Melanie Jolson
Counsel
Privacy & Cybersecurity
Melanie
Jolson
Melanie
Jolson
Counsel
Privacy & Cybersecurity
Melanie advises clients on privacy and cybersecurity considerations at all stages of corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions, debt offerings, financings, and licensing agreements. In all kinds of corporate deals, Melanie advises clients on all aspects of data sharing during due diligence, structuring transactions, evaluating target compliance, and strategic planning for integration planning and beyond.
Having worked on hundreds of deals, I have a keen sense of the privacy interests and pressure points for both buyers and targets, and where material risks may lie. This allows me to help clients consider the privacy implications of their growth at every stage of maturity.”
– Melanie Jolson
Melanie works closely with clients on privacy issues throughout their lifecycle, from initial policies and website terms of service to data transfer and licensing agreements for corporate transactions across a wide range of tech and life science industries. Clients depend on her deal-making experience and deep knowledge of tech-related M&A for their most strategic transactions. Melanie also advises clients on compliance with domestic and international data privacy regulations, such as the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), Gramm Leach Bliley Act (GLBA), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
- Karuna Therapeutics in its $14 billion acquisition by Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Blackstone in its investment in Renaissance; acquisition of Ellucian; acquisition of International Data Group; acquisition of majority ownership in Liftoff; and acquisition of a majority stake in MagicLab
- Vungle in transactions including its acquisitions of JetFuel and GameRefiners, and its combination with Liftoff
- Bumble in its $2.5 billion IPO
- ZoomInfo in its $1.07 billion IPO
- Teleflex in its $650 million acquisition of Palette Life Sciences AB
- Tempur Sealy in its $4 billion acquisition of Mattress Firm
- Funds advised by Apax in their $193 million acquisition of MyCase and later sale of MyCase to AffiniPay
- New Mountain Capital in its majority investment in Citrin Cooperman
- TD Bank in its $13.4 billion acquisition of First Horizon
- TransUnion in its $515 million acquisition of Verisk Financial Services and its $2.1 billion acquisition of Neustar
- Underwriters, led by Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan Securities, in Braze’s $572 million IPO
- KKR, along with other investors, in their $1.25 billion investment in Epic Games
- Underwriters, led by Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities and Goldman Sachs in Shift4 Payments’ $345 million IPO
*includes work at a prior firm
- Karuna Therapeutics in its $14 billion acquisition by Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Blackstone in its investment in Renaissance; acquisition of Ellucian; acquisition of International Data Group; acquisition of majority ownership in Liftoff; and acquisition of a majority stake in MagicLab
- Vungle in transactions including its acquisitions of JetFuel and GameRefiners, and its combination with Liftoff
- Bumble in its $2.5 billion IPO
- ZoomInfo in its $1.07 billion IPO
- Teleflex in its $650 million acquisition of Palette Life Sciences AB
- Tempur Sealy in its $4 billion acquisition of Mattress Firm
- Funds advised by Apax in their $193 million acquisition of MyCase and later sale of MyCase to AffiniPay
- New Mountain Capital in its majority investment in Citrin Cooperman
- TD Bank in its $13.4 billion acquisition of First Horizon
- TransUnion in its $515 million acquisition of Verisk Financial Services and its $2.1 billion acquisition of Neustar
- Underwriters, led by Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan Securities, in Braze’s $572 million IPO
- KKR, along with other investors, in their $1.25 billion investment in Epic Games
- Underwriters, led by Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities and Goldman Sachs in Shift4 Payments’ $345 million IPO
*includes work at a prior firm