Latham & Watkins Advises The Knot Worldwide in Agreement Adding Zola to Global Brand Portfolio

The Knot Worldwide, a leading global wedding technology platform and marketplace, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Zola, an all-in-one wedding platform, to join its global portfolio of brands. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Latham & Watkins LLP represents The Knot Worldwide in the transaction with a corporate deal team led by New York partner Amber Banks and Washington, D.C. partners Brian Mangino and Elizabeth More, with associates Lauren Stern, Maddie Merkle, Blake Clevenger, Max Siegel, and Diana Metz. Advice was provided on executive compensation and employee benefits matters by Washington, D.C. partner David Della Rocca, with associates Bryce Groce and Christina Schrantz; on antitrust matters by Washington, D.C. partners Amanda Reeves and Farrell Malone and counsel Jamie Sadler, with senior merger control attorney Matthew Piehl and associates Suhansi Perera, Hanna Nunez Tse, and Raven Earnest; on intellectual property matters by Washington, D.C. partner Morgan Brubaker, with associate Alexandra Gómez; on data privacy and cybersecurity matters by Houston partner Robert Brown, with associates Zac Alpert and Jack Bergantino; on labor and employment matters by Chicago partner Nineveh Alkhas, with associate Alexis Grinstead; on finance matters by Washington, D.C. partners Ben Berman and Ryan Plasky and New York partners Joshua Tinkelman and Nathan Whitaker, with associates Jordan Gratch, Michael Hengerer, and Archit Shori; on anti-bribery and anti-corruption matters by Washington, D.C. partner Daniel Dominguez, with associate Jasmine Benjamin; and on regulatory matters by Washington, D.C. partner Paul Rosen and counsel Ruchi Gill, with associates Dillon Curtis and Monica Calce.