Sidley is representing Newfold Digital on its acquisition of Yoast B.V., the leading search engine optimization plugin provider for WordPress. Newfold Digital is a leading web technology company backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. and Siris Capital Group, LLC, which was established through the combination of leading web services providers Endurance Web Presence and Web.com Group.
The Sidley team is led by Mehdi Khodadad and Adam Runcorn (M&A and Private Equity), and includes Matthew Stoker, Lauren Bretton, and Kimberley Vanderspar (M&A and Private Equity); Eric Kauffman, Susan Fanning, and Peter McCorkell (Employment); Stacy Crosnicker and Sarah Recktenwald (Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation); Jason Menzies and Laurence Wilcock (Tax); Karen Kazmerzak, Ken Daly, and Jakob Dewispelaere (Antitrust/Competition); Sven De Knop and Alessandra Moroni (International Trade); and Scott Goldstein (Insurance).