DLA Piper represented IO Education, a K-12 education technology company and a portfolio company of LLR Partners, in its acquisition by Illuminate Education, an education technology company. Atlanta-based IO Education has been a leader in the education technology industry for over 18 years, and has been on a mission to empower educators through data to improve educational outcomes. IO Education's award-winning solutions are used in all 50 states by over 7,500 schools and 120,000 educators, supporting instruction for over six million students.

The DLA Piper team representing IO Education was led by partner Eric Grossman (Northern Virginia), and included partners Thomas Hendershot (Northern Virginia), Julia Kovacs and Danish Hamid (both Washington, DC), David Plewa, Stacy Paz, Nathaniel McKitterick (all Silicon Valley), Paolo Morante(New York); of counsel Sanjay Beri (Northern Virginia); associates Ryan Selis and Tiffany Nguyen (both Northern Virginia).