Alfred Browne

Cooley advised Battery Ventures, a global investment firm focusing on technology, on its acquisition of GrammaTech’s software products division, including the CodeSonar and CodeSentry product lines.

Cooley advised Definitive Healthcare, a commercial intelligence company focused on healthcare, on its acquisition of Populi.

Cooley advised HackerRank on its oversubscribed $60 million Series D funding round. Partner Al Browne led the Cooley team advising HackerRank, a developer of a technical hiring platform designed to help businesses evaluate software developers based on skill.

Cooley advised sustainable lifestyle brand Rothy’s in connection with its strategic investment from Brazilian footwear brand Alpargatas to fuel global growth and expand vertically integrated operations. The transaction will result in a post-investment valuation of $1 billion. Lawyers Jodie Bourdet, Al Browne, Lindsy Solanki, Farzad Tabaee and Meera Patel led the Cooley team advising Rothy’s.

Cooley advised CAMBRIO, a leading computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) software developer for manufacturing industries, in its sale by Battery Ventures to Sandvik AB, a Sweden-based multinational engineering company. Cooley advised Battery Ventures on the buy and build transactions to create CAMBRIO, including Battery’s initial buyout of SIGMATEK Systems in 2018, as well as add-on transactions acquiring companies with complementary technologies, Cimatron and GibbsCAM. With the sale transaction, the combined and rebranded company CAMBRIO was integrated into Sandvik’s design and planning automation division.