Our clients include many of the world’s leading technology companies, but we also represent smaller and midsize companies in their most critical matters, like mergers and alliances, capital formation, IP strategy and litigation, and compensation and tax planning. We also advise financial institutions and private equity investors who are active in the sector.

Our technology practice is based in our Silicon Valley office in Menlo Park, California, but includes lawyers in all of our offices around the world. Our distinctive firm culture and organizing principles ensure that our clients have access to our subject matter experts wherever they are located.

• We advised the underwriters in more than $4 billion in recent notes offerings by IBM.
• We advised the joint book-running managers of a $2 billion Rule 144A offering by Intel Corporation of junior subordinated convertible debentures.
• We advised Emerson on its approximately $1.2 billion acquisition of Avocent, a Huntsville, Alabama-based IT operations management solutions company.
• We represented Sony Corporation in connection with the enforcement of various Sony patents relating to its consumer electronics technology.
• We advised Shanda Games Limited and its parent, Nasdaq-listed Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited on a $1.04 billion initial public offering by Shanda Games and Shanda Interactive, as the selling shareholder, of American Depositary Shares. Shanda Games is a leading Chinese online game developer and operator. This was the largest initial public offering in the United States by a Chinese company in 2009.
• We represent T-Mobile USA in defending against state and federal class actions in California, Florida, Idaho, New Jersey and Washington that challenge the legality of early termination fees in wireless services contracts, and seek refunds in excess of $1 billion. In federal court in New Jersey, T-Mobile recently won preliminary approval of a favorable nationwide settlement of all early termination fee claims.  
• We represented AMI Semiconductor in defending against Idaho shareholder litigation seeking to block its $915 million acquisition by ON Semiconductor; the transaction closed as scheduled.
• We are advising Equinix, a provider of global data center services, on its $689 million acquisition of Switch & Data Facilities Company, a provider of data center and Internet exchange services.
• We advised Tyco Electronics on the $675 million sale of its Wireless Systems business to Harris Corporation. Wireless Systems and Harris Corporation are both communications equipment providers.