Zachary Portnoy
Corporate
Zach advises public and private technology companies on a variety of complex, strategic transactions, including public and private company mergers, stock and asset purchases, growth investments, divestitures and carve-out transactions. His transactional expertise spans a wide range of industries, including software, cybersecurity, games and interactive entertainment, fintech, consumer products and emerging technologies and he has significant cross-border M&A experience, having advised on transactions across Europe, Asia and Latin America. Zach also counsels boards and executive teams on corporate governance matters, shareholder engagement and other high-impact business decisions.
- Multiple transactions for Wiz, including its pending $32B sale to Google and its acquisition of Gem Security
- Vocera Communications in its $2.97B sale to Stryker
- Imperva in its $2.1B sale to Thoma Bravo
- SignalFx in its $1.05B sale to Splunk
- SentinelOne in its $616M acquisition of Attivo Networks
- Embracer Group in its $460M divestiture of Gearbox Entertainment to Take-Two Interactive Software
- Squarespace in its $400M divestiture of Tock to American Express
- Billie in its $310M sale to Edgewell Personal Care
- Multiple acquisitions for Cisco Systems, including its acquisitions of Banzai Cloud, Fluidmesh Networks, Slido, Smartlook and Working Group Two
- Multiple transactions for Nexon, including its investment in and acquisition of Embark Studios
- Multiple transactions for Jam City, including its combination with DPCM Capital SPAC and its $165M acquisition of Ludia
- Multiple transactions for SoundHound AI, including its acquisitions of Amelia and SYNQ3
- Amberdata in its acquisition of Genesis Volatility
- Arbelos Markets in its sale to FalconX
- Bridge in its sale to Stripe
- Carta in its acquisition of Tactyc
- Demiurge Studios in its sale to Embracer Group
- Moonbug Entertainment in its acquisition of the Little Angel YouTube Network
- Unknown Worlds in its sale to KRAFTON
- Vast in its acquisition of Launcher
- Amazon
- Automattic
- Coinbase
- Gearbox
- GOAT
- Meta
- Metropolis Technologies
- Netflix
- Peloton
- Scopely
- Wonder