CLIENT HIGHLIGHTS
2019
Wilson Sonsini Advises Ascentage Pharma in HKSE IPO
WeWork Receives Funding from SoftBank Group
WSGR Advises RingCentral in Strategic Partnership with Avaya
WSGR Wins Complete Acquittal for Former Hedge Fund Executive
Relativity Space Announces $140 Million Series C Round of Financing
Veeva Systems to Acquire Crossix Solutions
WSGR Represents IGM Biosciences in Initial Public Offering
WSGR Represents Cloudflare in IPO
Opera Announces Pricing of Follow-on Public Offering
WSGR Advises Mesoblast in Strategic Partnership with Grünenthal
VMware to Acquire Pivotal Software for $2.7 Billion
Babylon Health Raises $550 Million in Largest Digital Health Series C Round
Livongo Closes Initial Public Offering
Medallia Closes Initial Public Offering
ContractPodAi Raises $55 Million in Series B Round
EBCE Signs Contract for Oakland Clean Energy Initiative Project
Brazil's Competition Agency Clears Google of Antitrust Probe
WageWorks to Be Acquired by HealthEquity for Approximately $2 Billion
Aerohive Networks to Be Acquired by Extreme Networks
Avi Networks to Be Acquired by VMware
China Index Completes Spin-Off from Fang by Way of Distribution
REVOLVE Closes Initial Public Offering
Tilos Therapeutics to Be Acquired by Merck for Up to $773 Million
WSGR Advises Underwriters in GSX Techedu's $200 Million IPO
Peloton Therapeutics to Be Acquired by Merck for Up to $2.2 Billion
Zipline Worth Over $1 Billion After Raising $190 Million in New Financing
HPE to Acquire Cray for $1.3 Billion
Parvus Therapeutics Enters into Agreement with Genentech
Checkout Raises $230 Million in Europe's Largest Fintech Series A Round
WSGR Represents Clear Channel in Separation from iHeartMedia
DaVita Commits to 100 Percent Renewable Energy
Netflix Announces Proposed $2 Billion Offering of Senior Notes
Silk Road Medical Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering
Qutoutiao Announces Pricing of Follow-On Public Offering
Careem to Be Acquired by Uber for $3.1 Billion
The Nature Conservancy Completes $102 Million Offering
Yext Announces Pricing of Proposed Offering of Common Stock
WSGR Secures Win for Twitter in Case Alleging Bias
Pluralsight Announces Pricing of Follow-On Offering and $633 Million Convertible Notes Offering
WSGR Represents Aleris in Acquisition by Novelis
Ushr to Be Acquired by Dynamic Map Platform
United Therapeutics and Supernus Pharmaceuticals Win Patent Term Adjustment
iKang Completes $1.5 Billion Going-Private Transaction
WSGR Advises China Securities International in Connection to Gingko Education's HKSE IPO
Wanka Completes IPO and Listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
China Beststudy Education Completes IPO and Listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
2018
Mylan Obtains Favorable PTAB Ruling for Insulin Drug
WSGR Client Truata Awarded HPE-IAPP Privacy Innovation Award
TuanChe Completes Its Initial Public Offering
Arena Pharmaceuticals and United Therapeutics Announce Global License Agreement
Apptio to Be Acquired by Vista Equity Partners for $1.94 Billion
Gilead and Tango Announce Collaboration in Targeted Immuno-Oncology Treatments
Epistar Obtains Favorable PTAB Ruling on Two Key Patents
Pacific Biosciences to Be Acquired by Illumina for $1.2 Billion
Electro Scientific Industries to Be Acquired by MKS Instruments for $1 Billion
Federal Securities Class Action Lawsuit Against USANA Health Sciences Dismissed, With Prejudice
Royal Caribbean Announces First-of-Its-Kind Renewable Energy Transaction with Southern Power
PayActiv Announces $20 Million Series B Round of Financing
Elastic Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering
Kodiak Sciences Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering
Upwork Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering
Cianna Medical to be Acquired by Merit Medical Systems
SurveyMonkey Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering
Ra Medical Systems Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering
Qutoutiao Completes its Initial Public Offering
X Financial Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
IRIDEX Closes Follow-On Offering
Outset Medical Announces $132 Million Series D Round
WSGR Represents StorReduce in Acquisition by Pure Storage
Federal Circuit Reverses Judgment Against Otonomy Ear Treatment Patent
Opera Completes IPO and Listing on the Nasdaq Global Select Market
DreamBox Learning Secures $130 Million Investment from The Rise Fund
Tenable Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering
Allakos Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering
Establishment Labs Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering
7Road Completes IPO and Listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
CA Technologies to Be Acquired by Broadcom for a Record $18.9 Billion
Domo Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering
Acxiom's Marketing Solutions Unit to Be Acquired by Interpublic Group for $2.3 Billion
Automation Anywhere Announces $250 Million Series A Round of Financing
Echelon to Be Acquired by Adesto
WSGR Represents Lyft in Series I Financing
Workplace App Comfy to Be Acquired by Siemens
Puxin Announces Completion of Initial Public Offering
Twitter Completes $1.15 Billion Convertible Notes Offering
District Court Dismisses Securities Class Action Against Seattle Genetics
FanDuel and Paddy Power Betfair Enter into Merger Agreement
21st Century Education Completes IPO and Listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
WeddingWire Secures $350 Million Investment from Permira Funds
Pluralsight Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering
Kingsley Completes IPO and Listing on HKSE's Growth Enterprise Market
WuXi AppTec Completes A-Share IPO on Shanghai Stock Exchange
Jlogo Completes IPO and Listing on HKSE's Growth Enterprise Market
Square to Acquire Weebly for $365 Million
nLight Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
Ninth Circuit Affirms Dropbox Win in Trademark Dispute
Redaptive Announces $20 Million Round of Financing Led by CBRE
Zuora Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
Dropbox Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
MuleSoft to Be Acquired by Salesforce for $6.5 Billion
KLA-Tencor to Acquire Orbotech for $3.4 Billion
Zscaler Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
Skilljar Announces $16.4 Million Series A Financing Round
Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Securities Class Action Against SolarCity
Lumentum to Acquire Oclaro For $1.8 Billion
InterDigital to Acquire Technicolor's Patent Licensing Business
Microchip Technology Announces $8.35 Billion Acquisition of Microsemi
Doxim Announces Majority Recapitalization from Strattam Capital to GI Partners
Bright Scholar Announces Pricing of Follow-on Public Offering
Flatiron Health to Be Acquired by Roche for $1.9 Billion
Acuity Brands to Acquire Lucid Design Group
Maxi Mobility's Cabify Announces $160 Million Financing Round
Tmunity Announces $100 Million Financing Round
Sanbase Completes IPO and Listing on Hong Kong Stock Exchange
ISP Global Completes IPO and Listing on Hong Kong Stock Exchange
C-Mer Eye Care Holdings Completes IPO and Listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
2017
GoDaddy Announces Pricing of Proposed Sale of Shares of Common Stock
Tessa Therapeutics Announces $80 Million Financing Round
Digital Hollywood Completes IPO and Listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Deckers Obtains Victory in Proxy Contest Against Marcato Capital Management
Denali Therapeutics Announces Initial Public Offering
Volta Energy Technologies Launches as a New Model for Advancing Energy Storage Technologies
Barracuda Networks to Be Acquired by Thoma Bravo for $1.6 Billion
Skyscanner to Launch In-Trip Content Through Trip.Com
Gigamon to Be Acquired by Elliott Management for $1.6 Billion
Generate Capital Secures $200 Million Investment
Lyft Announces $1 Billion Series H Financing Round
Engie to Acquire Solar-Power Firm Fenix
Texas Court Rules That Allergan's Restasis Patents Are Invalid as Obvious
PW Medtech and China Biologic Announce Major Share Swap Transaction
Silego Technology to Be Acquired by Dialog Semiconductor
Cyence to be Acquired by Guidewire Software
NetApp Announces $800 Million Senior Note Offering
Seagate Announces Participation in Consortium to Acquire Toshiba Memory
ZirMed and Navicure Announce Merger Agreement
GoDaddy Announces Pricing of Proposed Sale of Shares of Common Stock
NeoTract to Be Acquired by Teleflex
Third Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Securities Class Action Against Globus Medical
HDS Announces Agreement with Ingram Micro
Tesla Announces Proposed $1.5 Billion Offering of Senior Notes
Emerson Collective to Acquire Majority Ownership of The Atlantic
Federal Jury Decides in Favor of Amphastar in Patent Infringement Dispute
Advanced Microgrid Solutions Announces $34 Million Series B Financing Round
CDH Investments Co-Leads Investment in SenseTime's $410 Million Series B Financing
Hutch Announces $10 Million Series A Financing
Tintri Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
Cyan's Petition for Certiorari Granted by U.S. Supreme Court
WuXi Biologics Completes IPO and Begins Trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Mastercard Announces Strategic Partnership with AvidXchange
APVC Leads Saluda Medical's $40 Million Series D Round of Financing
S.R. One Co-Leads Investment in TP Therapeutics' $45 Million Series C Financing Round
Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Securities Class Action Against Sterling Financial Corporation
Bright Scholar Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
Synutra International Completes $107 Million Going-Private Transaction
GoDaddy Announces Pricing of Follow-On Offering and Repurchase
CrowdStrike Announces $100 Million Series D Financing
Improbable Announces $502 Million Series B Financing
Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Securities Class Action Against Align Technology
Wercker to Be Acquired by Oracle
Yext Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
Xcerra Corporation to Be Acquired by Affiliate of Sino IC Capital
MaxLinear to Acquire Exar Corporation
MuleSoft Closes Initial Public Offering
iQiyi Completes $1.53 Billion Convertible Notes Financing
Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Securities Class Action Against Aruba Networks
Vertiflex Completes $40 Million Financing Round
Instacart Announces $400 Million Series D Financing
First Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Amphastar Antitrust Suit
District Court Holds Google Search Results Protected By First Amendment
Delinia to Be Acquired by Celgene
Cisco to Acquire AppDynamics for $3.7 Billion
Bloomberg and Charles Schwab Obtain Summary Judgment of Noninfringement
Savara and Mast Therapeutics Sign Merger Agreement
Federal Jury Decides in Favor of Aerohive in Patent Infringement Dispute
Gartner to Acquire CEB for $2.6 Billion
PvP Biologics and Takeda Announce Development Agreement Around Novel Therapeutic for Celiac Disease
2016
Tolero Pharmaceuticals to Be Acquired by Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma
Vixtel Technologies Completes Listing on HKSE's Growth Enterprise Market by Way of Placing
GoDaddy to Acquire Host Europe Group for $1.79 Billion
LifeLock to Be Acquired by Symantec for $2.3 Billion
Dropbox Wins Summary Judgment in Trademark Dispute
PTAB Confirms Patentability of Paragon's Claims in Post-Grant Review
Blue Nile to Be Acquired by Bain Capital Private Equity and Bow Street for $500 Million
Broadcom Limited to Acquire Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. for $5.9 Billion
District Court Dismisses Securities Class Action Against Soufun Holdings Limited
Quantenna Communications Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
BlackLine Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
iRhythm Technologies Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
Rici Healthcare Completes IPO and Listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
High West Distillery to Be Acquired by Constellation Brands
Nutanix Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
District Court Dismisses Securities Class Action Against root9B Technologies
CROSSTEC Group Prices IPO and Lists on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
District Court Dismisses Securities Class Action Against PowerSecure International
Hipmunk to Be Acquired by Concur
Chinese Companies Hebei Welcome and NCPG Prevail in Closely Watched Vitamin C Antitrust Litigation
Carbon3D Announces $81 Million Financing Round
OfferUp Announces $119 Million Series C Financing
RetroSense Therapeutics Acquired by Allergan
Rackspace Announces $4.3 Billion Going-Private Transaction
ITC Issues First Early Initial Determination of Patent-Ineligibility Under 35 U.S.C. § 101
District Court Dismisses Securities Class Action Against SolarCity
Talend Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
NetSuite to Be Acquired by Oracle for $9.3 Billion
Linear Technology to Be Acquired by Analog Devices for $14.8 Billion
Impinj Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering
Yahoo's Operating Business to Be Acquired by Verizon for $4.83 Billion
China Leon Inspection Completes IPO and Listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Polycom Approves New $2 Billion Merger Agreement with Siris Capital
China Biologic Completes $308 Million Follow-On Offering
Microsoft to Acquire LinkedIn for $26.2 Billion
Delaware District Court Denies Motion for Preliminary Injunction Filed Against Minerva Surgical
NantHealth Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
Marketo to Be Acquired by Vista Equity Partners for $1.79 Billion
FEI to Be Acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific for $4.2 Billion
Tesla Announces $2 Billion Stock Offering to Expand Production
MaxLinear to Acquire Broadcom's Wireless Infrastructure Backhaul Business
Cypress to Acquire Broadcom's Wireless Internet of Things Business
Abbott to Acquire St. Jude Medical for $25 Billion
Maxi Mobility's Cabify Announces $120 Million Series C Financing
Cvent to Be Acquired by Vista Equity Partners for $1.65 Billion
Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Securities Class Action Against Netflix
GoDaddy Announces Pricing of Follow-On Offering
Google Files Amicus Brief in Support of the EPA's Clean Power Plan
Pro Bono Clients Granted CVRA Status by D.C. District Court
Acutus Medical Completes $75 Million Series C Financing Round
10x Genomics Completes $55 Million Series C Financing Round
Coherent to Acquire ROFIN-SINAR for $942 Million
Pivot3 Announces $55 Million Financing Round
Ravello Systems Acquired by Oracle
District Court Dismisses Lawsuit over Royalty Rates Against Muzak
China Biologic Completes $468 Million Follow-On Offering
European Commission Approves Dell's Acquisition of EMC
Juniper Networks Prices $500 Million Offering of Senior Notes
Renew Financial Raises $70 Million in Growth Capital
Jasper Technologies to Be Acquired by Cisco
Fourth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment for Live Nation in Antitrust Case
Abbott to Acquire Alere for $5.8 Billion
Powerhive Completes $20 Million Series A Financing Round
Microchip Technology to Acquire Atmel for $3.56 Billion
Arbitration Tribunal Issues Final Award in Favor of InterDigital
2015
Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Salebuild Trade Secret Misappropriation Suit
China Bluestar Completes $500 Million Perpetual Securities Offering
WuXi PharmaTech Completes $3.3 Billion Going-Private Transaction
Federal Jury Decides in Favor of ISSI in Trade Secret Dispute
Shanda Games Limited Completes $1.9 Billion Going-Private Transaction
Greenhouse Software Acquires Parklet
Square Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
Mesoblast Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering
Instructure Raises $70 Million in Initial Public Offering
Fossil Group to Acquire Misfit for $260 Million
HomeAway to Be Acquired by Expedia for $3.9 Billion
FEI to Acquire DCG Systems in an All-Cash Transaction
Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Shareholder Complaint Against Hewlett-Packard
WSGR Pro Bono Team Obtains Writ of Mandamus for Family of Drug-Lord Victim
Vormetric to Be Acquired by Thales for $400 Million
Dell and EMC Announce Historic Deal
Dianping and Meituan Announce Strategic Cooperation
Investor Consortium Announces $550 Million in Series B Financing for UCAR Technology
District Court Dismisses Consumer Class Action Against Align Technology
comScore and Rentrak Announce Merger Agreement
Infogain Corporation to Acquire Blue Star Infotech's IT Operations
AppDirect Acquires AppCarousel
Seagate Secures Summary Judgment in IP Indemnification Suit
Incyte and Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine Announce Global License Agreement
OwnEnergy Acquired by EDF Renewable Energy
Seagate Technology to Acquire Dot Hill Systems for $694 Million
Tenth Circuit Affirms Dismissal in ZAGG Securities Class Action
GT Nexus Enters Agreement to Be Acquired by Infor for $675 Million
Sunrun Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
Perfect World Co. Completes $900 Million Going-Private Transaction
NantKwest Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
Technicolor to Acquire Cisco Connected Devices Division for $600 Million
Vivint Solar to Be Acquired for $2.2 Billion
FanDuel Announces $275 Million Series E Financing from KKR, Google Capital, and Time Warner
CrowdStrike Closes $100 Million Series C Financing
Caspida to Be Acquired by Splunk for $190 Million
Sunrun Completes Its First Securitization of Residential Distributed Solar Assets
MINDBODY Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
Mylan Obtains Federal Circuit Victory in Celebrex Litigation
China Bluestar Completes $1 Billion Note Offering
Invuity Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering
China Biologic Completes $360 Million Follow-On Offering
CA Supreme Court Holds That Developers Can Be Required to Provide Affordable Housing
Autodesk Prices $750 Million Note Offering
China Mobile Games and Entertainment Enters Into Definitive Merger Agreement
Altera to Be Acquired by Intel for $16.7 Billion
CA Technologies to Acquire Rally Software for $480 Million
Court of Chancery Dismisses Derivative Case Against DuPont Board of Directors
Microchip Technology to Acquire Micrel for $839 Million
DJI Secures $75 Million Investment from Accel
OmniVision Technologies to Be Acquired for $1.9 Billion
CRISPR Therapeutics Receives $89 Million in Series A and B Financing Rounds
Pfenex Announces Pricing of Follow-On Offering
Apigee Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
LinkedIn Announces $1.5 Billion Acquisition of lynda.com
GoDaddy Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
ISSI Enters Agreement to Be Acquired by Chinese Consortium of Investors
TD Ameritrade and E*TRADE Prevail in Summary Judgment of Noninfringement in Droplets Patent Suit
Blue Coat Systems to Be Acquired by Bain Capital for Approximately $2.4 Billion
AbbVie Announces $21 Billion Acquisition of Pharmacyclics
Hewlett-Packard to Acquire Aruba Networks for $3 Billion
Ninth Circuit Affirms Netflix Victory in Antitrust Class Action
District Court Dismisses Complaint Against Current and Former Ciber Officers and Board Members
Court Grants Summary Judgment for Live Nation in Antitrust Litigation
Thoma Bravo Announces Acquisition of PowerPlan
E2open Signs Definitive Agreement to Be Acquired by Insight Venture Partners
MaxLinear to Acquire Entropic Communications
Netflix Prices $1.5 Billion Offering of Senior Notes
SS&C Technologies to Acquire Advent Software for $2.7 Billion
Avinger Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
Micron Technology Prices $1 Billion Offering of 5.25 Percent Senior Notes