Charlotte, N.C. – A team of attorneys at Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP assisted the world’s leading cloud software company powering social good – Blackbaud – with its recent $157 million acquisition of YourCause™, another software provider focused on enterprise philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, and employee engagement technology.

Blackbaud is headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, and provides cloud software, services, and data intelligence to nonprofits, foundations, corporations, education institutions, and others focused on social good. Its acquisition of YourCause, based in Plano, Texas, allows Blackbaud to extend its reach into for-profit philanthropy. YourCause helps Fortune 500 companies and other businesses process employee donations and coordinate and track volunteer hours that are part of their corporate social responsibility programs.

Parker Poe advised Blackbaud through all stages of the acquisition. The Parker Poe team was led by mergers and acquisitions partner John McTyeire. The team also included partner Will Cannon (intellectual property), partner Jimmy Greene (tax), partner Doug Harmon (securities), partner Debbie Kleman (employee benefits and executive compensation), associate Stephanie McKeever (mergers and acquisitions), associate Sarah Summit (tax), associate Daniel Bethea (securities), and associate Tiffany Burba (intellectual property).

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