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MoFo Advises Aechelon Technology in Acquisition of Compro’s Radar Toolkit Business

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Morrison Foerster advised Aechelon Technology, Inc., a Sagewind Capital portfolio company that provides image generation software and complex databases to the Department of Defense, in connection to its acquisition of Compro’s highly-regarded Radar Toolkit® (RTK), along with all associated assets, contracts, software, and intellectual property.

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Morrison Foerster advised Aechelon Technology, Inc., a Sagewind Capital portfolio company that provides image generation software and complex databases to the Department of Defense, in connection to its acquisition of Compro’s highly-regarded Radar Toolkit® (RTK), along with all associated assets, contracts, software, and intellectual property.The acquisition enhances Aechelon’s capabilities in radar simulation technology, building on existing programs with a smooth and seamless transition. Aechelon plans to tightly integrate the RTK with its own industry-leading GPU-based Radar Data Generator products. This is Aechelon’s first acquisition since receiving an investment from Sagewind Capital in August 2024.The MoFo team advising Aechelon was led by Denver mergers + acquisitions partner Chere See and Washington, D.C. government contracts partner Damien Specht, with support from Miami corporate associate Ludovica Gardani-Menendez, Boston technology transactions associate Matthew Blum, and Washington, D.C. government contracts associates Nicole Giles and Caitlin Crujido.Read the <a href="https://aechelon.com/aechelon-adquires-compro-radar/" target="_blank">press release</a>.

MoFo Advises Aechelon Technology in Acquisition of Compro’s Radar Toolkit Business

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Chere See is a corporate partner in the Denver office of Morrison Foerster. Chere represents public and private companies in a variety of transactional matters, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions (M&A).Chere advises clients in domestic, cross-border, and multijurisdictional acquisitions and divestitures, joint ventures, strategic investments, securities offerings, and general corporate matters. Chere has advised clients across a broad range of industries, including companies operating in the technology, finance, semiconductor, consumer goods and retail, and healthcare industries.Chere is a member of the firm’s Artificial Intelligence Group and co-leads the firm’s AI M&A Initiative.Prior to joining Morrison Foerster, Chere was an associate in the New York and London offices of a top international law firm, where she advised on M&A and capital markets transactions.Chere earned her J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School, where she served as vice president of the Harvard Law School Advocates for Human Rights. Prior to law school, she graduated as valedictorian from New York University College of Arts and Science.

Chere See

Partner

Damien is a partner in the firm’s Government Contracts & Public Procurement practice. Damien represents clients in all facets of government contracts transactions, as well as regulatory counseling, subcontract and teaming agreement negotiations, contract disputes, size protests, and protests. Damien has been recognized as a leading Government Contracts lawyer by various publications. Chambers USA explains that he “is a strong choice for advising government contractors on M&A transactions,” with sources saying that he has “excellent knowledge of government contracts M&A” and that “his biggest strength is that he is very commercial, thinking about both the legal and business side of things.” National Law Journal named him a Trailblazer and found that federal lawmakers turn to him when they “need expert advice about small-business policy.”Damien has played a significant role in more than 200 government contracts transactions, representing industry leaders, private-equity firms and entrepreneurs. He also regularly serves as lead counsel in high-stakes litigation, including pre- and post-award protests at the GAO, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and state tribunals, as well as in size protests and appeals.The co-editor of books on small business litigation and government contracts transactions, Damien was a founding member of the ABA Public Contract Law Section Mergers and Acquisitions Committee and serves in the leadership of the American Bar Association Small Business & Other Socioeconomic Programs Committee. Damien has testified about procurement issues before the United States House of Representatives.<h4>GAO PUBLISHED DECISIONS</h4><ul><li>Dawson Solutions, LLC, B-418587, B-418587.2, Jun. 19, 2020, 2020 CPD ¶ 216</li><li>LATA-Atkins Technical Services, LLC, B-418602,B-418602.4, Jun. 10, 2020, 2020 WL 3265159</li><li>Inquiries, Inc., B-418486, B-418486.2, B-418486.3, May 27, 2020, 2020 WL 3034820</li><li>BEAT, LLC, B-418235, B-418235.2, Jan.30, 2020, 2020 CPD ¶ 64</li><li>Battelle Memorial Institute, B-416263.5, Jan. 23, 2020, 2020 WL 508726</li><li>ASRC Federal Data Network Technologies, LLC, B-418028; B-418028.2, Dec. 26, 2019, 2019 WL 7370424</li><li>IPKeys Technologies, LLC, B-416873.2, B-416873.3, Apr. 5, 2019, 2019 CPD ¶138</li><li>ActioNet, Inc., B-416557.4, February 27, 2019, 2019 CPD ¶ 97</li><li>Advanced Software Systems, Inc., B-414892.2, B-414892.3, B-414892.4, B-414892.5, B-414892.6, Jan. 7, 2019, 2019 CPD ¶ 51</li><li>Chenega Healthcare Services, LLC, B-416158, Jun. 4, 2018, 2018 CPD ¶ 200</li><li>Federal Acquisition Services Alliant JV, LLC, B-415406.2, B-415406.3, April 11, 2018, 2018 CPD ¶ 139</li><li>VT Halter Marine, Inc., B-415510.2, B-415510.3, B-415510.4, Jan. 24, 2018, 2018 CPD ¶ 62</li><li>OBXtek, Inc., B-415258, Dec. 12, 2017, 2017 CPD ¶ 381</li><li>Katmai Health Services, LLC, B-413816.3, Jul. 12, 2017, 2017 CPD¶ 220</li><li>Verdi Consulting, Inc., B-414103.2, B-414103.3, B-414103.4, Apr. 26, 2017, 2017 CPD ¶ 136</li><li>Threat Management Group, LLC, B-413729, Dec. 21, 2016, 2017 CPD ¶ 9</li><li>Analytic Strategies LLC; Gemini Industries, Inc.; B-413758.2, B-413758.3, Nov. 28, 2016, 2016 CPD ¶ 340</li><li>Kollsman, Inc., B-413485, B-413485.2, B-413485.3, Nov. 8, 2016, 2016 CPD ¶ 326</li><li>The Boeing Company, B-412441, Feb. 16, 2016, 2016 CPD ¶ 269</li><li>Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., B-411359; B-411359.2, Jun. 16, 2015, 2015 CPD¶ 219</li><li>IAP World Services, Inc.; EMCOR Government Services, B-407917.2, B-407917.3, B-407917.4, B-407917.5, B-407917.6, B-407917.7, 2013 CPD ¶ 171</li><li>AT&T Government Solutions, Inc. , B-406926, B-406926.2, B-406926.3, B-406926.4, B-406926.5, B-406926.6, 2013 CPD ¶ 88</li><li>Weibel Equipment, Inc., B-406888, B-406888.2, 2012 CPD ¶ 279</li><li>O'Gara Training and Services, LLC, B-404901.2, 2011 CPD ¶ 171</li><li>Harrington, Moran, Barksdale, Inc., B-401934.2, B-401934.3, 2010 CPD ¶ 231</li><li>CIGNA Government Services, LLC, B-401068.4, B-401068.5, 2010 CPD ¶ 230</li><li>ITT Corporation, Systems Division, B-310102.6, B-310102.7, B-310102.8, B-310102.9, 2010 CPD ¶ 12</li><li>FedSys, Inc., B-401453, 2009 CPD ¶ 181</li><li>Academy Facilities Management, B-401094.3, 2009 CPD ¶ 139</li><li>Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc., B-400771; B-400771.2, 2009 CPD ¶ 49</li><li>TrailBlazer Health Enterprises, LLC, B-310801.6, B-310801.7, B-310801.10, 2013 CPD ¶ 204</li><li>Evans Security Solutions, Inc. , B-311035, 2008 CPD ¶ 58</li><li>DRS C3 Systems, LLC, B-310825; B-310825.2, 2008 CPD ¶ 103 </li></ul><h4>COFC PUBLISHED DECISIONS</h4><ul><li>HomeSource Real Estate Asset Servs. v. United States, No. 10-416 C, 94 Fed. Cl. 466 (Fed. Cl. 2010)</li><li>ACTA, LLC v. United States, No. 20-356C</li><li>Chenega Healthcare Servs., LLC v. United States, No. 18-861C, 141 Fed. Cl. 254 (Fed. Cl. 2019)</li><li>Trans Digital Techs., LLC v. United States, No. 18-121C, 138 Fed. Cl. 34 (Fed. Cl. 2018)</li><li>Precise Sys. v. United States, No. 14-1174C, 122 Fed. Cl. 263 (Fed. Cl. 2015)</li><li>Palladian Partners, Inc. v. United States, No. 14-317C, 119 Fed. Cl. 417 (Fed. Cl. 2014)</li><li>Pyramid Real Estate Servs., LLC v. United States, No. 10-599 C, 95 Fed. Cl. 613 (Fed. Cl. 2010)</li><li>Acad. Facilities Mgmt. v. United States, No. 09-302C, 87 Fed. Cl. 441 (Fed. Cl. 2009)</li><li>L-3 Communs. EOTech, Inc. v. United States, No. 08-515 C, 83 Fed. Cl. 643 (Fed. Cl. 2008)</li></ul>

Damien C. Specht

Ludovica Gardani is an associate in the firm’s Corporate Practice. She advises clients in the United States and Latin America on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, securities and capital market transactions, and public and private offerings.Ludovica works with public and private companies on strategic investments, financings, and cross-border licensing in a wide range of industries, including technology, retail, infrastructure, and fintech. She also represents companies in connection with a wide range of securities matters such as public and private offerings, SEC reporting obligations, and offerings pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S.Ludovica graduated from University of Miami School of Law where she was Executive Editor of the Business Law Review.<h4>Representative Experience</h4><ul><li>Represented Petlove&Co. in connection with its financing round with existing major investors, Tarpon, SoftBank, L Catterton, Porto Seguro and Monashees, and a new initial investment by Riverwood Capital. This is the largest financing round in Petlove&Co’s history.</li><li>Represented SoftBank Latin America Fund in connection with a Series C funding round in Addi, a fintech startup based in Bogota, Colombia that offers buy-now-pay-later technology.</li><li>Represented Inchcape, the leading global independent multi-brand automotive distributor and retailer, in its cash-free and debt-free £47 million acquisition of Autolider, a distributor of Daimler brands in both Uruguay and Ecuador.</li></ul>

Ludovica Gardani é associada da área empresarial. Ela assessora clientes nos Estados Unidos e na América Latina em fusões e aquisições, joint ventures, transações de valores mobiliários e de mercado de capitais e ofertas públicas e privadas.Ludovica trabalha com empresas públicas e privadas em investimentos estratégicos, financiamentos e licenciamentos cross-borders em uma ampla gama de indústrias, incluindo tecnologia, varejo, infraestrutura e tecnologia financeira. Ela também representa empresas em relação a uma ampla gama de questões sobre valores mobiliários, como ofertas públicas e privadas, obrigações de reporte da U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) e ofertas de acordo com a Regra 144A e o Regulamento S.Ludovica se formou na Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Miami, onde foi editora executiva da Business Law Review.<h4>Experiência Representativa</h4><ul><li>Representou a Inchcape, líder global independente na distribuição e varejo de carros multimarcas, na aquisição, por £ 47 milhões, da Autolider, distribuidora das marcas da Daimler no Uruguai e no Equador.</li></ul>

Ludovica Gardani es asociada en el Departamento Corporativo de la firma. Asesora a clientes en los Estados Unidos y América Latina sobre fusiones y adquisiciones, empresas conjuntas (joint ventures), transacciones de valores y mercado de capitales, y ofertas públicas y privadas.Ludovica trabaja con empresas públicas y privadas en inversiones estratégicas, financiamientos y licencias transfronterizas en una amplia gama de industrias, que incluyen tecnología, comercio minorista, infraestructura y tecnología financiera. También representa a empresas en relación con una amplia gama de asuntos de valores, tales como ofertas públicas y privadas, obligaciones de informes de la SEC y ofertas de conformidad con la Regla 144A y el Reglamento S.Ludovica se graduó de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Miami, donde fue Editora Ejecutiva del Business Law Review.<h4>Experiencia Representativa</h4><ul><li>Representó a Inchcape, el distribuidor y comerciante automotriz independiente líder a nivel mundial, en su adquisición de Autolider, un distribuidor de las marcas Daimler en Uruguay y Ecuador por £ 47 millones.</li></ul>

Ludovica Gardani-Menendez

Associate

Matt Blum is an associate in the Technology Transactions Group, where he represents and advises clients on a wide range of business transactions and other matters relating to development or use of technology and products and services across various sectors, including software, hardware, and information technology services; life sciences, including healthcare, medical device, and pharmaceuticals; manufacturing, distribution, and supply; energy; and government and defense.Matt has worked with individual clients and public, private, and government entities of all sizes on various technology and intellectual property matters and related business transactions, including technology and research development, technology and products manufacturing, software licensing and as-a-service platforms and other offerings, technology outsourcing, and numerous other matters involving the licensing or subscription, procurement, sale, or other commercialization of intellectual property and technology products and services, and the use of such things in commercial business and government-related applications. Matt also counsels clients on related matters involving information security, and he regularly works with clients on intellectual property and information technology matters as part of technology-related litigation and corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions as well as private equity and venture capital financing.Prior to going into private practice, Matt was an associate business officer and in-house legal counsel at a global enterprise software company, where he advised the company’s business, sales, and professional services teams on government and commercial software licensing and cloud services transactions, including product and service pricing, government and commercial resale and teaming engagements, and overall deal strategy, legal risk, and revenue recognition matters. During law school, he also gained experience in administrative law matters as a legal intern at the First District Legal Office of the United States Coast Guard and as a law clerk to the Honorable Robert W. Gardner, Jr. of the Massachusetts Trial Court, District Court Department, where he was involved with a number of criminal, civil, housing, mental health, and other types of cases.Matt has extensive experience as an accomplished United States Army officer and active-duty veteran, having served as a military intelligence officer with the 1st Infantry Division, 66th Military Intelligence Brigade (Theater), and U.S./NATO special operations task force components, including assignments in Afghanistan, the Middle East, Germany, and the United States. He currently serves as a military intelligence officer in the United States Army Reserve.Matt earned his law degree from Suffolk University Law School. During this time, he served as the editor-in-chief of the Suffolk Journal of Trial & Appellate Advocacy, a staff member of the Moot Court Honor Board, an officer and member of the Suffolk Law Armed Services Association, and a founding officer of the National Security Law Association. He holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, with a minor in law, policy, and society, from Northeastern University.Matt is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and the District of Columbia. He also is a member of the Boston Bar Association.

Matthew Blum

Nicole Giles is an associate in the Government Contracts practice in Morrison Foerster’s Washington, D.C. office.Nicole represents government contractors on various contract matters, including mergers and acquisitions, bid protests, contract claims and disputes, and compliance issues. Before joining the firm, she worked as a government contracts associate for a leading law firm and clerked for the U.S. Civilian Board of Contract Appeals.Nicole’s experience includes advising on mergers and acquisitions involving both the purchase and sale of government contracting concerns or related assets, including performing due diligence and negotiating purchase agreements; prosecuting and defending bid protests before the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (COFC); representing government contractors in disputes with the federal government, including appeals of contracting officer final decisions to the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA) and Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA); and counseling clients on various compliance issues, including those involving the Service Contract Act (SCA).Nicole graduated magna cum laude from Gettysburg College with a B.A. in History and Philosophy. She earned her J.D. from The George Washington University Law School. While in law school, Nicole served as Editor-in-Chief of the Public Contract Law Journal and served as Co-Chair of the Judges Committee for the GW Law Moot Court Board. She also interned for the Honorable Thomas C. Wheeler at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and at the Bureau of Arms Control of the U.S. Department of State.

Nicole E. Giles

Caitlin Crujido is an associate in the Government Contracts practice in Morrison Foerster’s Washington, D.C. office.Caitlin represents government contractors in a full range of contract matters, including bid protests, contract claims and disputes, mergers and acquisitions, and internal and external investigations.In her litigation practice, Caitlin is often involved with the full life cycle of claims, from preparing requests for equitable adjustment to litigating claims disputes at the Boards of Contract Appeals and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (COFC). She also regularly represents clients in pre- and post-award bid protests before procuring agencies, the U.S. Government Accountability Office, and COFC. In addition, Caitlin has worked on a number of False Claims Act (FCA) investigations and qui tam actions. In her transactional practice, Caitlin’s experience includes advising on mergers and acquisitions involving both the purchase and sale of government contracting concerns or related assets. Beyond performing due diligence, negotiating purchase agreements, and assisting with post-transaction related filings, Caitlin takes a holistic view to these transactions, working with clients to navigate various strategic and legal considerations. Her practice also includes counseling clients on various compliance and regulatory issues, particularly in the areas of contract and subcontract management.Prior to joining the firm, Caitlin served as a law clerk for the U.S. Civilian Board of Contract Appeals.Caitlin graduated from the University of Arizona in 2012, receiving her B.A. in Political Science. In 2017, she earned her J.D. cum laude, from the American University Washington College of Law, where she was an articles editor for the American University Law Review. While in law school, Caitlin clerked at a large Washington, D.C. law firm in its government contracts practice group and interned with the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Tort Claims Act Section and the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.