Rightsline, a leading provider of rights and royalties management software for IP‑intensive industries, announced a US$500 million strategic growth investment from Hg, a leading investor in transatlantic technology businesses.
Latham & Watkins LLP represents Hg in the transaction with a corporate deal team led by New York partners Alex Kelly and Shanta Chirravuri and Washington, D.C. partner Victoria VanStekelenburg, with associates Miles Gilhuly, Joey Yu, and Annie Kim, and assistance from Nathan Ye. Advice was also provided on finance matters by Washington, D.C. partner Jennifer Kent, with associate Jose Rodriguez;* on tax matters by New York partner Alan Kimball, with associate Chris Zhao; on benefits and employment matters by Washington, D.C. partner Nikhil Kumar and Washington, D.C. counsel Richard Nettles, with associate Julia Harriman; on labor matters by Chicago counsel Laura Waller, with associates Jenny Bobbitt and Imara Joroff; on intellectual property matters by Washington, D.C. partner Morgan Brubaker, with associate Christelle Tchaou; on data privacy and cybersecurity matters by Houston/Austin partner Robert Brown, with associate Sarah Zahedi; on antitrust matters by Washington, D.C. partner Mandy Reeves, Frankfurt/Düsseldorf partner Max Hauser, and Hamburg partner Jana Dammann de Chapto, with senior merger control attorney Matthew Piehl and associates Bernie Archbold and Sebastian van Helden; on environmental, health, and safety matters by New York partner Betty Huber, with associate Sophia Fossali; on regulatory matters by Washington, D.C./Los Angeles partner Paul Rosen, with associate Adam Schupack; on sanctions matters by associates Eric Green, Matthew Crawford, and Alexander Perkowski; and on anti‑corruption and anti‑bribery matters by Washington, D.C. partner Kevin Chambers.
