Fenwick & West LLP

The Fenwick & West LLP practice is valued by its client base of blue-chip corporations active particularly in the life sciences and tech sectors for its ‘measured and practical approach’ to public and private M&A. The team is also very experienced at handling growth investments and regularly represents venture capital clients and portfolio/target companies in cross-border acquisitions and series investments. Bomi Lee co-heads the team from San Francisco and specialises in divestitures and carve-out transactions, while New York-based co-head Ken Myers is an expert on joint ventures and tender offers. San Francisco lawyer Douglas Cogen focuses on shareholder activism and takeover defense issues, while Santa Monica-based Kris Withrow primarily advises on transactions in the TMT sector. In New York, Ethan Skerry concentrates on private equity-backed transactions and governance matters in the life sciences and software spaces, and in Silicon Valley, David Michaels is a key contact for debt finance matters, while Stephen Fisher is highly recommended for advising on exchange offers.