We are advising Braze on the transaction

Davis Polk is advising Braze, Inc. on its acquisition of North Star. North Star, an Australian company, is currently the exclusive reseller of Braze products in Australia and New Zealand.

Braze is a leading comprehensive customer engagement platform that powers interactions between consumers and brands they love. With Braze, global brands can ingest and process customer data in real time, orchestrate and optimize contextually relevant, cross-channel marketing campaigns and continuously evolve their customer engagement strategies. The company is headquartered in New York with offices in Austin, Berlin, Chicago, London, Paris, San Francisco, Singapore and Tokyo.

The Davis Polk corporate team includes partners Nicole Brookshire and Paul S. Scrivano and associates Greg Travers and Jennifer Chung. Counsel John H. Runne is providing capital markets advice. Partner Jennifer S. Conway and associate Elizabeth Smith are providing executive compensation advice. Partner Corey M. Goodman and associate Dov Sussman are providing tax advice. Partner Frank J. Azzopardi is providing intellectual property advice. Members of the Davis Polk team are based in the Northern California and New York offices.