David Segre

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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Cooley advised Freshworks, a leading software company empowering businesses to delight their customers and employees, on its $1.1286 billion initial public offering of shares of Class A common stock. Lawyers Jon Avina, Dave Segre, Calise Cheng and Sepideh Mousakhani led the Cooley team advising Freshworks.

Cooley advised Endgame, a developer of an endpoint security platform on its agreement to sell to Elastic, a developer of a document-oriented database and search engine technology for $234 million. Partner Josh Holleman led the Cooley team.

Cooley advised underwriters on CrowdStrike’s $703.8 million initial public offering of 20,700,000 shares of common stock, including full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares. Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, BofA Merrill Lynch and Barclays acted as lead book-running managers for the offering. Credit Suisse, Jefferies, RBC Capital Markets, Stifel, HSBC, Macquarie Capital, Piper Jaffray and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey acted as book-running managers. BTIG, JMP Securities, Mizuho Securities, Needham & Company and Oppenheimer & Co. acted as co-managers for the offering. CrowdStrike’s securities now trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “CRWD.” Partner Dave Segre, Jon Avina and Jonie Kondracki led the Cooley team.

Cooley advised PagerDuty on its $250.3 million initial public offering of 10,430,500 shares of common stock. Dave Segre, Jon Avina and Calise Cheng led the Cooley team advising PagerDuty.

Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan served as joint lead book-running managers for the offering. RBC Capital Markets and Allen & Company served as book-running managers and KeyBanc Capital Markets, Piper Jaffray, William Blair and BTIG served as co-managers.

PagerDuty is an incident management platform that provides reliable incident notifications via email, push, SMS, and phone, as well as other functionality to help teams detect and fix infrastructure problems quickly. The company’s shares now trade on the NYSE under the symbol “PD.”