Sidley represented affiliates of Siris Capital Group, LLC (sellers) and Pulse Secure, LLC (target company) in the sale of Pulse Secure, LLC to Ivanti, Inc. Sidley separately represented Ivanti in the transaction. Ivanti, Inc. is a portfolio company of affiliates of Clearlake Capital Group, L.P.
The Pulse Secure/Siris deal team was led by Dan Clivner and Vijay Sekhon (M&A and Private Equity) and included George Brooks, Luke Ashworth, Cat Zhang, Lanna Lan, and Daniel Pruze (M&A and Private Equity), as well as Kelly Dybala, Sean Damm, and James Kelly (Global Finance); Christian Brause and Lena Qiu (Tax); James Lowe, Ken Daly, Rosanna Connolly, and Jamie Sadler (Antitrust / Competition); Ben Rosemergy, Elizabeth Burns, and Richard Schneider (Employee Benefits); Natalie Chan, Susan Fanning, Peter McCorkell, Chris Morgan, and Bethany Wise (Labor and Employment); Stephen Fronk, Elliott Blufer, and Daphne Chen (Technology and IP Transactions); Ted Chandler and Nathan Greenblatt (IP Litigation); Howard Stanislawski and Kristen Knapp (Government Contracts); Amy Lally (Litigation); Colleen Brown, Laura Sorice, and Jasmine Agyekum (Privacy and Cybersecurity); Maureen Crough and Katharine Newman (Environmental); Mark Schneider and Marc Korman (FCC); Michael D. Mann, Alexa Poletto, and Maggie Seery (FCPA); Andrew Shoyer and Jen Fernandez (International Trade).
The Ivanti/Clearlake deal team was led by Mehdi Khodadad and Nicolai Schwarz-Gondek (M&A and Private Equity), and included Jim Warczak (M&A and Private Equity); Teresa Reuter (Employment); Rachel Kleinberg and Jonathan Westreich (Tax); Stacy Crosnicker (Employee Benefits); Ken Daly, Marc Raven, Elizabeth Chen, and Jakob Dewispelaere (Antitrust/Competition); Glenn Nash and Kyle Barnett (Technology and IP Transactions); and Clayton Northouse and Sheri Porath Rockwell (Privacy and Cybersecurity).
