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Moogsoft Agrees to Sell to Dell

July 19, 2023

Cooley advised Moogsoft, an artificial intelligence-driven provider of intelligent monitoring solutions that support DevOps and ITOps, on its agreement to sell to Dell Technologies. Lawyers Steve Tonsfeldt, Mark Tanoury, Sangitha Palaniappa and Allison Peth led the Cooley team advising Moogsoft.

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Sangitha Palaniappa
Associate, Palo Alto
Mark Tanoury
Partner, Palo Alto
Ure A. Obioma
Associate, Palo Alto
Tyler McClure
Associate, San Francisco
Joe Mandry
Associate, San Diego
Steve Tonsfeldt
Partner, Palo Alto
Ajay Athavale
Associate, San Francisco
David Wilson
Partner, London
David H. Zhou
Associate, Palo Alto
Jia Xie
Associate, London
Tracy Rubin
Partner, Palo Alto
Mickeala Tu
Associate, Palo Alto
Kafeel Azher
Associate, London
John Alec Stouras
Associate, Palo Alto
Nathaniel Hearn Jr.
Associate, Chicago
Michael Gladstone
Associate, New York
Allison Peth
Associate, Palo Alto
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
Jose Luis Gonzalez
Associate, Palo Alto
Ross Eberly
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Kristopher Kleiner
Special Counsel, Colorado
Bomin Kim
Associate, New York
Eileen Leman
Associate, Los Angeles Downtown
Paula Holland
Partner, London
Casey Warsh
Associate, Colorado
Christine Graham
Special Counsel, London
Rubin Waranch
Associate, Colorado
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Stella Sarma
Special Counsel, Brussels
Ann Bevitt
Partner, London

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Veritone Acquires Broadbean

June 5, 2023

Cooley is advising Veritone, an artificial intelligence company, on its acquisition of Broadbean for $52 million.

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C. Thomas Hopkins
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Bram G. Couvreur
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Natalie D. Vernon
Associate, Colorado
Rajdeep Roger Bains
Associate, San Diego
Thomas Connors
Partner, Boston
Ross Eberly
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Natasha Kaye
Partner, London
Todd Gluth
Partner, San Diego
Lei Shen
Partner, Chicago
John-Paul Motley
Partner in Charge, Los Angeles – Downtown , Los Angeles Downtown
Logan Tiari
Partner, Los Angeles Downtown
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Rama Padmanabhan
Partner, San Diego
Ann Bevitt
Partner, London
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Matthew Caplan
Partner, San Francisco
Chris Coulter
Partner, London
Paula Holland
Partner, London
David Wilson
Partner, London
Patrick Van Eecke
Partner, Brussels
Christine Graham
Special Counsel, London
Amy Collins
Special Counsel, London
Stella Sarma
Special Counsel, Brussels
David Hopkins
Special Counsel, Colorado
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Susan Piascik Christoff
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Dillon Martinson
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Reid Hooper
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Julie Wicklund
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Kristopher Kleiner
Special Counsel, Colorado
Spencer Post
Associate, Los Angeles Downtown
Eerik Kukebal
Associate, London
Liza Hadley
Associate, Boston
Patrick Sharma
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Christian Lee
Associate, San Francisco
Austin Holt
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Moussa O. Ismail
Associate, Reston
Chris Lynn
Associate, London
Sara Kim
Associate, Los Angeles Downtown
Rachel F. Katz
Associate, New York
Megan Drill
Associate, San Diego
Neelam Atwal
Associate, London
Julia Gage
Associate, San Francisco
James H. Reizman
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Leo Spicer-Phelps
Associate, London
Dov Fiskus
Associate, New York
Nick Hall
Associate, Washington, DC
Bethan Chalmers
Associate, London
Dominic Taylor
Associate, London
Cara Buchicchio
Associate, New York
Eileen Leman
Associate, Los Angeles Downtown
Patricia Myers
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado
Leanne Andrepont
Senior Trademark Paralegal
Susan Mobley
Paralegal Specialist, Reston
Melissa Eskola
Paralegal Specialist, Reston
Dawn Roelofs
Paralegal Specialist, Reston
Douglas Lyles
Senior Research Services & Access Analyst

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ICS Learn Sold to Skill & You

March 30, 2022

Cooley advised the shareholders of ICS Learn, an online professional education platform owned by private equity firm Primary Capital Partners, on the platform’s sale to vocational e-learning provider Skill & You, a portfolio company of private equity firm IK Partners. Private equity partner Stephen Rosen led the Cooley team advising the shareholders of ICS Learn.

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Stephen Rosen
Partner, London
Harry Calkin
Associate, London
Natasha Kaye
Partner, London
Jack Jones
Associate, London
John Clark
Partner, London
Agis Zografos
Associate, London
Megan Flynn
Associate, London
Ann Bevitt
Partner, London
Chris Stack
Partner, London

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Chegg Agrees to Acquire Language Learning Platform Busuu

December 2, 2021

Cooley advised Chegg, a student-first connected learning platform, on its definitive agreement to acquire language learning platform Busuu for 385 million euros ($436 million). Partner Ben Shribman led the Cooley team advising Chegg.

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Ben Shribman
Partner, London
Anne Lieberman
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Natasha Kaye
Partner, London
Paula Holland
Partner, London
Aaron Pomeroy
Partner, Colorado
Chris Stack
Partner, London
Ann Bevitt
Partner, London
Scott Dailard
Partner, San Diego
Ryan Vann
Partner, Chicago
Chris Coulter
Partner, London
Jamie Leigh
Partner, San Francisco
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Christine Graham
Special Counsel, London
Stella Sarma
Special Counsel, Brussels
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Russell Anderson
Associate, London
Kafeel Azher
Associate, London
Bethan Chalmers
Associate, London
Jack Jones
Associate, London
Neelam Atwal
Associate, London
Amy Collins
Special Counsel, London
Patrick Sharma
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Andrew Linch
Special Counsel, London
Oliver Ware
Associate, London
Steve Cuss
Associate, London
Juan Nascimbene
Associate, London
Aarti G. Reddy
Partner, San Francisco
Jan Lang
Associate, Brussels

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Kredivo Agrees to SPAC Merger With VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings II

August 4, 2021

Cooley advised FinAccel, the parent of artificial intelligence-enabled digital consumer credit platform Kredivo, on its agreement to merge with VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings II (VPCB), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsored by Victory Park Capital (VPC), which will result in Kredivo becoming a publicly traded company on Nasdaq. Partners Ferish Patel, Matthew Bartus, Rama Padmanabhan and Will Cai led the Cooley team advising FinAccel on the transaction, which marks the largest fintech deSPAC transaction in Asia.

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Ferish Patel
Partner, Singapore
Matthew Bartus
Partner, San Francisco
Rama Padmanabhan
Partner, San Diego
Will Cai
Partner, Hong Kong
Rajdeep Roger Bains
Associate, San Diego
Rishab Kumar
Partner, Palo Alto
Xinwei Li
Associate, Singapore
Xander Lee
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Rick Jantz
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Aaron Pomeroy
Partner, Colorado
Stella Sarma
Special Counsel, Brussels
Steve Tonsfeldt
Partner, Palo Alto
Nicola Squire
Partner, London
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
David Peinsipp
Partner, San Francisco
Jie Zhang
Partner, Hong Kong
Paula Holland
Partner, London
Charles Haley
Partner, Palo Alto
Joshua Mates
Partner, San Francisco
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Kristopher Kleiner
Special Counsel, Colorado
Dillon Martinson
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
David Navetta
Partner, Colorado
Ann Bevitt
Partner, London
Calvin Lee
Associate, New York

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