Sidley is representing Discovery Education, a global education technology company backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., in its acquisition of DreamBox Learning, a PK-12 education technology provider. DreamBox is a portfolio company of Elliott Investment Management L.P. and TPG’s The Rise Fund.
The Sidley team is being led by Mehdi Khodadad, Scott Parel, and Mark Castiglia (M&A and Private Equity), and includes Jocelyne Kelly, Amanda Patterson, Cyril Cutinha, and Staci Shelby (M&A and Private Equity); Ken Daly, Murray Reeve, Jamie Sadler, Edward Sharon, and Iva Todorova (Antitrust/Competition); Stacy Crosnicker and Gregory Matisoff (Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation); Sven De Knop, Jen Fernandez, and Lindsey Ricchi (International Trade); Nicholas Schwartz, Shneur Wolvovsky, and Bill Turnbull III (Global Finance); Eric Kauffman and Katie Sreenan (Employment); Colleen Theresa Brown, Francesca Blythe, Stephen McInerney, Ash Nagdev, Eleanor Dodding, and Rimsha Syeda (Privacy and Cybersecurity); Elizabeth McCloy and Brandon Bryer (Real Estate); Rachel Kleinberg, Jonathan Westreich, and Alvin Wang (Tax); and Kyle Barnett and Ida Ebeid (Technology Transactions).