Latham & Watkins Advises Evernote in Acquisition by Bending Spoons

Bending Spoons, a leading European technology company, has announced an agreement to acquire Evernote, the renowned personal productivity app. Evernote boasts approximately US$100 million in recurring revenue, millions of paying customers, and almost 11 billion notes created with its cross-platform apps.

Latham & Watkins LLP represents Evernote in the transaction with a corporate deal team led by Bay Area partners Saad Khanani and Ben Potter, with associates Shannon Cheng, Chris Cruickshank, and Caitlin Nguyen. Advice was also provided on data privacy matters by Bay Area partner Robert Blamires, with associate Kathryn Parsons-Reponte; on intellectual property matters by Bay Area counsel Arielle Singh, with associate Ryan Sanders; on tax matters by Bay area partner Kirt Switzer, with associate Derek Gumm; on benefits and compensation matters by Century City partner Julie Crisp, with associates Joe Benedetto and Courtney Thomson; on debt financing matters by Bay Area partner Dan Van Fleet, with associate Yesenia Barberena; on FCPA matters by Washington, D.C. partner Joseph Bargnesi; on antitrust matters by Bay Area partner Joshua Holian, Washington, D.C. counsel Peter Todaro, and Brussels counsel Tomas Nilsson; on export controls and sanctions matters by Washington, D.C. partner Les Carnegie and Washington, D.C. counsels Andrew Galdes and Ruchi Gill, with associate Alli Hugi; and on China law matters by Shanghai partner Rowland Cheng, with associate Vincent Jiang.