Brian Keyes

Brian Keyes

Partner

Mergers & Acquisitions

Diverse M&A Experience

Brian's practice includes acquisitions and sales of public and private companies, divisions, and subsidiaries through numerous structures, including mergers, stock purchases, asset purchases, and other forms of acquisitions.
Notable Transactions

Brian has been involved in numerous transactions with industry leaders such as DoorDash in its $8 billion acquisitions of Wolt Enterprises, AppLovin in its $430 million acquisition of Wurl, Mastercard in its acquisition of CipherTrace, ExtraHop in its $900 million sale to Bain Capital and Infogain in its sale to Apax.

Brian Keyes is a partner in Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's mergers and acquisitions practice. Brian represents public and private companies in a wide variety of M&A transactions. His experience includes acquisitions and sales of public and private companies, divisions, and subsidiaries through numerous structures, including mergers, stock purchases, asset purchases, and other forms of acquisitions. Brian also advises clients on strategic transactions, including spin-offs, carve-outs, restructurings, and recapitalizations. Prior to joining the firm, Brian practiced in the merger and acquisitions group of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York.

Experience

Education

J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 2001
B.A., Loyola University, 1996

Admissions

State Bar of New York
State Bar of Washington

Credentials

Education

J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 2001
B.A., Loyola University, 1996

Admissions

State Bar of New York
State Bar of Washington

Select Transactions

Adobe Systems in its acquisitions of Demdex and Efficient Frontier
AFCV Holdings in its acquisition of Answers.com
AppLovin in multiple transactions, including in its acquisition of Wurl and in the sale of its mobile gaming business to TripleDot
Aragon Pharmaceuticals in its sale to Johnson & Johnson
Avocent in its sale to Emerson Electric
BlackSky Holdings in its de-SPAC business combination with Osprey Technology Corporation
Blade Network Technologies in its sale to International Business Machines
Checkr in its acquisition of Truework
Chef Software in its sale to Progress
Clean Power Finance in its combination with Kilowatt Financial
Cosemi Technologies in the sale of its photodetector chip business to Avago
Cyan in its sale to Ciena Corporation
DiscoverOrg in its strategic transaction with TA Associates
Dolby Laboratories in its acquisitions of Hybrik and Voxeet
DoorDash in its acquisition of Wolt
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction in its acquisition of 1Energy Systems
Drugstore.com in its sale to Walgreens
eHealth in multiple transactions, including in its acquisition of PlanPrescriber
Elastica in its sale to Blue Coat
Entrata in its acquisitions of Colleen AI and RentDynamics
Expedia in multiple transactions, including in its acquisition of a majority interest of Trivago, in its majority investment in ALICE, and in its acquisition of SeatGuru
ExtraHop in its sale to Bain Capital
F5 Networks in its acquisitions of Traffix Communications and VerSafe
FoodLink Online in its sale to Roper Industries
FTI Consulting in its acquisition of Attenex
Fusion-io in multiple transactions, including in its acquisitions of IO Turbine and NexGen Storage and in its sale to SanDisk
GoDaddy in multiple transactions, including in its acquisitions of Locu, Media Temple, Uniregistery, Main Street Hub, Sucuri, Mad Mimi, CallCatchers, and Media Temple
Heptio in its sale to VMWare
HintMD in its sale to Revance Therapeutics
Infogain in multiple transactions, including in its acquisitions of Revel Consulting, Absolutdata, and Silicus Technologies; in its sale of a majority interest to ChrysCapital; and in its sale to Apax Partners
Intermedia in its acquisitions of Telanetix and SaaSID
Juniper Networks in its acquisition of Altor Networks
M:Metrics in its sale to comScore
Mastercard in multiple transactions, including in its acquisitions of CipherTrace, SessionM, Ethoca, Transactis, Brighterion, and NuData
MasterControl in its acquisition of Qualer
Maxlinear in its acquisitions of Entropic Communications and Intel's Home Gateway Platform Division
Nautilus Biotechnology in its de-SPAC business combination with Arya Sciences Acquisition Corp III
NVIDIA in its acquisition of RayScale
Occam Networks in its sale to Calix
Omniture in multiple transactions, including in its acquisitions of TouchClarity, Offermatica, and Visual Sciences, and in its sale to Adobe
Ontela in its acquisition of Photobucket
Orchestria in its sale to CA
IPSY in its acquisition of Boxy Charm
Pluralsight in multiple transactions, including in its acquisition of GitPrime
Qualys in multiple transactions, including in its acquisitions of Layered Insight, Adya, and NetWatcher
Raytheon in its acquisition of Websense
RealNetworks in multiple transactions, including in its acquisition of WiderThan and in its patent and video codec software sale to Intel
ShareBuilder in its sale to ING Bank
SingleStore in its acquisition of Bryte Systems
Slice Technologies in its sale to Rakuten
Synapse in its sale to Cambridge Consultants
TIBCO Software in its acquisition of Jaspersoft
TinyCo in its sale to SGN
USANA Health Sciences in its acquisition of Hiya Health
Vallent in its sale to International Business Machines
Vivint Solar in its sale to SunEdison
Wilocity in its sale to Qualcomm
White Electronic Designs in its sale to Microsemi
Xevo in its sale to Lear
Native Cosmetics in its sale to Procter & Gamble

Matters

Select Transactions

Adobe Systems in its acquisitions of Demdex and Efficient Frontier
AFCV Holdings in its acquisition of Answers.com
AppLovin in multiple transactions, including in its acquisition of Wurl and in the sale of its mobile gaming business to TripleDot
Aragon Pharmaceuticals in its sale to Johnson & Johnson
Avocent in its sale to Emerson Electric
BlackSky Holdings in its de-SPAC business combination with Osprey Technology Corporation
Blade Network Technologies in its sale to International Business Machines
Checkr in its acquisition of Truework
Chef Software in its sale to Progress
Clean Power Finance in its combination with Kilowatt Financial
Cosemi Technologies in the sale of its photodetector chip business to Avago
Cyan in its sale to Ciena Corporation
DiscoverOrg in its strategic transaction with TA Associates
Dolby Laboratories in its acquisitions of Hybrik and Voxeet
DoorDash in its acquisition of Wolt
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction in its acquisition of 1Energy Systems
Drugstore.com in its sale to Walgreens
eHealth in multiple transactions, including in its acquisition of PlanPrescriber
Elastica in its sale to Blue Coat
Entrata in its acquisitions of Colleen AI and RentDynamics
Expedia in multiple transactions, including in its acquisition of a majority interest of Trivago, in its majority investment in ALICE, and in its acquisition of SeatGuru
ExtraHop in its sale to Bain Capital
F5 Networks in its acquisitions of Traffix Communications and VerSafe
FoodLink Online in its sale to Roper Industries
FTI Consulting in its acquisition of Attenex
Fusion-io in multiple transactions, including in its acquisitions of IO Turbine and NexGen Storage and in its sale to SanDisk
GoDaddy in multiple transactions, including in its acquisitions of Locu, Media Temple, Uniregistery, Main Street Hub, Sucuri, Mad Mimi, CallCatchers, and Media Temple
Heptio in its sale to VMWare
HintMD in its sale to Revance Therapeutics
Infogain in multiple transactions, including in its acquisitions of Revel Consulting, Absolutdata, and Silicus Technologies; in its sale of a majority interest to ChrysCapital; and in its sale to Apax Partners
Intermedia in its acquisitions of Telanetix and SaaSID
Juniper Networks in its acquisition of Altor Networks
M:Metrics in its sale to comScore
Mastercard in multiple transactions, including in its acquisitions of CipherTrace, SessionM, Ethoca, Transactis, Brighterion, and NuData
MasterControl in its acquisition of Qualer
Maxlinear in its acquisitions of Entropic Communications and Intel's Home Gateway Platform Division
Nautilus Biotechnology in its de-SPAC business combination with Arya Sciences Acquisition Corp III
NVIDIA in its acquisition of RayScale
Occam Networks in its sale to Calix
Omniture in multiple transactions, including in its acquisitions of TouchClarity, Offermatica, and Visual Sciences, and in its sale to Adobe
Ontela in its acquisition of Photobucket
Orchestria in its sale to CA
IPSY in its acquisition of Boxy Charm
Pluralsight in multiple transactions, including in its acquisition of GitPrime
Qualys in multiple transactions, including in its acquisitions of Layered Insight, Adya, and NetWatcher
Raytheon in its acquisition of Websense
RealNetworks in multiple transactions, including in its acquisition of WiderThan and in its patent and video codec software sale to Intel
ShareBuilder in its sale to ING Bank
SingleStore in its acquisition of Bryte Systems
Slice Technologies in its sale to Rakuten
Synapse in its sale to Cambridge Consultants
TIBCO Software in its acquisition of Jaspersoft
TinyCo in its sale to SGN
USANA Health Sciences in its acquisition of Hiya Health
Vallent in its sale to International Business Machines
Vivint Solar in its sale to SunEdison
Wilocity in its sale to Qualcomm
White Electronic Designs in its sale to Microsemi
Xevo in its sale to Lear
Native Cosmetics in its sale to Procter & Gamble

Recent Insights

Client Highlights

AppLovin Corporation, a leading marketing platform, announced the entry into a definitive agreement to sell its mobile gaming business to Tripledot for $400.0 million in cash consideration and equity consideration representing approximately 20% of Tripledot. The deal is anticipated to close in the second quarter of 2025, pending regulatory approvals. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised AppLovin on the transaction.

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Client Highlights

On December 23, 2024, USANA Health Sciences announced the acquisition of a 78.8 percent controlling ownership stake in Hiya Health Products, a leading direct-to-consumer provider of high-quality children’s health and wellness products. The $205 million cash transaction was completed on the same date and is anticipated to be accretive to USANA’s 2025 adjusted EBITDA. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised USANA on the transaction.

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