Luke X. Blackett

Luke’s experience includes representing:

• Meta in its acquisition of Rivos
• Cognition AI in its acquisition of Windsurf
• dbt Labs on its all-stock merger with Fivetran
• Tripledot Studios in its acquisition of AppLovin’s gaming business for US$800 million
• Snowflake in its acquisition of Crunchy Data
• Intuit in its acquisitions of GoCo and Deserve 
• The Trade Desk in its acquisition of Sincera
• MyHealthTeam in its sale to Swoop
• Uber in its acquisition of Drizly for US$1.1 billion*
• PlayAGS in its pending sale to Brightstar Capital Partners for US$1.1 billion*
• Dropbox in its acquisitions of DocSend, FormSwift, and Nira*
• ONE Finance in its sale to Hazel (a joint venture between Walmart and Ribbit Capital)*
• Travelator (dba TravelBank) in its sale to U.S. Bank*
• Byju in its acquisitions of Epic! Creations for US$500 million, and Tynker*
• Blockdaemon in its acquisition of Sepior*
• Gatsby in its sale to Netlify*
• Neogene Therapeutics in its sale to AstraZeneca for US$320 million*
• Flexion Therapeutics in its sale to Pacira Biosciences*
• HBT Labs in its sale to American Regent*
• Senti Biosciences in the sale of certain of its assets to Celadon Partners*

Luke’s recent pro bono matters include representing:

• The Melanoma Research Foundation in its acquisition of the Sun Protection Foundation*
• The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula in a merger with the Mid-Peninsula Boys & Girls Club*
• The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula in the acquisition of certain assets and operations from the Boys & Girls Clubs of North San Mateo County*
• East Bay Family Defenders in its combination with Legal Services for Prisoners with Children*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham