M&A Transactions

WisdomForce

Represented WisdomForce Technologies, Inc., an innovator of low impact, high throughput data replication technology, in the sale of all its stock to Informatica Corporation.

Salesforce

Represented Salesforce.com in the acquisition of all the stock of a San Francisco-based software company.

Amalyte

Represented Amalyte Pharmaceuticals Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies for the treatment of immune and inflammatory diseases, in the sale of all its assets to Kemin Industries, Inc.

Schoofs

Represented Schoofs Incorporated, a distributor of specialty chemicals and alumina, in the sale of all its stock to Brenntag Specialties, Inc.

Wind River Systems

Represented Wind River Systems Inc. in support of its asset acquisition of RTLinux real-time Linux technology.

Kenlet

Represented Kenlet LLC in the sale of its assets to Salesforce.com, including websites formerly known as crispynews.com and crispyideas.com, which provided solutions to permit companies to create interactive forums for promoting, creating and evaluating ideas internally.

Technology Transactions

Altor BioScience

Represented Altor BioScience Corporation (“Altor”) in an Exclusive License Agreement with Genentech, Inc. for exclusive, worldwide rights to develop and commercialize a class of antibody-based Tissue Factor antagonists.

CIRM

Represented the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (“CIRM”), in a license and professional services transaction with Grantium Inc. for the implementation of an enterprise grant management solution. CIRM is the agency established in 2005 under the Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative to make grants and provide loans for stem cell research.

Software As a Service

On-going representation of several software companies and SaaS companies in license and tech transfer transactions.