Carly E. Gibbons

Associate

cgibbons@cooley.com

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Carly is devoted to the effective management of human capital. She aids organizations in effective decision-making in all stages of the employment life cycle and provides innovative solutions to employment-related disputes.

About Carly

Carly assists clients with labor and employment counseling, litigation and transactional needs. In her counseling, she guides employers through hiring considerations, preparation of employment policies, disciplinary advice, reductions in force, employee terminations, pay equity and implementation and enforcement of restrictive covenant obligations. In transactional matters, Carly is experienced at tackling employment-related diligence. Carly is also experienced in handling EEOC matters, including drafting effective position statements. Carly has tackled the employment needs of a wide variety of industries.

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Passions

Trying new restaurants

Traveling to new places

My cats (Ruth and Lincoln)

Music

Boxing and indoor cycling

Experience

Sprout Social Acquires Tagger Media

August 4, 2023

Cooley advised Sprout Social, a social media management software company, on its $140 million acquisition of Tagger Media, a top influencer marketing platform, and a concurrent $100 million secured debt facility, which will be partially used to fund the acquisition.

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Jason Savich

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Addison Pierce

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Timothy Shapiro

Partner, Palo Alto

Nyron J. Persaud

Partner, New York

Megan Browdie

Partner, Washington DC

Lei Shen

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Sean Ruff

Partner, Washington DC

Guadalupe Sampedro

Partner, London

Mark Windfeld-Hansen

Senior Counsel, Palo Alto

Miriam Petrillo

Special Counsel, Chicago

Paul Moura

Special Counsel, New York

Kristopher Kleiner

Special Counsel, Colorado

Stella Sarma

Special Counsel, Brussels

Karen Tsai

Special Counsel, Washington DC

Adam Fleisher

Special Counsel, Washington DC

Ariane A. Andrade

Special Counsel, Chicago

Bryan Berman

Special Counsel, Colorado

Annie Froehlich

Special Counsel, Washington DC

Chelsea André

Associate, Colorado

Adam Bloom

Associate, Chicago

Megan E. Bowles

Associate, Chicago

David Dalton

Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica

Dionne A. Thomas

Associate, San Diego

Mickeala Tu

Associate, Palo Alto

Michelle Zhou

Associate, Palo Alto

Joyce Li

Associate, Chicago

Sundiata Sidibe

Associate, New York

Allison Kutner

Associate, New York

Jose Luis Gonzalez

Associate, Palo Alto

Morgan McCormack

Associate, London

John Alec Stouras

Associate, Palo Alto

Moussa O. Ismail

Associate, Reston

María Álvarez Requejo Heredero

Associate, Brussels

Mari Dugas

Associate, Washington DC

Nathaniel Hearn Jr.

Associate, New York

Michael Gladstone

Associate, New York

Kevin Sharara

Associate, London

Arthi Naini

Associate, New York

Rubin Waranch

Associate, Washington DC

Bartholomäus Regenhardt

Associate, Brussels

Carly E. Gibbons

Associate, Chicago

Daniel Millard

Associate, London

E. James Dionne

Associate, Washington DC

Karun Ahuja

Associate, Chicago

Ehijele Olumese

Associate, Los Angeles Downtown

Patricia Myers

Paralegal Specialist, Colorado

Jeffrey J. Tolin

Partner, New York

Patrick Flanagan

Partner, New York

Francis Wheeler

Partner, Colorado

Stevie Yu

Associate, New York

Matthew S. Scarano

Associate, San Diego

Ajay Athavale

Associate, San Francisco

Jennifer Fitzpatrick

Paralegal Specialist, Washington DC

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Rubicon Technology Partners Closes Strategic Investment in Tacton

August 1, 2023

Cooley advised private equity firm Rubicon Technology Partners on the strategic investment in Tacton, a top software as a service (SaaS) company trusted by global manufacturers.

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Stephanie Gentile

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Peter Burns

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Stella Sarma

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Christine Graham

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Annie Froehlich

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Daniel Lac

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Marzia Di Candido

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Isabelle Mackesey

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IAA’s Acquisition by Ritchie Bros. Closes Following Shareholder Approval

March 23, 2023

Cooley advised IAA, Inc. (IAA), a global digital marketplace connecting vehicle buyers and sellers, on its cross-border stock and cash acquisition by Ritchie Bros., which closed on Monday, March 20.

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Christopher Kimball

Partner, Washington DC

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Partner, Washington DC

Barbara Mirza

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Howard Morse

Partner, Washington DC

John Paul Oleksiuk

Partner, New York

Michelle Garcia Schulman

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Timothy Shapiro

Partner, Palo Alto

Ryan Vann

Partner, Chicago

Annie Froehlich

Special Counsel, Washington DC

Christine Graham

Special Counsel, London

David Hopkins

Special Counsel, Colorado

Shannon MacMichael

Special Counsel, Washington DC

Miriam Petrillo

Special Counsel, Chicago

Stella Sarma

Special Counsel, Brussels

Julia R. Brinton

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Savannah Harms

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Maya Rahwanji

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StepZen Sells to IBM

February 8, 2023

Cooley advised StepZen – the developer of a GraphQL server with a unique architecture that helps build GraphQL application programming interfaces (APIs) quickly and with less code – on its sale to IBM. Partner David Segre led the Cooley team advising StepZen.

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IAA’s Amended Merger Agreement With Ritchie Bros., Cooperation Agreement With Ancora

January 26, 2023

Cooley advised Insurance Auto Auctions (IAA), a global digital marketplace connecting vehicle buyers and sellers, on an amendment to its previously announced merger agreement with Ritchie Bros., which provides for the stock and cash acquisition of IAA by Ritchie Bros.