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12.08.25
Wilson Sonsini Advises Harmonic on $145 Million Acquisition of Video Business Segment by MediaKind
On December 8, 2025, Harmonic, a leader in virtualized broadband and video delivery solutions, announced it has received a binding offer from MediaKind, a leader in cloud-based video streaming technology, to acquire its Video Business segment for approximately $145 million in cash. The transaction, which is expected to close in the first half of 2026, is subject to a French employee works council consultation process and customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is advising Harmonic on the transaction.
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12.05.25
Wilson Sonsini Advises Chronosphere on $3.35 Billion Acquisition by Palo Alto Networks
On November 19, 2025, global cybersecurity leader Palo Alto Networks announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Chronosphere, a next-generation observability platform built to scale for the AI era, for total consideration of $3.35 billion. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Chronosphere on the transaction.
The combination of Chronosphere and Palo Alto Networks’ AgentiX platform will deliver real-time, agentic remediation for the world’s leading AI-native companies and strengthen Palo Alto Networks' ability to help organizations navigate a world where modern applications and AI workloads demand a unified data and security foundation. The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals, and is expected to close in Palo Alto Networks’ second half of fiscal year 2026.
The Wilson Sonsini team that advised Chronosphere on the acquisition was led by Damien Weiss, Todd Cleary, Jack Hamilton, and Rob Broderick, and also included:
The combination of Chronosphere and Palo Alto Networks’ AgentiX platform will deliver real-time, agentic remediation for the world’s leading AI-native companies and strengthen Palo Alto Networks' ability to help organizations navigate a world where modern applications and AI workloads demand a unified data and security foundation. The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals, and is expected to close in Palo Alto Networks’ second half of fiscal year 2026.
The Wilson Sonsini team that advised Chronosphere on the acquisition was led by Damien Weiss, Todd Cleary, Jack Hamilton, and Rob Broderick, and also included:
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7.02.25
Wilson Sonsini Advises Grammarly on Acquisition of Superhuman
On July 1, 2025, Grammarly, the trusted AI assistant for communication and productivity, announced its intent to acquire Superhuman, an AI-native email platform that helps users respond one to two days faster and save four hours per week on email communications. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is advising Grammarly on the transaction.
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3.05.25
Wilson Sonsini Advises Alianza on Acquisition of Metaswitch
On March 4, 2025, Alianza, Inc., the world’s first cloud-orchestrated, AI-powered communications platform dedicated to service providers, announced the completion of its acquisition of Metaswitch from Microsoft, executing on the Definitive Agreement announced in December 2024. Financing of the transaction was provided by existing Alianza investors and a syndicate of commercial banks led by Wells Fargo. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Alianza on the transaction.
The combined offerings of Metaswitch and Alianza will enable service providers to close a massive gap in their ability to grow services revenue and improve operational efficiency by modernizing core networks, unlocking new innovative offerings, and ultimately transforming network operations. With the close of this transaction, Alianza will serve a combined customer base of more than 1,000 communication service providers, including 19 of the top 20 global operators. Alianza will continue to support Metaswitch’s existing product offerings while integrating its cloud-native technology into a unified product portfolio.
The Wilson Sonsini team that advised Alianza on the transaction includes:
The combined offerings of Metaswitch and Alianza will enable service providers to close a massive gap in their ability to grow services revenue and improve operational efficiency by modernizing core networks, unlocking new innovative offerings, and ultimately transforming network operations. With the close of this transaction, Alianza will serve a combined customer base of more than 1,000 communication service providers, including 19 of the top 20 global operators. Alianza will continue to support Metaswitch’s existing product offerings while integrating its cloud-native technology into a unified product portfolio.
The Wilson Sonsini team that advised Alianza on the transaction includes:
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9.26.24
Wilson Sonsini Advises Featurespace in Its Proposed Sale to Visa
Wilson Sonsini’s London-based M&A team led on the pending sale of UK-based Featurespace to Visa. Featurespace is a developer of real-time artificial intelligence (AI) payments protection technology that prevents and mitigates payments fraud and financial crime risks.
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4.10.24
Wilson Sonsini Advises Onfido on Completion of Acquisition by Entrust
On April 9, 2024, Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Entrust, a global leader in trusted payments, identities, and data security, announced that it has completed its acquisition of London-based Onfido, a global leader in identity verification. With the acquisition, Entrust now provides the industry's most comprehensive portfolio of AI-powered, identity-centric security solutions. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Wilson Sonsini advised Onfido on the transaction.
Wilson Sonsini’s involvement in the transaction illustrates its increasingly strong presence in the UK market representing UK technology companies in their cross-border M&A transactions, particularly those involving U.S. buyers. The Wilson Sonsini team advising Onfido on the transaction includes:
M&A
Marty Korman
Ethan Lutske
Ross Davies
Esther Lukman
Eleanor Bleecker
Jennifer Eberly
Robert Gunn
Katherine Fuller
Peter Borland
Wilson Sonsini’s involvement in the transaction illustrates its increasingly strong presence in the UK market representing UK technology companies in their cross-border M&A transactions, particularly those involving U.S. buyers. The Wilson Sonsini team advising Onfido on the transaction includes:
M&A
Marty Korman
Ethan Lutske
Ross Davies
Esther Lukman
Eleanor Bleecker
Jennifer Eberly
Robert Gunn
Katherine Fuller
Peter Borland
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2.08.24
Firm Advises Onfido on Discussions to Be Acquired by Entrust
On February 7, 2024, Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Entrust, a global leader in trusted payments, identities, and data security, announced that it has entered into exclusive discussions to acquire London-based Onfido, a global leader in cloud-based, AI-powered identity verification (IDV) technology. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is advising Onfido on the transaction.
With this contemplated acquisition, Entrust would add a market-leading, compliant AI/ML-based biometric and document IDV tech stack to its portfolio of identity solutions. Additionally, Entrust would have the opportunity to advance the use of biometric-based, highly phishing-resistant authentication in high-value transactions and signing events. This potential acquisition would bring industry-leading technology together to provide enhanced identity-based solutions that enable more trusted and secure interactions at scale for people, enterprises, and institutions.
Founded in 2012, Onfido makes it easy for people to access services through digital verification. The company has over $130 million in annually recurring revenue (ARR) and more than 500 employees. Onfido’s over 1,200 customers globally include some of the world’s leading financial institutions, e-commerce, gambling and gaming companies, and sharing economy platforms.
With this contemplated acquisition, Entrust would add a market-leading, compliant AI/ML-based biometric and document IDV tech stack to its portfolio of identity solutions. Additionally, Entrust would have the opportunity to advance the use of biometric-based, highly phishing-resistant authentication in high-value transactions and signing events. This potential acquisition would bring industry-leading technology together to provide enhanced identity-based solutions that enable more trusted and secure interactions at scale for people, enterprises, and institutions.
Founded in 2012, Onfido makes it easy for people to access services through digital verification. The company has over $130 million in annually recurring revenue (ARR) and more than 500 employees. Onfido’s over 1,200 customers globally include some of the world’s leading financial institutions, e-commerce, gambling and gaming companies, and sharing economy platforms.
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1.29.24
Wilson Sonsini Advises Chronosphere on Acquisition of Calyptia
On January 22, 2024, Chronosphere, a leading cloud native observability platform, announced the acquisition of Calyptia, a provider of observability pipeline solutions. With the addition of Calyptia’s leading technology, Chronosphere is taking an important step to ensure that developers have the ultimate control over all their observability data from end to end—including log files to control cost and improve developer productivity. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Chronosphere on the transaction.
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9.29.23
Wilson Sonsini Advises Droit in Connection with Formation of Endoxa Consortium
On September 25, 2023, Endoxa, a consortium of five leading financial institutions including Barclays, BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, and HSBC, announced that they will collaborate to develop a position reporting utility and have selected Droit as its technology provider. Global position reporting rules require market participants to report securities holdings to regulatory bodies—a process that is complex, time consuming, and creates duplicative effort across the industry. The aim of the newly-established position reporting utility, the first of its kind, is to improve the quality of these disclosures and mitigate interpretation and implementation errors through machine-readable rule logic established through a consensus model.
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6.23.23
Wilson Sonsini Advises Zendesk on Acquisition of Tymeshift
On June 22, 2023, Zendesk announced its completed acquisition of Tymeshift, an AI-powered modern workforce management (WFM) solution. Built exclusively for Zendesk customers, Tymeshift simplifies the management of complex customer experience (CX) workloads. Acquiring Tymeshift is a step in Zendesk’s journey to a new era of Intelligent CX. The company will combine the predictive capabilities of Tymeshift with its AI capabilities to power the next generation of AI-assisted CX productivity – making organizations more productive by automatically managing agent scheduling and instantly reacting to spikes in customer inquiries.
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9.07.22
Wilson Sonsini Advises Misfits Market on Acquisition of Imperfect Foods
On September 7, 2022, Misfits Market, the online grocery platform driven by accessibility, affordability, and sustainability, announced the acquisition of online grocer Imperfect Foods. The planned acquisition will unite both brands to deliver a better, more sustainable grocery experience. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Misfits Market on the transaction.
Imperfect Foods, a company founded to build a better food system and fight food waste, brings complementary and sustainably designed delivery networks to the Misfits Market banner. As a result of the acquisition, Misfits Market will be well positioned to continue building out a supply chain that tackles inefficiency, lowers prices, and continues to fundamentally improve how consumers shop for groceries online. While the brands will continue separate operations in the short term, Misfits Market founder and CEO Abhi Ramesh will serve as CEO of the combined company, with executives from Imperfect Foods joining the Misfits Market leadership team.
Founded in 2018, Misfits Market delivers organic produce, high-quality meats and seafood, plant-based proteins, dairy, bakery, wine, and other grocery items to nearly every zip code in 48 states at up to 40 percent off traditional grocery store prices. The company is headquartered in Greater Philadelphia and has raised more than $525 million in funding.
The Wilson Sonsini team that advised Misfits Market on the transaction included:
Imperfect Foods, a company founded to build a better food system and fight food waste, brings complementary and sustainably designed delivery networks to the Misfits Market banner. As a result of the acquisition, Misfits Market will be well positioned to continue building out a supply chain that tackles inefficiency, lowers prices, and continues to fundamentally improve how consumers shop for groceries online. While the brands will continue separate operations in the short term, Misfits Market founder and CEO Abhi Ramesh will serve as CEO of the combined company, with executives from Imperfect Foods joining the Misfits Market leadership team.
Founded in 2018, Misfits Market delivers organic produce, high-quality meats and seafood, plant-based proteins, dairy, bakery, wine, and other grocery items to nearly every zip code in 48 states at up to 40 percent off traditional grocery store prices. The company is headquartered in Greater Philadelphia and has raised more than $525 million in funding.
The Wilson Sonsini team that advised Misfits Market on the transaction included: