Technology

With an established presence in the heart of Silicon Valley, as well as offices strategically placed near the other major tech hubs around the world, Simpson Thacher is known as a global technology powerhouse that provides practical legal advice with an appreciation for the nuances and subtleties in the economy’s most complex and fast-changing sector.

“They are cutting edge, very practical and extremely smart.”

--Chambers USA, quoting a client

#1 Tech M&A

Ranked #1 in Global and U.S. Technology M&A in 2018 (Refinitiv)

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Nearly 200 capital markets representations across the Technology industry in the past five years
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$400B

Over $400 billion in transaction value on more than 160 M&A matters across the Technology industry in the past five years
(Refinitiv)

“Simpson Thacher is one of our ‘go-to’ firms for high-exposure litigation matters.”

--Benchmark Litigation, quoting a client

Simpson Thacher has led some of the most significant and high profile tech matters in recent history, including acquisitions, financings, IPOs, shareholder disputes, cybersecurity issues, government investigations and other litigation matters. Our clients include both well-known players and emerging companies in technology, media and telecommunications, as well as investors, lenders and underwriters. We understand the industry dynamics and challenges faced by companies in this highly competitive space, and render advice tailored to each client’s circumstances and reflective of their key priorities, business model and operations, proprietary IP and the competitive landscape.

Alibaba in its historic $25 billion IPO and in multiple M&A matters and litigation matters
Microsoft in its $28.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn and the financing and shareholder litigation connected with the transaction
SiriusXM in its $3.5 billion acquisition of Pandora

Alibaba in its acquisition of the remaining shares of Ele.me, a leading online delivery service in China
KKR with its investment in Epic Games, Inc.
Priceline.com and Booking.com in obtaining dismissal of antitrust class action claims involving the online travel industry
Airbnb in its most recent preferred stock offering, which raised over $1 billion in proceeds
The underwriters of ETSY in securities litigation in California state court and New York federal court arising from its IPO
Twitter in multiple securities and shareholder suits
Ancestry in a trademark infringement suit brought against a competitor that used Ancestry’s marks for inferior genetic test kits
Ellucian Company, an educational tech leader, in a trademark, false advertising and unfair competition dispute against Eleutian Technologies, a provider of long-distance tutoring in English on the Internet

Underwriters in completing the IPO and green shoe closing for Dropbox, Inc.
JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs in bridge financing for IBM’s approximately $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat, Inc.
Microsoft in its $7.5 billion acquisition of GitHub, Inc.

Technology Crossover Ventures in connection with its acquisition of a controlling interest in Watermark Insights
KKR in the sale of its stake in Visma, a software services provider, in a transaction valued at $5.3 billion and considered the largest ever software buyout in Europe
Qualcomm and FLO TV in a case-dispositive summary judgment win related to TV software
Microsoft in its $19.75 billion debt offering, which marked the company’s “biggest ever sale” of corporate debt and “the third-largest U.S. corporate bond sale of the year”
Hellman & Friedman in its $900 million investment in Genesys
KKR in its acquisition of Epicor Software Corporation, and its investment in Jitterbit
First Data Corporation in its $2.82 billion IPO
Blackstone in its investments in JDA Software Group
$60 billion in offerings by Oracle

Dell and Silver Lake Partners in its $67 billion acquisition of EMC Corporation (announced value) as well as in a transaction to buy back the VMware tracking stock from the EMC acquisition to return Dell to being publicly traded
$131 billion in registered public offerings by Apple, including its $17 billion bond offering—the largest corporate debt offering in history at the time
Versum Materials in connection with its definitive agreement to be acquired by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany in a transaction reflecting an enterprise value of approximately $6.5 billion

Micron Technology in a range of financings
HannStar Display Corporation in breach of contract action brought by Sony involving alleged price fixing in the LCD industry
KKR in its planned acquisition of Japan’s Hitachi Kokusai Electric
The underwriters in Tesla’s $260 million initial public offering—the first IPO by a U.S. auto manufacturer since 1956—and subsequent public offerings, aggregating more than $10 billion
Avago Technologies (now Broadcom Corporation) in shareholder class actions arising out of the company’s acquisition of PLX Technology, and $16 billion in new credit facilities to finance Avago’s $37 billion acquisition of Broadcom
Federal Circuit affirmation of invalidity determination of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board on behalf of CSR relating to a patent owned by Skullcandy Inc.
Innolux, HannStar and Elpida in criminal and multi-district litigation relating to alleged cartels in the LCD and computer memory industries
LG Display in a billion-dollar antitrust lawsuit filed by SONY
NXP Semiconductors in its $40 billion merger with Freescale Semiconductor, including securing antitrust and CFIUS clearance, as well as in its IPO and numerous equity and debt offerings aggregating over $12 billion
Texas Instruments in investment grade notes offerings aggregating $8.1 billion

A global medical technology company in an internal investigation related to allegations of fraud and corruption
K2M in its proposed $1.4 billion acquisition by Stryker Corporation
McKesson Corporation in its $1.1 billion acquisition of CoverMyMeds, LLC

Pamplona Capital Management in its $2.75 billion acquisition of MedAssets
Warburg Pincus in connection with $76.5 million equity funding for Outset Medical
Hellman & Friedman in the acquisition of MultiPlan
ThermoFisher Scientific’s $6.5 billion of financing, including financing in connection with its acquisition of FEI Company
The underwriters in Boston Scientific’s debt offerings
Panasonic Healthcare in the carve-out acquisition of Bayer AG’s Diabetes Care business division for $1.15 billion
Teleflex in multiple acquisitions and offerings
Acelity in the $2.9 billion sale of its LifeCell Business Unit to Allergan
EQT Partners in its $2.35 billion acquisition of Press Ganey

JPMorgan as financial advisor to Sprint in its merger with T-Mobile
Silver Lake Partners’ $1 billion investment in Motorola Solutions
Trial defense of Cisco and on appeal before the Federal Circuit and Supreme Court in patent litigation over Bluetooth technology

Vodafone in the sale of its 45% interest in Verizon Wireless to Verizon Communications Inc. for $130 billion
SBA Communications in its $1.1 billion offering of senior notes
CommScope in its $625.25 million IPO, capital markets and securities offerings aggregating more than $8 billion and in financing the acquisition of TE Connectivity’s Broadband Network Solutions business
A global telecommunications leader in a DOJ and SEC investigation of alleged FCPA violations involving three continents

SiriusXM in its agreement to acquire Pandora for $3.5 billion
AOL Inc. in its $315 million acquisition of TheHuffingtonPost.com
The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, which included Terry G. Bollea (better known as WWE star Hulk Hogan), in the bankruptcy proceedings of Gawker Media

Apax Partners in connection with Activision Blizzard’s $5.9 billion acquisition of King Digital Entertainment
The underwriters of iDreamSky Technology, a mobile game publishing platform in China, in securities litigation arising from its IPO

Carbonite in its $143.8 million convertible senior notes offering
Beazley in an appellate win against identity theft prevention service Lifelock’s demand for insurance coverage of consumer class actions
Hellman & Friedman in connection with entering into a definitive agreement to invest in SimpliSafe

Defending Berkshire Hathaway-owned insurance companies in cybersecurity class action litigation
KKR in its investment in Darktrace
Blackstone in its investment in Cylance
Symantec Corporation in its $1.1 billion notes offering in connection with its acquisition of LifeLock, and in the financing of its $4.65 billion acquisition of Blue Coat
JPMorgan Chase in obtaining a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction and permanent injunction in cybersquatting and trademark infringement litigation against defendants operating websites using JPM trademarks without consent
Corporate Risk Holdings in the $410 million sale of Kroll Ontrack
Blackstone in the sale of Optiv Security to KKR

First Data in its announced merger agreement with Fiserv
Refinitiv in its proposed $27 billion acquisition by London Stock Exchange Group
The underwriters in Square’s $280 million IPO and subsequent $440 million convertible notes offering

Ant Financial in its investments to extend its online payment platform in Asia (bKash, StoneCo, hellopay, Mynt, Kakao Pay, Paytm and Touch ‘n Go) and its $14 billion Series C equity financing
Global Payments in its $4.3 billion acquisition of Heartland Payment Systems and in the successful resolution of the related M&A litigation
Silver Lake in connection with its proposed acquisition of Blackhawk for $3.5 billion
The underwriters of LendingClub in '33 Act litigation arising out of its $1 billion IPO
TradeWeb Markets in an antitrust action alleging several financial institutions and trading platforms conspired to limit competition in the $320 trillion market for interest rate swaps

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