Davis Polk advised Millicom International Cellular S.A. on the sale to subsidiaries of Bharti Airtel Limited of its business in Rwanda, which is operated under the brand “Tigo.”

Millicom is a telecom and media company dedicated to emerging markets in Latin America and Africa, providing mobile services to more than 57 million customers. Airtel, headquartered in India, is a global telecommunications company with operations in 17 countries across Asia and Africa, ranking amongst the top 3 mobile service providers globally in terms of subscribers.

The Davis Polk corporate team included partner Jacques Naquet-Radiguet and associates Jean-Christophe Devouge and Ferdinand Barbé. All members of the Davis Polk team are based in the Paris office