Latham & Watkins Advises Bending Spoons in US$1.38 Billion Acquisition of Vimeo

Vimeo, Inc. (NASDAQ: VMEO), the leading video platform for business, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Bending Spoons, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately US$1.38 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, Vimeo shareholders will receive US$7.85 per share in cash for each share of Vimeo capital stock that they own. The per-share purchase price represents a 91% premium over Vimeo’s 60-day volume-weighted average share price as of market close on September 9, 2025. Upon the completion of the transaction, Vimeo will become a privately held company and its capital stock will no longer be listed on any public stock exchange.

Latham & Watkins LLP represents Bending Spoons in the transaction with a corporate deal team led by Chicago partners Bradley Faris and Jason Morelli and Milan partner Jeff Lawlis, with associates Henna Jalal, Cyrie Wilson, and Juna Kim. Advice was also provided on tax matters by Chicago partner Rene de Vera, with associate Jeremiah Cowen; on compensation and benefits matters by Chicago partner Benjamin Rosemergy, with associates Victoria Wolfe and Ellie Graham; on labor and employment matters by Chicago partner Nineveh Alkhas, with associates Sahar Merchant and Imara Joroff; on intellectual property matters by Washington, D.C. partner Morgan Brubaker, with associates Ryan Clore, Kellye Quirk, Tyra Richmond, Daniel Donovan, and Christelle Tchaou; on US data privacy and cybersecurity matters by Houston/Austin partner Robert Brown, with associates Stuart Cobb and Sarah Zahedi; on EU/UK data privacy and cybersecurity matters by London partner Fiona Maclean, with associates Calum Docherty and Kate Burrell; on APAC data privacy and cybersecurity matters by Hong Kong partner Rhys McWhirter, with associate Michelle Wong; on US antitrust matters by Washington, D.C. partners Farrell Malone, Washington, D.C. counsel Tara Tavernia, and New York/Washington, D.C. counsel Jamie Sadler, with associates Nathaniel Amann, Alexandra Clark, and Alec Dougherty; on ex-US antitrust and FDI matters by Hamburg partner Jana Dammann de Chapto, Brussels/London partner David Little, and Brussels counsel Wesley Lepla, with associates Laura Lange, Jamie Mansour, and Mari Koskela; on anti-bribery and anti-corruption matters by Chicago partner Meredith Monroe, with associate John Doyle; on real estate matters by Chicago partner Robert Fernandez and New York counsel Karen Ritter; on capital markets matters by Chicago partner Scott Westhoff, with associate Kenneth Sands; on government contracts matters by Washington, D.C. partner Dean Baxtresser, with associate Chris Caulder; and on regulatory matters by Washington, D.C. partner James Barker and Chicago partner Jack Barber, with associate Jay Winkelman.