Kissel team led by partner James Abbott, and including associates Nick Katsanos, David Lee and Jonathan Bobinger, represented United Business Media in this transaction.