About
Devony is a senior associate in our M&A practice in our Silicon Valley office focusing on corporate and financial transactions.
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- Apple Inc. in connection with numerous confidential M&A transactions and acquihires.
- Uber on its proposed $950m acquisition of Delivery Hero’s foodpanda Delivery Business in Taiwan and $300m investment in Delivery Hero.
- eBay on its:
- simultaneous acquisition of Goldin Auctions LLC, sale of the eBay Vault to Collectors Universe, Inc. and ongoing commercial relationship with Collectors
- acquisition of TCGplayer
- acquisition of Certilogo
- ServiceNow on its:
- proposed acquisition of Logik.io
- acquisition of Intella
- Japan Tobacco (JT) on its $2.4bn acquisition of Vector Group Ltd.
- Coupa on its $8 billion sale to Thoma Bravo.
- AeroClean Technologies, Inc in connection with its all-stock merger with Molekule, Inc.
- Holcim on its:
- $1.293bn acquisition of Duro-Last.
- $1.35bn acquisition of Herbert Malarkey.
- Euronav NV on its successful defense against a proxy contest launched by minority shareholder CMB in opposition of Euronav’s $4.2 billion merger with Frontline.
- StepStone GmbH / Appcast, Inc., subsidiaries of Axel Springer SE, on their acquisition of Bayard Advertising Agency, Inc.
- Axel Springer on its acquisition of Allbritton, including publications POLITICO, Protocol and POLITICO Europe (a joint venture with Allbritton).
- AstraZeneca on its $39 billion acquisition of Alexion Pharmaceuticals.
- KLX Energy Services on its stock-for-stock merger with Quintana Energy Services.
- Mast-Jagermeister on its investment in, and its exclusive distribution arrangements for, Teremana® tequila, the brand founded by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
- Waterland Private Equity on its contemplated acquisition of a 50% stake in The Cookware Company.
- Stanley Ventures on multiple equity investments in companies developing disruptive technologies, including Boxologic, Dynamic Green Products, Occo and Triditive.
Devony Schmidt
Senior Associate
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