Fenwick Represents Archer in Acquisition of Boeing’s Wisk Aero, Insitu and SkyGrid

Fenwick represents Archer Aviation Inc. (NYSE: ARCH), a leading designer and developer of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft and technologies for the future of aviation, in its pending acquisition of Wisk Aero, Insitu and SkyGrid from Boeing (NSYE: BA), a global aerospace innovation and physical AI company.

The deal will combine complementary capabilities that Boeing and the subsidiaries have developed over decades in autonomy, electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) with Archer – creating the first end-to-end physical AI platform for aerospace and defense. More information can be obtained from Archer’s announcement.

The Fenwick transaction team includes corporate partners Patrick Grilli, Stephen Fisher and Aman Singh, associates Jiarui Li, Emma McBride, Spencer Leroux, Max Krinsky, Kale Olmstead, Alex Hall and Zai Li and law clerk Emma Gaiser; technology transactions partner David Hayes, associate Kristen Freitas and advisor Sandra Weustink; executive compensation and employee benefits partner Marshall Mort and associates Jonathan Stephenson and Rachel Coffey; privacy and cybersecurity partner Ana Razmazma, counsel Melanie Jolson and associate Natalie Kim; trade and national security partners Melissa Duffy and Robert Slack and associates Brooklynn Moore, Trevor Coval and Jake Medvitz; antitrust and competition partner Steve Albertson, counsel Merdith Mommers and associates Brittney Dimond, Susan Lee and Vaibs Srikaran; patent litigation partner Jessica Kaempf and associates Jessica Benzler and Doug Etts; employment litigation partner Dan McCoy and associate Claire Norman; tax partner William Skinner and associate Matthew Dimon; government contracts and public procurement counsel Jerzy Piatkowski; and patent associates Malashaan Kind and Bailey Meyer.