Twitter Inc has employed US laws company Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz LLP as a result of it prepares to sue Elon Musk and energy him to complete the US$44 billion acquisition of the social media agency, in accordance with people conversant within the matter.

Musk, the chief authorities officer of Tesla, on Friday terminated his deal, saying Twitter had failed to supply particulars about fake accounts on the platform, after which Twitter’s chairman, Bret Taylor, vowed a licensed battle.

Twitter is planning to file a laws go nicely with early this week in Delaware, people conversant within the matter said.

Twitter declined to comment whereas the laws company did not immediately reply to Reuters’ request for comment outdoor enterprise hours.

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz have been one among many licensed advisers for Musk’s plan to take Tesla private in 2018. Musk tweeted that there was “funding secured” for a $72 billion deal to take Tesla private nevertheless did not switch ahead with a suggestion.

Musk and Tesla each paid $20 million in civil fines, and Musk stepped down as Tesla’s chairman to resolve US Securities and Commerce Payment claims that he defrauded merchants.

Twitter’s present licensed group consists of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.

Reporting by Maria Ponnezhath in Bengaluru and Greg Roumeliotis in New York; enhancing by Diane Craft