Mergers & Acquisitions 2022 Annual Review

24 MORRISON FOERSTER EBAY In 2022, Morrison Foerster advised e-commerce giant eBay on multiple including its acquisition of KnownOrigin, a digital art marketplace power KnownOrigin was founded in 2018 in Manchester as a revolutionary plat enables artists and collectors to create, buy, and resell NFTs via blockch transactions. This acquisition is an important step in eBay’s tech-led reimagination, w in significant upgrades to the company’s technology, performance, and experience, including tools that make it easier than ever to discover, buy As a part of this, eBay began allowing the buying and selling of NFTs in