Latham & Watkins Advises dbt Labs in All-Stock Merger With Fivetran

dbt Labs, the pioneer of modern data transformation, has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to merge in an all-stock deal with Fivetran, the global leader in automated data movement. Following close of the transaction, the combined company will be approaching US$600 million in annual recurring revenue.

Latham & Watkins LLP represents dbt Labs in the transaction with a corporate deal team led by Bay Area partner Benjamin Potter and Bay Area counsel Danny Nordstrom, with associates Luke Blackett, Tim Plummer, and Kevin Schunk, and assistance from Alvin Vo. Advice was also provided on tax matters by Bay Area partner Grace Lee, with associate Gregory Conyers; on compensation and benefits matters by Bay Area partner James Robinson, with associate Will Fowler; on labor and employment matters by New York counsel Sandra Benjamin, with associate Jocelyn Wexler; on intellectual property matters by Bay Area counsel Arielle Singh, with associates Ryan Sanders and Claire Jensen; on data privacy and cybersecurity matters by San Diego/Bay Area counsel Jennifer Howes and Dubai/London counsel Danielle van der Merwe, with associates Eric Gonzalez and Edgar Lee; on anti-bribery and anti-corruption matters by Washington, D.C./London partner Nathan Seltzer, with associate Ragad Alfaraidy; on trade controls matters by Washington, D.C. counsel Ruchi Gill, with associate Dillon Curtis and assistance from Stephen Keith; on antitrust matters by Bay Area partner Joshua Holian and Washington, D.C. counsel Ngoc Hulbig, with associates Hanna Nunez Tse and Bernie Achbold; and on corporate and securities matters by associates Eduard Grigoryan and Daphne Lambadariou.