Sidley is representing Newfold Digital on its acquisition of YITH, one of the largest independent sellers and developers of WooCommerce plugins and themes for WordPress, a free and open-source content management system. Newfold Digital is a leading web and commerce technology provider backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. and Siris Capital Group, LLC, which was established through the combination of leading web services providers Endurance Web Presence and Web.com Group.
The Sidley team is led by Mehdi Khodadad and Adam Runcorn (M&A and Private Equity), and includes Matthew Stoker, Lauren Bretton, Cyril Cutinha, and Jonathan Litsey (M&A and Private Equity); Nicholas Schwartz, Kristen Smith, and Jacob Kline (Global Finance); Karen Kazmerzak, Ken Daly, and Jakob Dewispelaere (Antitrust/Competition); Jason Menzies and Rachel Kleinberg (Tax); Matthew Shankland and Sarah Lainchbury (Litigation); Peter McCorkell (Employment); Stacy Crosnicker and Sarah Recktenwald (Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation); Sven De Knop and Alessandra Moroni (International Trade); and Alan Charles Raul and Denise Kara (Privacy and Cybersecurity).
