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Davis Polk advised Pivotal Software, Inc. in connection with its merger with VMware, Inc. Pursuant to the merger, holders of Pivotal’s Class A common stock are entitled to receive $15.00…

Davis Polk is advising Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA on its $675 million acquisition of the stake it did not hold in Penguin Random House. Bertelsmann acquired the remaining 25% stake held…

Davis Polk is advising Universal Scientific Industrial (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. on its acquisition of Asteelflash. Under the terms of the transaction agreement, USI will acquire 100% of the…

Davis Polk advised the joint book-running managers and representatives of the several underwriters on the $64.3 million initial public offering by SiTime Corporation. SiTime’s common stock…

Davis Polk advised NBC Sports Group on its acquisition of EZLinks Golf, a PGA TOUR-affiliated company, including its online tee time marketplace for golfers and its technology platforms,…

Davis Polk is advising Whitney Wolfe Herd, the founder and CEO of Bumble, in connection with the acquisition by Blackstone of a majority stake in MagicLab, which builds and operates leading…

Davis Polk advised Youdao, Inc. on its SEC-registered initial public offering of 5,600,000 American Depositary Shares. Each ADS represents one Class A ordinary share of Youdao. Youdao has…

Davis Polk is advising Hudson Group in connection with its acquisition of assets related to the operation of Brookstone stores in U.S. airports from Apex Digital, Inc. Hudson has also…

Davis Polk is advising Taboola in connection with its merger with Outbrain, Inc. The merger is subject to customary closing conditions. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Outbrain…

Davis Polk is advising SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. on its acquisition of assets of IBM’s Algorithmics business. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2019,…