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Representative M&A Transactions

• Represented Leia, the leading provider of 3D display hardware and content services, in its acquisition of Dimenco, an innovator in the display technology space.

• Represented Just Global, an award-winning B2B marketing agency, in its sale to Trilliad.

• Represented DAOU Vineyards in its acquisition by Treasury Wine Estates.
• Represented Joseph Phelps Vineyards in its acquisition by Moët Hennessy, the world-leading luxury wine and spirits division of LVMH.
• Represented Sony Interactive Entertainment in connection with the acquisition of Firewalk Studios™ from ProbablyMonsters Inc.
• Represented Ready at Dawn in its acquisition by Facebook.
• Represented gamigo/MGI in its acquisition of KingsIsle Entertainment.
• Represented digital media agency complete its global acquisitions strategy.
• Represented Sony Interactive Entertainment in connection with the acquisition of Insomniac Games.
• Represented Mobile Hi-Tech Wheels in connection with the sale of its capital stock to Wheel Pros, LLC.
• Represented HealthLoop Inc. in its sale to GetWell Network.
• Represented Gigavac in its sale to Sensata Technologies Inc. (NYSE:ST).
• Represented a leading private equity fund in connection with its acquisition of California based food and beverage company.
• Represented Diageo Plc in its sale of Chalone Estate Vineyard (producer of award-winning Chardonnay and Pinot Noir in the Chalone appellation in Monterey County) to Foley Family Wines.
• Represented Diageo Plc in the acquisition of its U.S. and British wine units by the Australia's Treasury Wine Estates (AX).
• Represented cloud management startup ServiceMesh in its $300M acquisition by CSC (NYSE: CSC).
• Represented Walz Group in its sale to LenderLive Services.
• Represented Synthicity, the maker of Urban Canvas, in its acquisition by Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK).
• Advised on Experian's separate acquisitions of MetaReward, a leading online customer acquisition company; PromiseMark, a developer of online consumer protection software; and ThermoMedia, an Internet-based marketing company.
• Represented Essence Digital, an award winning digital agency with global reach and Fortune 100 technology clients, in acquisition of mobile advertising company Point Reach, and digital media group Black Bag.
• Advised on the sale of Paymo to Boku, a mobile payment provider.
• Represented DNA Direct in its sale to Medco Health Solutions.

Representative Financing Transactions

• Represented nEye Systems, an optical switch startup founded by UC Berkeley technologists, in its $58 million Series B round of financing led by Alphabet’s independent growth fund, CapitalG.
• Represented Black Diamond Ventures in connection with investments in several of its portfolio companies, including Engage3, Strateos, and Ares Materials.
• Represented Black Diamond Ventures in its preferred stock financing of Earli.
• Acted as counsel for private placements for Leia, the leading provider of 3D display hardware and content services.

• Represented Trov, Inc. in a financing led by London-based venture capital firm Anthemis Capital Managers Limited.
• Represented an early-stage startup building next-gen analytics infrastructure in its venture capital financing.
• Represented WiserCare, Inc., a developer of healthcare decision support solutions, in its convertible note financing round, which was led by UnityPoint Health Ventures.
• Represented 11 Honore, Inc., a premier online shopping platform offering designer runway styles in sizes 10 to 24, in its Series A Preferred Stock financing.
• Represented top tier venture capital investors in their investments in the $50 million preferred stock financing of a leading immunology company.
• Represented leading venture capital investors in their investment in the $65 million preferred stock financing of a bio-technology solutions company.
• Represented venture capital arms of domestic and foreign companies in strategic investment transactions with values between $10 million and $100 million.
• Represented private equity syndicate in investment in encryption software company providing security solutions for governmental entities and defense contractors.
• Represented private equity fund in connection with its ownership interest in California based beverage company.
• Advised private equity group of multiple billion-dollar pension fund on execution of private equity investments
• Represented leading venture fund investors in multiple debt and equity financing transactions in early and later stage technology companies including Liquid Space, SV Tools, Kiip, Bitfinder, Delighted, InvoiceASAP, MobilePD, Ekahau, DNA Direct and Reaction Housing Systems.
• Represented a diverse range of technology companies in connection with equity formation and financing matters including Optera Therapeutics, 11 Honoré, Finexio, Captains Panel, WiserCare, HealthLoop, LivWell Health, Jurni, PrazoNow, Synthicity, ServiceMesh, Urban Canvas, Caressa.ai, Tutor Mundi, Theia.IO, BillForward, and Zordera.

Representative Intellectual Property, Commercial Debt & Other Strategic Transactions

• Acted as company counsel in spin-outs of therapeutic and related intellectual property assets and software development and related intellectual property assets from UCSF, UCLA and UC Berkeley.
• Represented digital play studio Toca Boca in licensing deals with Amazon and Microsoft.
• Represented multibillion dollar European consumer products company in connection with strategic partnership agreement with digital media and content publisher.

Mergers and Acquisitions, Legal 500, 2014-2018

Corporate/M&A: Venture Capital, Chambers

Advisor, VLAB

Advisor, Nex Cubed Digital Health program

Catalyst Award Program Advisor, Clinical and Translational Science Institute - UCSF

Advisor, Astia

Board Member, Compass Family Services

Member, California Bar Association

Speaker, "Working with advisors: Key Terms and Equity Grants," Nex Cubed, August 2019

Speaker, "Term Sheet Overview: Top Terms To Understand," NexCubed, September 13, 2017

Moderator, "Nobody Accomplishes Success by Themselves: Building and Motivating Teams," San Francisco, April 7, 2016

Panelist, "Digital Health Innovation: Project to Product, Gladstone Institute, San Francisco, May 14, 2014