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Stephen Salmon
Mr. Salmon is a partner in Davis Polk’s Corporate Department, practicing in Northern California. He advises on all aspects of mergers and acquisitions transactions, including public and private transactions, cross-border transactions, private equity transactions and restructurings, as well as a variety of capital markets offerings for clients across many industries. |
Work Highlights
Mergers and Acquisitions Representations
- World Kitchen on its acquisition by Cornell Capital
- Ingram Micro on its sale to HNA Technology Group, a subsidiary of HNA Group
- Equinix on its acquisition of the Infomart Dallas
- D+M Group on its acquisition by Sound United, a portfolio company of Charlesbank Capital
- Dialog Semiconductor on its attempted acquisition of Atmel
- Tencent Ventures on various private company investments
- A consortium of lenders in connection with its successful credit bid for assets of Essar Steel Algoma in connection with Algoma’s Canadian restructuring proceedings
- J.P. Morgan on the acquisition of Dell by Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners
- Reliance Steel on its acquisition of Metals USA
- Dialog Semiconductor on its acquisition of iWatt
- Mirion Technologies and American Capital on the acquisition of Mirion by Charterhouse Capital
- Blue Coat Systems on its acquisition by an investor group led by Thoma Bravo
- Vector Capital on its acquisition of Gerber Scientific and concurrent disposition of assets
- Oracle on multiple public and private acquisitions and dispositions, including the acquisitions of Art Technology Group, Phase Forward, GoldenGate, Hyperion, Stellent and Metasolv
- Citigroup on multiple loan portfolio dispositions
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W Capital on multiple primary and secondary investments in technology companies
Capital Markets Representations
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IPOs of Denali, Aimmune Therapeutics, Virgin America, Coherus BioSciences, Violin Memory, UCP and Internet Brands
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Investment-grade notes offerings by Cadence, Reliance Steel and Leidos and others
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Convertible notes offerings by DexCom, Enphase Energy, Citrix, Accuray, Invensense, Beckman Coulter and others
General Corporate Advisory Work
- Public reporting, securities compliance and corporate governance advice for companies like BBAM, Dialog Semiconductor, Leidos, Blue Coat and Mirion Technologies
Recognition
Mr. Salmon is recognized as a leader in the legal industry:
- Super Lawyers – “Rising Star,” 2012-2017
- Daily Journal – "Top 40 Under 40," 2016
Of Note
- Speaker at PLI’s “Venture Capital 2016: Nuts and Bolts” seminar
Professional History
- Partner, 2015-present
- Associate, 2006-2015