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International law firm McDermott Will & Emery represented CyEx, a leading provider of digital consumer security solutions, in its acquisition of Simpluris Inc. (Simpluris), the industry leader in class action settlement administration for the public sector across various verticals, notably employment and consumer litigation. Since its founding, Simpluris has been involved in over 9,000 matters and distributed over $9 billion in funds.

The McDermott team was led by Alexei Cowett and Christine Kretkowski. Aroma Sharma, Mike Abercrombie and Meredith Schwartz also advised on corporate matters. David Taub and Ethan Heller advised on regulatory matters. Andrew Liazos, Jennifer Hill, Stephania Sanon and Dawn Peacock advised on employment and employee benefits matters. Tara Ward advised on government contract matters. Austin Mooney and Cathy Lee advised on cybersecurity and technology matters. Matthew King advised on intellectual property matters. Alex Farr and Courtney Wagner advised on tax matters.

Read CyEx’s press release.

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