Charles Haley

Cooley advised Freshworks (Nasdaq: FRSH), a company that creates artificial intelligence-boosted business software for IT, customer support, sales, and marketing teams to make them more efficient and deliver more value for immediate business impact, on its agreement and plan of merger with D42 Parent (Device42), pursuant to which Freshworks – through its wholly owned subsidiary, Doppler Merger Sub –will acquire all of the outstanding equity interests of Device42 for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $230 million.Cooley advised Freshworks (Nasdaq: FRSH), a company that creates artificial intelligence-boosted business software for IT, customer support, sales, and marketing teams to make them more efficient and deliver more value for immediate business impact, on its agreement and plan of merger with D42 Parent (Device42), pursuant to which Freshworks – through its wholly owned subsidiary, Doppler Merger Sub –will acquire all of the outstanding equity interests of Device42 for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $230 million.

Cooley advised Dropbox on its acquisition of FormSwift, a cloud-based service that provides individuals and businesses solutions to create, edit and save critical business forms and agreements. Dropbox is a collaboration platform transforming how people work together – from the smallest business to the largest enterprise. Lawyers Ben Beerle, Kassendra Galindo, Luke Blackett and Erin Wright led the Cooley team advising Dropbox.

Cooley advised EV Connect, a premier electric vehicle charging solution provider, on its sale to Schneider Electric, a leader in energy management automation.

Cooley advised Prodege, a cutting-edge marketing and consumer insights platform, on its agreement to acquire BitBurst, a technology-based market research company connecting millions of targeted respondents with surveys every year. Partners Tom Hopkins and Rama Padmanabhan, along with associates Bram Couvreur and Dannielle Antone, led the Cooley team advising Prodege.

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Cooley advised Digital Shadows, a company that delivers threat intelligence for security teams, on its agreement to sell to ReliaQuest, a force multiplier of security operations, for $160 million. Partners Rowook Park and Erik Edwards, along with associates Bram Couvreur, Rajdeep Bains, Mary Wilbourn and Omed Sharifi, led the Cooley team advising Digital Shadows. 

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