Privacy

Transactions and Corporate Finance

• American Express in its $400 million acquisition of Tock, a reservation, table and event management technology provider, from Squarespace.
• Boeing in its $8.3 billion acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems, a manufacturer of aerostructures for commercial airplanes, defense platforms, and business/regional jets.
• Pershing Square Capital Management (PSCM) in its $1.05 billion sale of a 10 percent common equity interest in Pershing Square Holdco, L.P., a newly formed holding company for the business of PSCM.
• Enbridge in its $14 billion acquisition of three utilities.
• Goldman Sachs as placement agent in connection with Stripe’s $6.5 billion private placement, one of the largest private stock sales in U.S. history.
• J.P. Morgan in its acquisition of Aumni, a leading investment analytics company that serves clients in the venture capital industry that have invested in more than 17,000 portfolio companies.
• Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group in its sale of MUFG Union Bank’s U.S. core regional banking franchise to U.S. Bancorp.
• Kering Eyewear in its acquisition of Hawaiian eyewear brand Maui Jim.
• AT&T in the combination of its WarnerMedia business with Discovery, Inc.

• Booking Holdings in its $1.2 billion acquisition of Getaroom, a B2B distributor of hotel rooms, from Court Square Capital Partners.
• Biohaven in its $11.6 billion acquisition by Pfizer.
• Benefitfocus, Inc. in its sale to Voya Financial, Inc.
• BNY Mellon in its sale of BNY Alcentra Group Holdings to Franklin Templeton.
• LeonardoDRS in its merger with RADA Electronic Industries.
• Financial institutions, insurers and manufacturers in describing the impact of new privacy laws, regulations and cross-border data transfer restrictions in their SEC disclosures.

Compliance, Contracting and Strategic Counseling

• Various clients, including an AI supercomputing company, in drafting privacy notices, terms of use, cookie policies and other online disclosures.
• A leading hedge fund, technology licensing company and digital assets provider in drafting and negotiating data sharing or data processing agreements.
• Technology companies in connection with developing and training algorithms in compliance with applicable privacy laws.
• Various companies on the use of customer information for data analytics purposes, including whether certain contemplated uses would comply with federal and state privacy and other laws.
• HIPAA-covered entities and business associates on their HIPAA compliance obligations, including drafting, negotiating and executing business associate agreements.
• Various companies in developing GDPR compliance programs, including data subject request policies and procedures, data protection charters and data governance materials.
• Various clients on the collection, use and disclosure of biometric information and associated legal requirements.

Litigation/Investigations

• Various companies on compliance with the GDPR and data protection laws in Canada, Japan, Brazil and other jurisdictions regarding document collection, review and production and information systems access in regulatory investigations, including advising on consent, notice and data transfer issues.
• Various financial institutions on privacy considerations in government investigations, including data transfer issues and redaction issues.
• Financial institutions and manufacturers on compliance with applicable privacy laws during the bankruptcy and restructuring process.