Chad G. Rolston

Mr. Rolston has represented private equity and strategic clients in a range of public and private mergers and acquisitions, including:

Private Equity Transactions

• Silver Lake, a global leader in technology investing, in a number of transactions, including:
  • The US$1 billion equity funding round by Thrasio
  • Its US$1 billion investment in Reliance Retail Ventures
  • The US$650 million equity funding round by Klarna
  • Its investment in BJYU's
  • Its US$1.35 billion investment in Jio Platforms
  • Its acquisition of TEG, Asia Pacific's leading live entertainment and ticketing company
• GreyLion (formerly PWP Growth Equity), in connection with numerous acquisition and investment transactions
• Bridgepoint Advisers, in its acquisition with Summit Partners of Calypso Technology, a provider of financial market software solutions
• Indigo Partners in its acquisition of Frontier Airlines
• Encore Consumer Capital in its sale of Juice Tyme to Highlander Partners
• PRA International, a Genstar Capital portfolio company, in its acquisition of ClinStar
• Technology Crossover Ventures in the sale of XRS Corporation to a portfolio company of Vista Equity Partners

Technology Transactions

• Intuit in numerous transactions, including:
  • US$7.1 billion acquisition of Credit Karma
  • Sale of its Quicken business to H.I.G. Capital
• OpenTable in its sale to The Priceline Group for US$2.6 billion
• Starry, a transformative internet service provider, in its US$1.66 billion business combination with FirstMark Horizon
• Hippo Enterprises, an insurtech provider of home insurance products, in its US$5 billion business combination with Reinvent Technology Partners Z
• Modernizing Medicine in its acquisition of gMed, Inc. Fandom in its sale of D&D Beyond to Hasbro

Semiconductor Transactions

• Broadcom in a number of transactions, including:
  • US$37 billion acquisition by Avago Technologies of Broadcom Corporation
  • US$6.6 billion acquisition of LSI Corporation
  • US$606 million acquisition of Emulex Corporation
• Mellanox Technologies in its:
  • US$811 million acquisition of EZchip Semiconductor
  • US$82 million acquisition of Kotura
  • US$48 million acquisition of IPtronics
• Pericom Semiconductor in its US$413 million sale to Diodes and successful defense against hostile bidder Montage Technology
• Mattson Technology in its US$300 million sale to Beijing E-Town Capital

Life Sciences Transactions

• Relypsa in its sale to Galenica for US$1.53 billion
• Alios BioPharma in its sale to Johnson & Johnson for US$1.75 billion
• DVS Sciences in its sale to Fluidigm Corp. for US$207.5 million
• Thoratec Corporation in its acquisition of assets from Terumo Corporation for US$56.5 million
• Transcept Pharmaceuticals in its reverse merger with Paratek Pharmaceuticals

Strategic Transactions

• Lucasfilm in its sale to The Walt Disney Company for US$4.05 billion
• Kimpton Hotels in its sale to the Intercontinental Group for US$430 million