Ben Shribman

Ben advises on a wide range of corporate matters, with a focus on M&A on behalf of VC-backed companies, as well as private equity and growth capital fundraisings.

He acts for investors and high-growth companies on acquisitions, minority investments, leveraged buyouts, exits, buy-and-build strategies and restructurings, typically with a trans-Atlantic element.

Ben advises on transactions covering a range of sectors, with a particular interest in software, artificial intelligence and other technology-related investments. He also has significant experience advising strategic and financial investors on complex domestic and cross-border M&A and joint ventures.

Ben’s representative matters include advising:

• Kpler on its acquisition of Spire Global’s maritime business for $241 million, its $200 million+ strategic growth investment from Insight Partners and Five Arrows, and multiple acquisitions, including ClipperData and MarineTraffic
• GeBBS Healthcare Solutions and ChrysCapital on the sale of a controlling interest in GeBBS to EQT
• Nord Security, the makers of NordVPN, on its two $100+ million financing rounds led by Warburg Pincus and Novator Ventures, respectively, most recently at a valuation of $3 billion
• Accel as lead investor in the $267 million Series F fundraising of Zepz
• Zalgiris Kaunas on its acquisition of the London Lions professional basketball franchise
• Snyk in connection with its acquisitions of Enso Security, Fugue, TopCoat, CloudSkiff, FossID, Manifold and DeepCode
• Fordhouse on its investment in Zenzero, buy-and-build strategy and subsequent exit to Macquarie Capital
• CovertSwarm on its investment from Beech Tree Private Equity
• Unchained Labs on its acquisition of Blacktrace Holdings
• TradingHub on its investment from Summit Partners
• Uber on its joint venture with Yandex and its reorganization of Careem into separate ride-hailing and super app business units in connection with a $400 million investment by e&
• Zephr on its agreement to sell to Zuora
• UiPath in connection with its acquisition of Re:infer
• Investors in MiroBio regarding its agreement to sell to Gilead for approximately $405 million
• iProov on its $70 million growth investment from Sumeru Equity Partners
• Chegg in connection with its acquisition of Busuu for approximately $436 million
• Sense Biodetection on its combination with Sherlock Biosciences
• Quantifeed on its acquisition of Alpima
• Unmind on its acquisition of Frankie Health
• Wagestream in connection with its acquisition of Earnd Australia
• Humio on its agreement to sell to CrowdStrike for approximately $400 million
• Decibel on its agreement to sell to Medallia for approximately $160 million
• Burda Principal Investments on the buyout of notonthehighstreet by Great Hill Partners
• Société Jacques Bollinger in connection with its investment in BI Wines and Spirits

Ben joined Cooley in 2020. He is recommended in Chambers UK as a leading lawyer for Corporate/M&A (£100-800 million) and The Legal 500 UK as a next-generation partner for private equity transactions. He was also named a rising star of private equity in the London market by Legal Week in 2018.