Sidley advised Stackbit Inc., a developer of a website-designing technology platform, in its acquisition by Netlify. Headquartered in San Francisco, Stackbit Inc. has developed leading technologies to provide constant evolution of tools, best practices, and fulfill needs to combine any theme, site generator, and CMS (content management system) without complicated integrations, enabling the developers and designers to create more performant and secure websites.
The Sidley team was led by Sara M. Carian (M&A) and Dr. Idan Netser (Emerging Companies and Venture Capital, Tax). The Sidley team also included Nicholas F. Frey (Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation), Natalie C. Chan (Labor, Employment and Immigration), Lauren Kitces (Privacy and Cybersecurity), Malaz K. Moustafa (Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation), Jonathan M. Westreich (Tax), Jake Funk (Emerging Companies and Venture Capital), Tyler J. Combest (Tax), Ellen Heighten (M&A), David Chriki (Emerging Companies and Venture Capital), and Alec Mitrovich (M&A).