Gil Ohana
Represents clients in a wide range of antitrust matters, including merger reviews, civil litigation and government investigations.
Gil represents clients in a wide range of antitrust matters, including those related to mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, distribution and business counseling, as well as civil litigation and government investigations. From his extensive background working with leading technology companies, Gil has particular experience across the range of software and hardware, in fields such as networking, security, SaaS software, semiconductors, computing and unified communications. He has handled merger reviews and investigations by antitrust and competition enforcement agencies around the world, including in the United States, European Union, United Kingdom, China and Brazil.
Additionally, Gil has advised clients on and litigated cases involving patent licensing, including with respect to licensing negotiations, and related state and federal antitrust and California Unfair Competition Law claims.
Experience
Experience highlights
- Obtained FTC approval for Novo Nordisk of its acquisition of certain Catalent sites from Novo Holdings
- Qorvo, Inc. on its $22 billion combination with Skyworks Solutions, Inc. in a cash-and-stock transaction
- Altair Engineering Inc. on its acquisition by Siemens AG
- Katapult Holdings, Inc. on its combination with The Aaron’s Company, Inc. and CCF Holdings LLC in an all-stock transaction
- SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. on its approximately $1.03 billion (£766 million) acquisition of Calastone from Carlyle
- HNI Corporation on its $2.2 billion cash and stock acquisition of Steelcase Inc.
- SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. on its $670 million acquisition of Battea-Class Action Services
- TPG on its acquisition of AvidXchange Holdings, Inc. in partnership with Corpay
- Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division and its portfolio company Boyd Corporation on the $9.5 billion sale of Boyd’s Thermal Management business to Eaton
- Counseling on a range of antitrust issues, including algorithmic pricing, relationships with resellers and suppliers, technology licensing and participation in standards development
Gil’s representations before joining Davis Polk include the following:
- Secured antitrust approvals in the United States and other jurisdictions for numerous multi-billion dollar acquisitions involving a range of technology products from semiconductors to observability SaaS
- Successfully defended a technology company in federal monopolization and state unfair competition case
Insights
Education
- Articles Editor, Columbia Law Review
- magna cum laude
Clerkships
Prior experience
- Senior Director, Antitrust & Competition, Cisco Systems, 2009-2024
- Counsel, WilmerHale, 2007-2009
- Director, Antitrust & Competition, Cisco Systems, 1999-2007
- Senior Attorney, Hewlett-Packard, 1996-1999
- Trial Attorney, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1993-1996
Qualifications and admissions
- District of Columbia
- State of California