Advice was also provided on corporate debt and derivatives matters by New York partners Gregory Rodgers and Reza Mojtabaee-Zamani, with New York associate Andrew Blumenthal on other corporate matters by Bay Area partner Sarah Axtell on benefits and compensation matters by Bay Area partner James Metz, with Bay Area associate Erik Ward on tax matters by Bay Area partner Grace Lee, with Los Angeles associate Abigail Friedman and Boston associate Jeremiah Cowen on technology transactions matters by Bay Area partner Anthony Klein with Bay Area associate Arielle Singh on data privacy matters by Washington, D.C.

Latham & Watkins represents Slack in the transaction with a corporate deal team led by Bay Area partners Rick Kline, Tad Freese and Mark Bekheit, with Bay Area associates Michelle Lu, Natalie Robertson, and Melinda Vanderburg. “Executing a deal of this scale required great coordination across the Latham team and we were able to draw on our unrivaled experience to meet the needs of our client.” “We were excited to work with Slack on such a transformative transaction,” said Tad Freese, partner and co-leader of the deal team that is advising Slack.

Slack acquired by salesforce