Fenwick & West represented PlanGrid, a leading provider of construction productivity software, in its acquisition by Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSK), a software provider for the architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, media and entertainment industries, for $875 million net of cash.
The acquisition of PlanGrid will enable Autodesk to offer a more comprehensive, cloud-based construction platform and enable improved information exchange across all construction project team. More information about PlanGrid’s $875 million acquisition by Autodesk can be obtained from the company announcement.
The Fenwick transaction team included corporate lawyers David Michaels, Sayre Stevick, Scott Behar, Victoria Lupu, James Li, Elena Moreno Cloutier and Shajee Rizvi; executive compensation and employee benefits lawyers Shawn Lampron, Kristin O’Hanlon, Liza Morgan and Sarah Ghulamhussain; technology transactions lawyers Jonathan Millard, Joseph Schenck, Russell Wong, Shizuka Tiernan, Julia Chung, Ed Heffernan, Emily Lippincott and Gina Damiano; antitrust lawyers Mark Ostrau and Ashley Walter; and tax lawyers Will Skinner and Michael Knobler.