Freshfields is representing CrowdStrike on its acquisition of Adaptive Shield, a leader in SaaS Security. With the acquisition, CrowdStrike will be the only cybersecurity vendor to provide unified, end-to-end protection against identity-based attacks across the entire modern cloud ecosystem, all delivered from a single unified platform.

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The Freshfields deal team is led by partner Denny Kwon, counsels Olaf Ehlers and Michal Netanyahu and associate Clara Barnosky. Partner Sarah Ghulamhussain, senior associate Andrew Leeds and associate Sonia Bennett advised on executive compensation matters. Partner Joe Soltis and senior associate Brendan Counihan advised on tax matters. Partner Vinita Kailasanath, senior associate Marissa Yu and associate Dylan O‘Connor advised on intellectual property matters, with assistance from partner Menachem Kaplan. Partners Brock Dahl and Christine Lyon and associates Christine Chong and Madeline Cimino advised on data privacy matters. Partner Meghan Rissmiller, counsel Elizabeth Suarez, special counsel Charles Ramsey, and international associate Mariana Rosa advised on antitrust matters and partner Stephanie Brown-Cripps and associate Andrew Gabel advised on sanctions/ABC compliance matters. Herzog, Fox & Neeman provided Israeli local counsel.