Kirkland Advises Sophos on $859 Million Acquisition of Secureworks

Kirkland & Ellis advised Thoma Bravo-backed Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, on its acquisition of Secureworks. The all-cash transaction is valued at approximately $859 million. Together, Sophos and Secureworks will help strengthen the resilience and security posture of global organizations of any size with a combination of security controls, artificial intelligence, world-class threat intelligence and two teams with decades of cybersecurity expertise.

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The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Brad Reed and Steven Page; technology & IP transactions lawyers Aaron Lorber and Amber Harezlak; debt finance lawyer Brian Ford; and antitrust & competition lawyers Dan Zach, Jack Coles and Matthew Sinclair-Thomson.