Pillsbury Advises AI-Driven Data Management Startup Alcion on its Acquisition by Veeam Software

A team of Pillsbury lawyers represented Alcion, a security-first, AI-driven data management startup, in its acquisition by Veeam Software, the market leader in data resilience. As a part of the acquisition, Veeam appointed Niraj Tolia as its Chief Technology Officer. Tolia co-founded Alcion with Vaibhav Kamra.

A serial entrepreneur, Tolia previously co-founded Kasten with Kamra and served as the General Manager of the Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes business unit. Before founding Kasten, Tolia led product development at Maginatics, a startup acquired by Dell EMC’s Data Protection Group. Pillsbury also represented Kasten and Maginatics.

To read more about the acquisition, please see here.

The Pillsbury team was led by Corporate partner Stanley Pierson and included Executive Compensation & Benefits partner Laura McDaniels, Tax partner Brett Willis, Corporate senior associate Hana Cho, Corporate associate Lacey Sun and Intellectual Property special counsel Patricia Cotton.