Advising Pusher on $35m acquisition by MessageBird

We have advised London-based real-time web technologies company Pusher on its USD$35 million acquisition by omnichannel cloud communications platform MessageBird.

Pusher helps developers build real-time features into their websites and apps, and has customers including GitHub, Mailchimp, CodeShip and the Financial Times.

MessageBird uses communication APIs to connect over 15,000 global companies to their customers on billions of devices around the world.

Max Williams, Founder & CEO of Pusher said: "MessageBird and Pusher share the same mission to create global real-time communication channels. Teaming up with fast-growing MessageBird team will allow us to introduce thousands of new customers to our products. Taylor Wessing provided first-class commercial advice and were excellent business partners on this deal for us."

Corporate technology partner Howard Palmer said: "Pusher have found a perfect home in MessageBird, and we're excited to watch the company as it grows across the world. Congratulations to the Pusher and MessageBird teams."

Our team was led by Howard Palmer and Siobhán Langwade (senior associate) with support from: Becca Gaunt (associate) and Sarah Palmer (paralegal) from our corporate technology team; Siân Skelton (partner), Jared McIntosh (senior associate) and Rachael Potts (trainee) from our commercial technology & data team; Liz Wilson (partner), Ann Casey (Head of Incentives) and Marianna Vlas (paralegal) from our tax & incentives team; Alan Evans (partner) and Daniel Wigman (senior associate) from our real estate team.