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Jeffrey Gould
Mr. Gould is counsel in Davis Polk’s Corporate Department, practicing in Northern California. Since joining the firm in 2007, he has represented issuers and underwriters on a wide range of public and private securities offerings, including debt and convertible debt financings, initial public offerings and follow-on equity offerings. He also advises clients on public reporting and corporate governance matters. His practice focuses primarily on transactions involving technology and life sciences companies. |
Work Highlights
FINANCINGS
- Comcast’s $16.7 billion acquisition of GE’s interest in NBCUniversal, including the related $4.7 billion of debt and preferred stock financing at the 3(c)(7) investment company exempt issuer, NBCUniversal Enterprise, Inc.
- Convertible debt offerings by Yahoo!, NVIDIA, Workday, Solazyme, Palo Alto Networks, Affymetrix, Lam Research and others
- Investment-grade debt offerings by Cisco, Intel, Juniper Networks, KLA Tencor and others
- High-yield debt offerings by Equinix and others
- IPO and follow-on equity offerings by Netflix, GT Advanced Technologies, Endocyte, Isis Pharmaceuticals, Xeno Port and others
- Getty Investments on the take-private transaction of Getty Images by Hellman & Friedman and the subsequent sale to The Carlyle Group
GENERAL CORPORATE ADVISORY WORK
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Public reporting, securities compliance and corporate governance advice for Solazyme, among other companies
Professional History
- Counsel, 2013-present
- Associate, Davis Polk, 2007-2013
- Associate, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, 2003-2006
Practice Focus
Bar Admissions
Education
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B.A., Germanic Studies, Amherst College, 1995
- Phi Beta Kappa
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M.A., Germanic Studies, Yale University, 1999
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J.D., Stanford Law School, 2003
- Associate Managing Editor, Stanford Journal of International Law
Languages
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German
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French