Freshfields Advises CrowdStrike on its Acquisition of Seraphic

Global law firm Freshfields is advising CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) on its acquisition of Seraphic Security, the leader in browser runtime security. With the acquisition, CrowdStrike will fuse Seraphic’s continuous in-session browser protection with SGNL’s continuous identity to secure every interaction from the endpoint to the browser to the cloud. Freshfields previously announced it is advising on CrowdStrike’s acquisition of SGNL. Learn more about this transaction here.

The Freshfields team is led by partners Denny Kwon and Zheng (Jonathan) Zhou and includes counsel Olaf Ehlers and associates Wicy Wang and Eli Merkadeau. Counsel Jordan Salzman and associate Meilun Chen advised on executive compensation and employee benefits matters, with assistance from partner Sarah Ghulamhussain; partner Joe Soltis and associate Hannah Golden advised on tax matters; partner Mena Kaplan, counsel Marissa Yu, and associates Olivia Luongo and Yungjee Kim advised on intellectual property matters, with assistance from associate Alexandria Ku; partner Brock Dahl, senior associate Christine Chong and associate Jackson Myers advised on data privacy and security matters; partners Meghan Rissmiller and Kevin Yingling, special counsel Charles Ramsey, senior associate Sam Fulliton and associate Kate Applegate advised on antitrust & FDI matters; partner Calise Cheng advised on securities law matters; and partner Stephanie Brown-Cripps and associate Maylin Meisenheimer advised on international trade and sanctions matters.