Fenwick represented AppLovin Corporation (NASDAQ: APP) in its definitive agreement to acquire Twitter, Inc.’s (NYSE: TWTR) MoPub business for approximately $1 billion. MoPub software is used by 45,000 mobile apps to manage their monetization and reaches 1.5 billion addressable users around the world. More information can be obtained from AppLovin’s announcement.
Fenwick has served as counsel to AppLovin for several years, led by corporate partners Michael Esquivel, Kris Withrow and Ryan Slunaker. The Fenwick transaction team for AppLovin’s acquisition included corporate partners Kris Withrow and Ryan Slunaker and associates Jeff Zhang and Christina Kwak; technology transactions partners Ralph Pais and Joseph Schenck and associate Ana Razmazma; privacy & cybersecurity partner James Koenig; antitrust partner Tom Ensign; and tax partner Will Skinner.