Sidley advised Blackbaud, Inc., the world’s largest cloud software company powering social good, on its agreement to acquire UK-based online fundraising services provider, JustGiving™, whose online social giving platform has played a powerful role in the growth of peer-to-peer fundraising, for an aggregate purchase price of £95 million, subject to certain adjustments. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory review in the UK.

The London-based Sidley team is composed of partners Fatema Orjela (Private Equity), Patrick Harrison (Antitrust/Competition), Oliver Currall (Tax), William Long (Privacy and Cybersecurity), Susan Fanning (Employment) and John Casanova (Financial Services Regulatory), and is supported by Private Equity associates Rajal Patel, Maud Graves and Garrett Holmes, Antitrust/Competition associate Kyle Le Croy, Tax associates Jason Pegnall and Laurence Wilcock, Privacy and Cybersecurity associate Francesca Blythe, Employment associate Peter McCorkell and Financial Services Regulatory associates Kai Zhang, Tom Hunter and Max Savoie.