Latham & Watkins Advises Aon in Sale of Cybersecurity and IP Litigation Consulting Groups to LevelBlue

LevelBlue, a global leader in cloud-based, AI-driven managed security services, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Aon’s cybersecurity and intellectual property (IP) litigation consulting groups, which includes recognized cybersecurity firm, Stroz Friedberg, and Elysium Digital, which is renowned for technology-related IP litigation matters. The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions.

Latham & Watkins LLP represents Aon in the transaction with a corporate deal team led by Chicago/New York partner Bradley Faris and Chicago partner Max Schleusener, with associates Henna Jalal, Claudia Wang, and Juna Kim. Advice was also provided on tax matters by Washington, D.C. partner Nicholas DeNovio, with associates Abigail Friedman and Nolon Blaylock; on compensation and benefits matters by Chicago partner Benjamin Rosemergy and London partner Sarah Gadd, with associates Juliet Rognlie and Harriet Gray; on labor and employment matters by Chicago partner Nineveh Alkhas, with associate Sahar Merchant; on antitrust matters by Washington, D.C. partners Peter Todaro and Alan Devlin; on anti-corruption and anti-bribery matters by Chicago partner Meredith Monroe, with associate John Doyle; on sanctions matters by associate Eric Green; on ex-US regulatory matters by Hamburg partner Jana Dammann and Brussels counsel Philipp Studt, with associate Sarah Miller; on ex-UK regulatory matters by London partner Jonathan Parker, with associates James Mathieson and Josephine Levy; on government contracts matters by Washington, D.C. partner Dean Baxtresser, with associate Genevieve Hoffman; on intellectual property matters by New York partner Jeffrey Tochner, with associates Andrew Abokhair and Victoria Allen; on data privacy matters by Houston/Austin partner Robert Brown and Washington, D.C. counsel Brad Baglien, with associates Brianna Gordon and Priyanka Krishnamurthy; on real estate matters by Chicago counsel Jeffrey Anderson, with associate David Rao; and on environmental matters by Los Angeles/Houston partner Joshua Marnitz.