Sidley represented CafeMedia – a portfolio company of media, entertainment, communications, and technology private equity firm ZMC – in its acquisition of Slickstream, an engagement product for independent publishers, from Hivepoint. As part of the sale, CafeMedia will take ownership of all technology and products associated with Slickstream for Bloggers, Slickstream’s engagement suite, and support its existing customer base.
The Sidley team was led by Payom Pirahesh and Luke Ashworth (M&A and Private Equity), and included Dan Clivner, Cat Zhang, and Kate McMahon (M&A and Private Equity); Russell Weiss and Kyle Barnett (Technology and Life Sciences Transactions); Rachel Kleinberg and Jonathan Westreich (Tax); Ash Nagdev (Privacy and Cybersecurity); and Ernesto Claeyssen (Commercial Litigation and Disputes).