Warren T. Lazarow
2765 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, CA, 94025
Phone: +1-650-473-2637
Fax: +1-650-473-2601
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Steven Tonsfeldt
2765 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, CA, 94025
Phone: +1-650-473-2603
Fax: +1-650-473-2601
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Gary Singer
610 Newport Center Drive, 17th Floor
Newport Beach, CA, 92660
Phone: +1-949-823-6915
Fax: +1-949-823-6994
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Greg Gilbert
Times Square Tower
7 Times Square
New York, NY, 10036
Phone: +1-212-408-2469
Fax: +1-212-326-2061
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Howard Chao
31st Floor, AIA Central
1 Connaught Road Central
Hong Kong
Phone: +852-3512-2367
Fax: +852-2522-1760
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Walker J. Wallace
Plaza 66, Tower 1, 37th Floor
1266 Nanjing Road West
Shanghai, 200040
Phone: +86-21-2307-7032
Fax: +86-21-2307-7300
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David Makarechian
2765 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, CA, 94025
Phone: +1-650-473-2631
Fax: +1-650-473-2601
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Paul Scrivano
Times Square Tower
7 Times Square
New York, NY, 10036
Phone: +1-212-728-5856
Fax: +1-212-326-2061
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Richard Shutran
Times Square Tower
7 Times Square
New York, NY, 10036
Phone: +1-212-326-2047
Fax: +1-212-326-2061
PROFESSIONALS
- Related Practices
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Actis
Coller Capital
Conexant Systems
Goldman Sachs
Honeywell International
MHR Fund Management
Microsemi Corporation
QLogic Corporation
Symantec Corporation
Warner Bros.
Western Digital
Yahoo!
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Mergers and Acquisitions
The M&A team at O’Melveny guides sophisticated companies and financial investors through the complexities of merging, acquiring, investing in and disposing of businesses and assets in all contexts, whether public or private, domestic or international.
Our highly active team regularly ranks among the top firms in league tables published by Bloomberg, Mergermarket, Mergerstat, and ThomsonReuters. Comprised of experienced deal lawyers resident in key commercial centers in the United States, Asia, and Europe, our M&A team is adept at delivering world-class legal services across cultural, language, and geographic boundaries. From the preliminary structuring of a transaction through to its closing, O’Melveny clients enjoy a partnership focused on achieving their strategic objectives.
In today’s environment, regulatory issues, national security concerns, and political considerations oftentimes play a critical role in the completion of a transaction. In fact, many transactions succeed or fail based on negotiations in the ever-changing political and regulatory framework. O’Melveny’s government relations team includes lawyers who have held senior positions in the White House, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Labor, the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Securities and Exchange Commission—lawyers skilled at navigating issues that are key to accomplishing the most challenging transactions.
Key Facts
- Legal 500 United States 2011 recognizes our M&A capabilities in multiple areas. We are highly ranked in the M&A: Large Deals category, where we are praised for our activity in software, entertainment, gaming, and chemical-related M&A transactions. In the Private Equity Buyouts category, the Legal 500 states O’Melveny has “a strong record in the private equity environment, with notable expertise on both the East and West Coasts,” and notes that “[O’Melveny’s] London office also impresses clients, as do its partners in Asia.” In the Venture Capital and Emerging Companies category, we are praised for having “a particularly fine record in IT, software, and internet advice,” and the Legal 500 observes that “[O’Melveny’s] success in this sector is illustrated by the number of key clients that have risen from start-up status to major global brands.”
- Chambers USA 2011 ranks us among the leading Corporate/M&A practices on the East and West Coasts as well as nationally, citing clients who describe our lawyers as “thoughtful, perceptive, and very attentive.”
- Chambers Global 2011 awards us Corporate M&A and Private Equity recognitions in China, Indonesia, Japan, and Singapore, quoting clients who praise our lawyers as “excellent business partners, who help [them] make the right decisions to achieve [their] objectives.”
- Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2011 recognizes our leadership in China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore. Our China team is noted for its frequent representations of PRC companies in cross-border M&A transactions and our China private equity capabilities are given particular praise. The Firm is described as having “a long history of servicing private equity clients in China,” and our lawyers described as “top-notch for business acumen, quality of advice, and sheer responsiveness.”
- Our M&A group received the “Asia 2010 M&A Deal of the Year” award by International Financial Law Review (IFLR).
- Asian-Counsel recognized O’Melveny in its “Deals of the Year 2010” report.
Practice Strengths
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"Going Private" Transactions
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Asset Purchases and Sales
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Auctions
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Contested Transactions
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Distressed Mergers and Acquisitions
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Financial Advisor Representations
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Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions
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Hedge Funds
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Joint Ventures
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Leveraged Buyouts
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Mergers
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Private Equity
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Proxy Contests
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Recapitalizations
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Spin-Offs and Split-Offs
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Stock Purchases and Sales
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Takeover Preparedness and Advice
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Tender Offers
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Honeywell
Apache Design Solutions
ASSA ABLOY AG
BiPar Sciences
Conexant Systems
Spyglass Entertainment/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Western Digital Corporation
Solarfun Special Committee - US$370 million control investment by Korean conglomerate Hanwha
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