About Cristina

Cris DeBiase focuses her practice on the intellectual property, data privacy, cybersecurity and technology aspects of corporate transactions. She also has experience drafting commercial, intellectual property and technology agreements, including software and IP licenses, privacy policies, incident response plans, and terms of use, and counseling clients on a variety of data breach scenarios.

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Experience

Datadog Acquires Eppo

Datadog Acquires Eppo

May 7, 2025

Cooley advised Datadog (Nasdaq: DDOG), a monitoring and security platform for cloud applications, on its acquisition of Eppo, a feature flagging and experimentation platform that will tightly integrate with Datadog’s existing product analytics suite.

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Grigor Lynch
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Brittany Sanok
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Eileen Marshall
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Austin Holt
Partner, Santa Monica
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Santa Monica
Len Jacoby
Partner, New York
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Kristen Mathews
Partner, New York
Megan Browdie
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Brad Goldberg
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Mark Windfeld-Hansen
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Stacey A. Bradford
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Julia R. Brinton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Dillon Martinson
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Ryan Bowers
Associate, Washington, DC
David Dalton
Associate, Santa Monica
Cristina DeBiase
Associate, Boston
Megan Drill
Associate, San Diego
Joshua Elefant
Associate, Palo Alto
Nathaniel Hearn Jr.
Associate, Chicago
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Edward McLaughlin
Associate, New York
Anisha Mohin
Associate, New York
Juan Nascimbene
Associate, London
Liz Paisner
Associate, New York
Shelby Saunders
Associate, New York
Patricia Myers
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Brian Mitchell
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UiPath Acquires Peak

UiPath Acquires Peak

March 12, 2025

Cooley advised UiPath (NYSE: PATH), a leading enterprise automation and artificial intelligence (AI) software company, on its acquisition of Peak, an AI-native company based in Manchester, United Kingdom.

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Russell Anderson
Partner, London
Kevin Cooper
Partner, New York
Caroline Hobson
Partner, London
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Partner, Colorado
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Partner, London
Nicola Squire
Partner, London
Chris Stack
Partner, London
David Wilson
Partner, London
Christine Graham
Special Counsel, London
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Shehzad Akram
Associate, London
Olivia Anderson
Associate, London
Neelam Atwal
Associate, London
Harry Calkin
Associate, London
Harry Calkin
Associate, London
Cristina DeBiase
Associate, Boston
Rick Jantz
Associate, Santa Monica
Chris Lynn
Associate, London
Daniel Millard
Associate, London
Juan Nascimbene
Associate, London
Mo Swart
Associate, London
Dominic Taylor
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CFIUS

PetLab Co. Announces Majority Stake Sale to BC Partners

PetLab Co. Announces Majority Stake Sale to BC Partners

February 26, 2025

Cooley advised PetLab Co., a rapidly growing independent pet supplement brand headquartered in London, on its majority stake sale to BC Partners, a top international investment firm.

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Ben Shribman
Partner, London
Kevin Cooper
Partner, New York
Louise Burt
Associate, London
David Wilson
Partner, London
Eerik Kukebal
Associate, London
Aaron Pomeroy
Partner, Colorado
Paula Holland
Partner, London
Harry Calkin
Associate, London
Rick Jantz
Associate, Santa Monica
Jia Xie
Associate, London
Patrick Flanagan
Partner, New York
Paula Fleckenstein
Associate, Reston
David Walsh
Senior Counsel, Reston
Chris Coulter
Partner, London
María Álvarez Requejo Heredero
Associate, Brussels
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Caroline Hobson
Partner, London
Colm Murphy
Partner, London
Gerard O'Shea
Partner, New York
Lauren A. Reichardt
Partner, New York
Guadalupe Sampedro
Partner, London
Stella Sarma
Partner, Brussels
Leo Spicer-Phelps
Partner, London
Nicola Squire
Partner, London
Chris Stack
Partner, London
Henry Stewart
Partner, London
Michael Tollini
Partner, Washington, DC
Karun Ahuja
Special Counsel, Chicago
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Christine Graham
Special Counsel, London
Jack Jones
Special Counsel, London
Cristina DeBiase
Associate, Boston
Athina Gaki
Associate, Brussels
Gary Warren Hunt III
Associate, Washington, DC
Danielle Joe
Associate, Washington, DC
Alexandra Leavy
Associate, New York
Daniel Millard
Associate, London
Megan Mojabi (Flynn)
Associate, London
Breanna Qin
Associate, Palo Alto
Alice Wong
Associate, London
Steven A. Zuckerman
Associate, New York
Margie Murphy
Paralegal Specialist, New York
Jake Ironfield
Transactional Quantitative Analyst, New York
Kafeel Azher
Associate, London

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Mergers and Acquisitions
Tax
Compensation and Benefits
Debt Finance
Emerging Companies
Technology Transactions
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Labor and Employment
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Patent Counseling and Prosecution
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Trademark, Copyright and Advertising
Commercial Litigation
Business Restructuring

DataStax Announces Acquisition by IBM

DataStax Announces Acquisition by IBM

February 25, 2025

Cooley advised DataStax, an artificial intelligence (AI) and data solution provider, on its acquisition by IBM (NYSE: IBM), a provider of global hybrid cloud and AI solutions and consulting expertise.

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Partner, Palo Alto
David Segre
Of Counsel, Palo Alto
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Caitlin Courtney
Partner, Palo Alto
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Michael Bergmann
Partner, Washington, DC
Wendy Brenner
Partner, Palo Alto
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Annie Froehlich
Partner, Washington, DC
Stella Sarma
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David Wilson
Partner, London
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
David Burns
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Tiffany Allen
Associate, Palo Alto
Harry Calkin
Associate, London
Queenie Chen
Associate, Palo Alto
David Dalton
Associate, Santa Monica
Cristina DeBiase
Associate, Boston
Juan Pablo González
Associate, Palo Alto
Cameron Gyorffy
Associate, Santa Monica
Kelley Harrington
Associate, Chicago
Josh Himmelstern
Associate, San Diego
Katie Kaufman
Associate, Boston
Joseph J. Kim
Associate, Palo Alto
Eerik Kukebal
Associate, London
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Eileen Leman
Associate, Los Angeles
Breanna Qin
Associate, Palo Alto
Katie Stevens
Associate, Palo Alto
John Alec Stouras
Associate, Palo Alto
Nicholas Yacoubian
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Christy Fairlie
Paralegal Specialist, Reston
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CFIUS
Antitrust and Competition

Kpler Announces $241 Million Acquisition of Spire’s Maritime Business

Kpler Announces $241 Million Acquisition of Spire’s Maritime Business

November 13, 2024

Cooley advised Kpler, a fast-growing data and analytics firm on a mission to build one platform for global trade intelligence, on its acquisition of Spire Global’s maritime business for approximately $241 million.

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Christine Graham
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Caroline Hobson
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Associate, London
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Associate, London
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Partner, London
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Partner, Washington, DC
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
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Partner, London
Amy Collins
Special Counsel, London
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Stella Sarma
Partner, Brussels
Cristina DeBiase
Associate, Boston
Liza Hadley
Associate, Boston
Chris Lynn
Associate, London
Daniel Millard
Associate, London
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Admissions and credentials

Admitted to practice in Virginia and Washington, DC only

Not admitted to practice in Massachusetts

Memberships and affiliations

Virginia Bar Association