DLA Piper represented digital commerce start-up Dollar Shave Club (DSC) in its sale to Unilever, a global consumer goods company. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of this year.

Led by partner Jeff Aronson, the firm advised DSC with respect to intellectual property related matters. Partner Randy Socol separately represented the executive management team’s interests in the transaction. The firm has served as counsel to DSC since its inception in 2012.

Under the deal terms, DSC founder and CEO Michael Dubin will continue to run the company while leveraging Unilever’s expansive geographic reach and distribution capabilities.

In addition to Aronson and Socol, the DLA Piper team advising on the transaction includes partners Gina Durham (San Francisco), Ute Krudewagen (Silicon Valley), Neil Balmert (San Diego) and Jim Telfer (San Francisco and Silicon Valley); of counsels Rebecca Jones McKnight (Austin) and Cathryn Le Regulski (Northern Virginia); and associates Blake Jackson, Chung Wei (both Silicon Valley), and Carissa Bouwer (Sacramento).