Technology innovation generates commercial opportunities on an unprecedented scale but can also come with unforeseen and unique risks. Innovators are also subject to an emerging and ever-shifting body of regulation and rapidly changing industry dynamics.
Alston & Bird has extensive experience advising clients engaged in a full range of domestic and cross-border public and private technology corporate transactions, including negotiated and unsolicited acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, joint ventures, leveraged buyouts, going-private transactions, strategic alliances, spinoffs, carve-outs, and tender and exchange offers.
Our corporate team leads a cross-disciplinary team of experience specialist attorneys in practice areas essential to technology-enabled transactions, including cybersecurity, privacy, and data security; intellectual property; labor and employment; finance; and tax. These attorneys support our transactions on a day-to-day basis as a core part of their practice and apply their knowledge to offer you pragmatic and transaction-focused counsel.
Our clients’ businesses are as varied as the technology they create, use, and fund, including multinationals, startups and Fortune 500 companies, and prominent private equity and venture capital funds. Our team has broad-based experience navigating technology-driven transactions in industries and with products posing unique challenges, including FinTech, data analytics, health care, compliance products, and payments.
The Alston & Bird corporate team develops strategies for structuring and implementing transactions that are both innovative and practical. By understanding your goals and protecting the value of the deal, we facilitate transactions by identifying and resolving the unique issues and risks that arise in technology transactions.
Technology & Business Services Mergers & Acquisitions
Like technology, service works best when it’s practical. We serve buyers and sellers in complex transactions in the technology and business services space. Our clients span global, established Fortune 500 companies to Silicon Valley startups. With an understanding of the underlying technology and the needs of business, our M&A lawyers use practical advice to help you capitalize on opportunities.
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Press Release March 21, 2025Alston & Bird Represents T2S Solutions in Acquisition of Blue Marble CommunicationsAlston & Bird represented T2S Solutions, a founder-led provider of advanced technologies that support U.S. defense, intelligence, and national security missions, on its acquisition of Blue Marble Communications, a leading provider of space-qualified communications and computing technologies. Headquartered in Belcamp, Maryland, T2S Solutions is a portfolio company of Madison Dearborn Partners.Press Release March 21, 2025Alston & Bird Represents T2S Solutions in Acquisition of Blue Marble CommunicationsAlston & Bird represented T2S Solutions, a founder-led provider of advanced technologies that support U.S. defense, intelligence, and national security missions, on its acquisition of Blue Marble Communications, a leading provider of space-qualified communications and computing technologies. Headquartered in Belcamp, Maryland, T2S Solutions is a portfolio company of Madison Dearborn Partners.
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Press Release March 6, 2025Alston & Bird Advises Lightspeed Systems on Acquisition of STOPit SolutionsAlston & Bird advised Lightspeed Systems, a global leader in online security, safety, and educational technology management solutions, on its acquisition of STOPit Solutions, a pioneer in anonymous reporting and crisis management platforms. Based in Austin, Texas, Lightspeed Systems is a portfolio company of Madison Dearborn Partners and Genstar Capital.Press Release March 6, 2025Alston & Bird Advises Lightspeed Systems on Acquisition of STOPit SolutionsAlston & Bird advised Lightspeed Systems, a global leader in online security, safety, and educational technology management solutions, on its acquisition of STOPit Solutions, a pioneer in anonymous reporting and crisis management platforms. Based in Austin, Texas, Lightspeed Systems is a portfolio company of Madison Dearborn Partners and Genstar Capital.
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Press Release February 14, 2024Alston & Bird Represents Veritas in the Sale of its Data Protection Business to CohesityAlston & Bird represented Veritas, a leader in secure multi-cloud data management, in the sale of its data protection business to San Jose, California-based Cohesity, a leader in AI-powered data security and management. The transaction values the combined company at approximately $7 billion.Press Release February 14, 2024Alston & Bird Represents Veritas in the Sale of its Data Protection Business to CohesityAlston & Bird represented Veritas, a leader in secure multi-cloud data management, in the sale of its data protection business to San Jose, California-based Cohesity, a leader in AI-powered data security and management. The transaction values the combined company at approximately $7 billion.
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In the News April 22, 2022Atlanta Business Chronicle | Exclusive First Look: Leadership Atlanta Names 86 Community Leaders to Its Class of 2023Jeremy Silverman is mentioned for being selected to participate in Leadership Atlanta’s Class of 2023 program.In the News April 22, 2022Atlanta Business Chronicle | Exclusive First Look: Leadership Atlanta Names 86 Community Leaders to Its Class of 2023Jeremy Silverman is mentioned for being selected to participate in Leadership Atlanta’s Class of 2023 program.
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In the News April 22, 2022The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Saporta Report | Leadership Atlanta Announces 86 Participants for Class of 2023Jeremy Silverman is noted for being selected to participate in Leadership Atlanta’s Class of 2023 program.In the News April 22, 2022The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Saporta Report | Leadership Atlanta Announces 86 Participants for Class of 2023Jeremy Silverman is noted for being selected to participate in Leadership Atlanta’s Class of 2023 program.
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Press Release July 30, 2021Alston & Bird Advises Sentek Consulting on Its Acquisition by DeloitteAlston & Bird client Sentek Consulting Inc., a systems engineering and cybersecurity firm primarily serving the U.S. Navy, has been acquired by Deloitte.Press Release July 30, 2021Alston & Bird Advises Sentek Consulting on Its Acquisition by DeloitteAlston & Bird client Sentek Consulting Inc., a systems engineering and cybersecurity firm primarily serving the U.S. Navy, has been acquired by Deloitte.
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In the News May 3, 2021The Deal | SEC, Senate Take Fresh Aim at SPACsDave Brown is quoted on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s heightened focus on special-purpose acquisition companies as the agency seeks to strike a balance between capital formation and investor protection.In the News May 3, 2021The Deal | SEC, Senate Take Fresh Aim at SPACsDave Brown is quoted on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s heightened focus on special-purpose acquisition companies as the agency seeks to strike a balance between capital formation and investor protection.
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In the News April 7, 2021Dow Jones | Blue Sage Capital Invests in Cobra Legal SolutionsAlston & Bird is noted for representing Cobra Legal Solutions in its investment by Blue Sage Capital.In the News April 7, 2021Dow Jones | Blue Sage Capital Invests in Cobra Legal SolutionsAlston & Bird is noted for representing Cobra Legal Solutions in its investment by Blue Sage Capital.
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Press Release April 2, 2021Renk to Acquire Combat Propulsion Systems Businesses from L3Harris for $400 MillionAlston & Bird client Renk AG has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Combat Propulsion Systems (CPS) and Magnet-Motor GmbH (MM) businesses from defense contractor L3Harris Technologies Inc. for $400 million in cash.Press Release April 2, 2021Renk to Acquire Combat Propulsion Systems Businesses from L3Harris for $400 MillionAlston & Bird client Renk AG has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Combat Propulsion Systems (CPS) and Magnet-Motor GmbH (MM) businesses from defense contractor L3Harris Technologies Inc. for $400 million in cash.
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In the News March 23, 2021Compliance Week | SPACs Are Big-Risk, Big-Reward Investments That Can Give Compliance FitsDave Brown is quoted on why special-purpose acquisition company investors need to understand changing Securities and Exchange Commission disclosures.In the News March 23, 2021Compliance Week | SPACs Are Big-Risk, Big-Reward Investments That Can Give Compliance FitsDave Brown is quoted on why special-purpose acquisition company investors need to understand changing Securities and Exchange Commission disclosures.
Highlights
Alston & Bird Represents T2S Solutions in Acquisition of Blue Marble Communications
Alston & Bird represented T2S Solutions, a founder-led provider of advanced technologies that support U.S. defense, intelligence, and national security missions, on its acquisition of Blue Marble Communications, a leading provider of space-qualified communications and computing technologies. Headquartered in Belcamp, Maryland, T2S Solutions is a portfolio company of Madison Dearborn Partners.