Dechert LLP advised Lexmark International Inc., a global imaging leader, in the sale of its Enterprise Software business to Thoma Bravo, a leading private equity firm. Lexmark's Enterprise Software business is made up of three primary businesses: Kofax, ReadSoft and Perceptive Software. The closing of the transaction is subject to usual and customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals, and is expected to occur in the third quarter of 2017.

The Dechert team advising Lexmark is led by corporate partners Richard Goldberg and Gregory Schernecke, with additional support from antitrust partners James Fishkin and Mélanie Thill-Tayara, employee benefits partner Stephen Skonieczny, tax partner Joshua Milgrim, intellectual property partner Thomas Rayski, as well as corporate associates Ross MacConnell and Cynthia Bien, employee benefits associates Andrew Braid, Michael Binko, Sarah Burke; tax associates Xenia Garofalo and Kenneth Wang; IP associate Margaret Mortimer; antitrust associate Romain Maulin and international trade associate Darshak Dholakia.