Aras’s Significant Growth Investment by GI Partners
April 19, 2021
On April 19, 2021, Aras, the only resilient platform provider for digital industrial applications with open, low code technology, announced a substantial growth investment from GI Partners, a leading private investment firm. Cravath is representing Aras in connection with the transaction.
The Cravath team is led by partner George F. Schoen and includes associate Bethany A. Pfalzgraf on corporate matters; partner Matthew M. Kelly on financing matters; partner Matthew J. Bobby and associate David Crampton on executive compensation and benefits matters; partner Lauren Angelilli and associates Arvind Ravichandran and Leon B. Dalezman on tax matters; and associate Carys J. Webb on intellectual property matters. Peter Kim and Michael Svedman also worked on corporate matters and Temiloluwa A. Dele‑Dare worked on financing matters.
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