Sidley represented DigiCert, a leading global provider of digital trust backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., Crosspoint Capital Partners L.P., and TA Associates Management L.P., in its acquisition of Valimail, an email authentication service used by its more than 92,000 clients worldwide to help protect companies from phishing and other cybersecurity threats. The acquisition helps DigiCert expand its offering to customers by bringing Valimail’s “zero trust email authentication” service to the DigiCert ONE platform.
The Sidley team was led by Mehdi Khodadad and Mark Castiglia (M&A and Private Equity) and included Dan Belke, Ed Roper, Cameron Turkzadeh, Sabrina Tawfik, and Daniel Gessner (M&A and Private Equity); Nicholas Schwartz, Mark Adler, Thomas Power, and Natan Skinner (Debt Financing); Vadim Brusser, Laura Collins, Ken Daly, and Miriam Carroll Silvestri (Antitrust and Competition); Stacy Crosnicker and Sarah Recktenwald (Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation); Jen Fernandez and Lloyd Lyall (International Trade); Scott Goldstein (Insurance); Eric Kauffman and Emily Wajert (Employment); Francesca Blythe, Lauren Kitces, and Garrett Lance (Privacy and Cybersecurity); Rachel Kleinberg and Jonathan Westreich (Tax); and Kyle Barnett, Dusan Clark, Natalie Crawford, and Raza Siddiqui (IP and Technology Transactions).
