Edwards Wildman represented Boston Dynamics, an MIT robotics spinoff which the firm has advised for two decades, in its acquisition by Google, Inc. on December 10, 2013. Boston Dynamics is renowned for designing legged machines that balance and walk on legs.
A team of Edwards Wildman attorneys, led by Al Sokol, a Business Law partner in the firm’s Boston office, advised on the transaction. The M&A team consisted of Marc Mantell, Eric Carlson, and Matt Reardon on corporate and transaction matters; Glenn Pudelka on certain licensing issues; Robert Young on labor law issues; Karl Fryzel, Katie Day, and Ben Ferrucci on tax and employee benefit matters; Matt Hillery on donor advised fund issues; John Fusco on federal contract issues; and Stan Keller and Ed Schultz on opinion issues.
