IonQ to Acquire Skyloom Global

Paul, Weiss is advising IonQ, the world’s leading quantum company, in its acquisition of Skyloom Global, a U.S.-based leader in high-performance optical communications infrastructure enabling secure, high-speed data links across Earth and in orbit. The integration of Skyloom’s optical networking systems into IonQ’s broader infrastructure platform will boost data throughput by up to 500% and reduce latency for critical applications from many hours to under one hour. The deal will also strengthen IonQ’s ability to offer fully integrated quantum networking and distributed quantum entanglement capabilities across space and ground infrastructure.

The Paul, Weiss team is led by corporate partners Chelsea Darnell and Robert Kindler, and includes partners Timothy Cruickshank, Tony Rim and Daniel Gerkin and counsel Nathan Mitchell; executive compensation partner Jean McLoughlin; intellectual property partner Jonathan Ashtor; antitrust partners Scott Sher and Yuni Sobel; tax partner Brian Krause; and litigation counsel Audrey Paquet.