Overview
McDermott Will & Emery advised MessageBird on financing the $600 million acquisition of SparkPost.
SparkPost is the world’s leading email distribution, optimization, and analytics platform. It helps senders reliably reach the inbox with powerful solutions to help them plan, execute and optimize their email programs. Key clients include The New York Times, Zillow, Adobe and Booking.com.
Founded in 2011, MessageBird is the Amsterdam-based cloud communications platform offering a suite of Cloud Communications API’s that enable developers and enterprises to communicate with customers in virtually any corner of the planet.
The McDermott team was led by partner Aymen Mahmoud and supported by partner Mark Fine associate Nick Jupp and trainee Ryan Clarke. The team was also assisted by partners Tom Whelan, Anh Lee, Allison Wilkerson with counsel Kristine M. Suh and associate Daniel Ross.
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