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Education
We advised Global Education Holdings (GEDU), a UKbased educational group, on its acquisition of Schiller
International University, the 昀椀rst American university
with multiple campuses in Europe.
We advised e-learning provider Go1 on its
acquisition
of
Blinkist,
a
Germany-based
mobile learning app used by tens of millions of
users worldwide.
This transaction expands GEDU’s global footprint into the
United States.
The acquisition expands Go1’s reach to mobile users
seeking to learn new skills and stay updated on business
and self-improvement topics.
Lawyers in our Baltimore and Washington, D.C. o昀케ces
led the transaction, with support from our Denver,
Miami, New York, and Philadelphia o昀케ces and our
banking, capital markets, education, employee bene昀椀ts,
employment, intellectual property, international trade,
privacy and cybersecurity, real estate, regulatory, and
tax practices.
We advised Meharry Medical College, a historically Black
medical school, and its a昀케liate the Diaspora Human
Genomics Institute on their collaboration with Regeneron,
AstraZeneca, Novo Nordisk, and Roche to launch the
Together For CHANGE initiative.
The initiative will fund genomics learning at HBCUs and
create the largest African ancestry genomics database,
enabling more equitable medical research and better
health outcomes for Black populations worldwide.
Lawyers in our Washington, D.C. o昀케ce led the transaction,
with support from our Madrid, New York, and Northern
Virginia o昀케ces and our intellectual property, privacy and
cybersecurity, regulatory, and tax practices.
Lawyers in our Boston and Munich o昀케ces led the
transaction, with support from our Brussels, Frankfurt,
New York, Northern Virginia, and Washington,
D.C. o昀케ces and our antitrust, employment, 昀椀nance,
intellectual property, international trade, and
tax practices.
We advised Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA),
a research and educational services organization, on its
sale to Houghton Mi昀툀in Harcourt (HMH), a leading
learning technology company.
The transaction allows NWEA and HMH to better
support teachers and students with research-backed
curriculum and best-in-class assessments.
Lawyers in our Silicon Valley o昀케ce led the transaction,
with support from our Baltimore, Denver, London, Los
Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and
Washington, D.C. o昀케ces and our antitrust, intellectual
property, privacy and cybersecurity, private equity, and
tax practices.
