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Renaissance Learning Acquires myON

03.22.18

The Firm represented Renaissance Learning, Inc. (“RLI”), a portfolio company of Hellman & Friedman LLC, in connection with the acquisition of myON Holdings, LLC (“myON”). RLI, headquartered in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, is a leader of K-12 assessment and learning analytics with a presence in more than a third of U.S. schools and 70 countries around the world. myON is a leading provider of digital literacy solutions and offers students with access to a personalized library of more than 13,000 digital books at home or in the classroom.

The Simpson Thacher team included Chad Skinner, Alexis Orenstein, Mark Underwood and Jay Higdon (M&A); Brian Steinhardt and Shana Ramirez (Credit); David Rubinsky, Eric Wolf and  Pasco Struhs (Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits); Marcela Robledo and Larry Huang (Intellectual Property); Jacqueline Clinton (Tax); and Peter Thomas, Kelly Karapetyan, John Goheen and Bill Kearney (Antitrust).