• Gilead Sciences’:
  • $4.3 billion acquisition of CymaBay Therapeutics
  • $405 million acquisition of MiroBio
• HP’s $3.3 billion acquisition of Poly
• Siemens’ acquisition of Trayer Engineering
• Natus Medical’s $1.2 billion acquisition by ArchiMed
• Silicon Valley Bridge Bank’s sale to First Citizens BancShares, resulting in First Citizens BancShares assuming Silicon Valley Bridge Bank’s assets of $110 billion and deposits of $56 billion
• Qorvo’s:
  • defense against an activist campaign by Starboard Value
  • acquisition of Anokiwave
  • sales of its China assembly and test facilities to Luxshare and Qorvo Biotechnologies to Zomedica
• Braze’s:
  • $325 million acquisition of OfferFit, an AI decisioning company
  • acquisition of North Star
• JPMorgan Chase’s acquisition of a substantial majority of assets and assumption of certain liabilities of First Republic Bank

Paul’s representations before joining Davis Polk include the following:

• Altimeter Growth’s $40 billion stock-for-stock combination with Grab Holdings
• McAfee’s:
  • $14+ billion acquisition by Advent and Permira
  • $4 billion sale of its Enterprise business to Symphony
• HP’s:
  • acquisition of Teradici
  • $425 million acquisition of HyperX
• Gilead Sciences’:
  • $1.74 billion option to acquire Pionyr Immunotherapeutics
  • $1.55 billion option to acquire Tizona Therapeutics
• BB&T’s $1.8 billion acquisition of National Penn Bancshares
• Baring Private Equity Asia’s $2 billion acquisition of Virtusa
• Veeam Software’s $5 billion acquisition by Insight Partners
• Milacron’s $2 billion merger with Hillenbrand
• Bear Stearns Merchant Banking’s negotiated spinout and transition to independence from JPMorgan Chase during the 2008 Financial Crisis
• Wieland-Werke’s $1.2 billion acquisition of Global Brass and Copper
• Bain Capital’s $18 billion acquisition of Toshiba Memory
• Mentor Graphics’ $4.5 billion acquisition by Siemens
• Alaska Air Group’s $4 billion acquisition of Virgin America
• Dealertrack Technologies’:
  • $4 billion sale to Cox Automotive
  • $1 billion acquisition of Dealer.com
• Microsemi’s successful $2.5 billion “deal jump” for PMC-Sierra, terminating the PMC-Sierra/Skyworks Solutions merger agreement
• Independent Directors of TRI Pointe Homes on its $2.7 billion reverse Morris Trust transaction with Weyerhaeuser
• The Royal Bank of Scotland Group’s successful $33.6 billion hostile acquisition of National Westminster Bank