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.

Wilson Sonsini’s lead role in the pending sale of Featurespace and similar transactions marks its position as the leading technology M&A practice representing UK technology companies in landmark cross-border M&A transactions.

The Wilson Sonsini team advising Featurespace on the transaction comprised:

M&A
Marty Korman
Ross Davies
Sarahanne Jackson
Michael Chern
Daniel Cornell
Charlotte Eynon
Peter Borland

Antitrust
Jamillia Ferris
Deirdre Carroll
Jindrich Kloub
Kimberley Biagioli
Liam Boylan
Michelle Zang

National Security and Sanctions
Mike Casey
Seth Cowell

Tax
Emma Game
Myra Sutanto Shen
Sarah Lane
Anjali Krishnan

Employee Benefits and Compensation
Fleur Benns
Matthew Norgard
Emilie Sylvester
Jason Chan

Fintech and Financial Services
Jess Cheng

Employment
Martin Luff
Matt Gorman
Quinn Christie

Technology Transactions
Andrew Poling
Caitlyn Bingaman

Privacy and Cybersecurity
Matthew Staples
Nikolaos Theodorakis
Daniel Chen
Dantam Le
Chany Kim