• Gilead Sciences in its $4.3 billion acquisition of CymaBay Therapeutics and its $405 million acquisition of MiroBio
• HP in its $3.3 billion acquisition of Poly
• Natus Medical in its $1.2 billion acquisition by ArchiMed Group
• Silicon Valley Bridge Bank in its 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 in its acquisition of Anokiwave, its pending sale of its China assembly and test facilities to Luxshare and its sale of Qorvo Biotechnologies to Zomedica
• JPMorgan Chase in its 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 Corp. in its $40 billion stock-for-stock combination with Grab Holdings
• McAfee in its $14+ billion acquisition by Advent, Permira, Crosspoint, CPPIB, GIC and ADIA; and the $4 billion sale of its Enterprise business to Symphony Technology
• HP in its acquisition of Teradici, and its $425 million acquisition of HyperX
• Gilead Sciences in its $1.74 billion exclusive option to acquire Pionyr Immunotherapeutics, and its $1.55 billion exclusive option to acquire Tizona Therapeutics
• BB&T in its $1.8 billion acquisition of National Penn Bancshares
• Baring Private Equity Asia in its $2 billion acquisition of Virtusa
• Veeam Software in its $5 billion acquisition by Insight Partners
• Milacron in its $2 billion merger with Hillenbrand
• Bear Stearns Merchant Banking in its negotiated spinout and transition to independence from JPMorgan Chase during the 2008 Financial Crisis
• Wieland-Werke AG in its $1.2 billion acquisition of Global Brass and Copper
• Bain Capital in its $18 billion acquisition of Toshiba Memory
• Mentor Graphics in its $4.5 billion acquisition by Siemens
• Alaska Air Group in its $4 billion acquisition of Virgin America
• Dealertrack Technologies in its $4 billion sale to Cox Automotive and $1 billion acquisition of Dealer Dot Com
• Microsemi in its successful $2.5 billion “deal jump” for PMC-Sierra, terminating the prior PMC-Sierra/ Skyworks Solutions merger agreement
• Independent Directors of TRI Pointe Homes in its $2.7 billion reverse Morris Trust transaction with Weyerhaeuser
• The Royal Bank of Scotland Group in its successful $33.6 billion hostile acquisition of National Westminster Bank