- 4D pharma plc in its merger with the Longevity Acquisition Corporation SPAC
- Ameritrade in its US$3.3 billion acquisition of the US brokerage business of TD Waterhouse Group to form TD Ameritrade
- Brocade Communications Systems in its US$5.5 billion acquisition by Broadcom
- Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings in its separation from iHeartMedia amidst iHeart’s emergence from its Chapter 11 restructuring
- Deckers Brands in its successful proxy contest to re-elect all members of its board of directors against the objections of Marcato Capital Management
- E-TEK Dynamics in its US$15 billion acquisition by JDS Uniphase
- Echelon in its acquisition by Adesto Technologies
- Fossil Group in its US$260 million acquisition of Misfit, Inc.
- Gartner in its US$2.6 billion acquisition of CEB
- Hewlett-Packard in its US$25 billion acquisition of Compaq Computer and related proxy contest with Walter Hewlett
- Hewlett-Packard in its negotiations to acquire the consulting business of PriceWaterhouseCoopers
- Hewlett Packard's separation and initial public offering of Agilent Technologies
- Juniper Networks in its US$3.63 billion acquisition of Netscreen
- KLA-Tencor in its negotiations with respect to a US$10.6 billion acquisition by Lam Research Corp.
- KLA-Tencor in its US$3.4 billion acquisition of Orbotech
- LifeLock in its US$2.3 billion acquisition by Symantec Corporation
- LinkedIn in its US$26.2 billion acquisition by Microsoft
- LinkedIn in its sale of SlideShare to Scribd and numerous private company acquisitions
- The McClatchy Company in its US$4.6 billion acquisition of Knight Ridder Inc.
- NetSuite in its US$9.3 billion acquisition by Oracle Corporation
- Nutanix in its US$750 million investment by Bain Capital
- Overture Services in its acquisition by Yahoo!
- Palm's separation of PalmSource and acquisition of Handspring, Inc.
- Rackspace Hosting in its US$4.3 billion acquisition by Apollo Global Management
- Rational Software in its US$2.1 billion acquisition by IBM
- Rightside Group in its US$213 million acquisition by Donuts Inc.
- Seagate Technology in a Bain Capital Private Equity-led consortium’s US$18 billion acquisition of Toshiba Memory and in a long-term NAND supply agreement with Toshiba Memory
- Skyscanner, a subsidiary of Ctrip, in Ctrip’s acquisition of Trip.com
- Twitter in its resolution of an activist campaign launched by Elliott Management and the sale of US$1 billion of convertible senior notes to Silver Lake and numerous private company acquisitions
- VMware in its US$625 million acquisition by EMC
- Yahoo!’s board of directors in the company’s proxy contest with Starboard Value
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- California
Education
- Columbia Law School, J.D., 1996: Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar; Managing Editor, Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems
- Tufts University, B.A., Philosophy and History, 1993: cum laude with highest thesis honors
Honors & Awards
- Recognized in the 2012-2019 editions of Northern California Super Lawyers
- Named to the 2009, 2010, and 2011 editions of the “Rising Stars” list published by Northern California Super Lawyers
Professional Activities
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- The Honorable Paul R. Michel, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (1996-1997)
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