Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Pearson (FTSE: PSON.L), the world's largest lifelong learning company, on its definitive agreement to acquire Workera, an AI-native skills intelligence platform.
Workera's proven technology and top-tier talent will accelerate Pearson's ability to help enterprises build the workforce they need for AI-driven transformation, reflecting Pearson's continued investment in enterprise skilling. Learn more about the transaction here.
The White & Case team was led by M&A partner Paul Tiger and associate Nicole Johnson (both in New York). The team also included M&A associates Antonia Serrano (Chicago) and Edward Ernst (New York); Employment, Compensation & Benefits partners Robin Melman (New York) and Valérie Ménard (Paris), local partner Guillermo Ruiz de Salazar (Madrid) and associates Lucee Laursen (Chicago), Charlotte Biscotti (Paris) and Olivia Engberg (Stockholm); Tax partner Scott Fryman (New York) and associate Andrew Lambrecht (Houston); Technology Transactions partner Erin Hanson (New York), counsel Ajita Shukla (Washington, DC) and associates Temi Ajibode and Sahra Nizipli (both in New York); Data, Privacy & Cybersecurity partners Paul Pittman (Washington, DC) and Tim Hickman (London), and associate Abdul Hafiz (Washington, DC); Antitrust partners Heather Greenfield (Washington, DC), Strati Sakellariou-Witt, Giuseppe Tantulli (both in Brussels) and Stefanie Benson (Sydney), and associates Tommaso Poli, Justyna Smela Wolski and Elisabetta Zuddas (all in Brussels); and International Trade partners Farhad Jalinous and Laura Black, and staff attorney David Jividen (all in Washington, DC).
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