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Vinge advises Workday, Inc. on its $1.1 billion acquisition of Sana Labs

September 16, 2025

Vinge, together with Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, has advised Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY) (“Workday”) on its acquisition of all shares in Sana Labs AB.

Sana Labs is a leading Swedish AI company offering innovative knowledge tools, primarily through two main products - Sana Learn and Sana Agents. The products offer an AI-driven training platform for companies that want to develop their employees' skills together with a personalized AI agent. The acquisition is strategically motivated and is expected to create synergies between Workday and Sana Labs through the integration of Sana Labs' AI technology into Workday's operations.

Workday is a Nasdaq-listed U.S. company and one of the largest global providers of cloud-based software solutions for managing HR and financing services.

Vinge's team consisted of, among others, Jonas Bergström, Samra Tesser, Viktor Ramhult, Johanna Barfoed and Chris Bastholm (M&A), Eva Fredrikson, Mathilda Persson, Elis Allmark and Siri Blomberg (Corporate Commercial), Sam Seddigh,  Emil Lindwall, and Louisa Fagarasan (Employment) and Malin Malm Waerme, Ian Jonson, Melinda Oldenburg (IP).

Read more: https://newsroom.workday.com/2025-09-16-Workday-Signs-Definitive-Agreement-to-Acquire-Sana

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