Laurie A. Cerveny

Laurie has a robust technology M&A practice, representing both public and private strategic buyers and sellers, which includes divestitures and carve-outs. In addition, she represents clients in the life sciences (pharmaceutical and biotech), security, energy, retail, and communications industries.

She also has a significant cross-border practice, representing a number of dual-listed and foreign private issuers (FPIs) from Canada and other jurisdictions in securities, disclosure, and M&A matters, and representing international investors in their US interests. Laurie has experience helping her clients raise capital, including through initial public offerings, secondary offerings, and debt offerings. 

Laurie serves as the firm’s Managing Partner of Industries & Strategic Initiatives, leading Morgan Lewis’s 12 industry teams and numerous initiatives and task forces, including the ESG and sustainability advisory practice. She is also a member of the firm’s international leadership council.

Representative Experience

• ADT in its acquisition of IOTAS
• ADT in its joint venture with Ford to create new company Canopy
• ADT Inc. in its $825 million acquisition of SunPro Solar
• ADT in its acquisition of Red Hawk
• ADT in its acquisition of Ackerman Security System
• Shiseido Americas Corporation in its $700 million sale of bareMinerals, BUXOM, and Laura Mercier to Advent
• Shiseido Americas Corporation in its acquisitions of JWALK and Giaran
• Lightspeed Commerce in its $425 million acquisition of NuOrder
• Lightspeed Commerce in its $430 million acquisition of Upserve
• Lightspeed Commerce in its $500 million acquisition of Ecwid
• Lightspeed Commerce in its $350 million acquisition of Vend Limited
• Lightspeed Commerce in its $440 million acquisition of ShopKeep
• Iron Mountain in its $1.3 billion acquisition of the US operations of IO Data Centers
• Iron Mountain in the $220 million sale of its Intellectual Property Management Business to NCC Group
• Descartes Systems Group Inc. in its acquisitions of GroundCloud, Supply Vision, Portix Logistics Software, QuestaWeb, MK Data Services, Airclic, Telargo Inc., IES, Computer Management, Customs Info, BearWare, Oz, Inc., Datamyne, ShipRush, PCS Trac, Appterra, MacroPoint, Aljex, Velocity Mail, BestTransport.com, GreenMile, Foxtrot, and XPS Technologies
• Descartes Systems Group Inc. as United States counsel in its public offerings of common shares in the United States and Canada
• Merck in its $773 million acquisition of Tilos Therapeutics
• Citrix Systems, Inc. in its acquisitions of ScaleXtreme, Zenprise, Cloud.com, ShareFile, Podio ApS, Byte Squared, Framehawk, Beetil Service Management, Skytide, RightSignature, Solid Instance, Grasshopper, Sanbolic, Unidesk, Virtual Solutions, Cedexis, and Sapho
• PTC Inc. in its acquisitions of Arena Solutions, Axeda Corporation, Servigistics, ColdLight, and Kepware
• athenahealth in its acquisitions of Arsenal Health and Praxify Technologies
• Rhythm Pharmaceuticals in its initial public offering and its subsequent follow-on public offerings
• Bright Horizons Family Solutions in its $250 public investment in private equity (PIPE)

Representative Clients

• ADT Inc.
• Ascend Learning
• ATN International, Inc.
• Bright Horizons Family Solutions
• Bruker Corporation
• CarGurus, Inc.
• Cengage Learning
• Cerence Inc.
• The Descartes Systems Group Inc.
• HubSpot, Inc.
• Iron Mountain Incorporated
• Jacobs Solutions
• Lightspeed Commerce Inc.
• Partners in Health
• PC Tel Inc.
• PTC Inc.
• Selective Insurance Group, Inc. 
• Shiseido Americas Corporation
• Takeda Pharmaceutical Company
• Wayfair Inc.