“Josh Dubofsky has a broad transactional practice that includes representation of public and private companies in M&A and governance matters.”
Chambers USA 2022
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Chambers USA 2021
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Profile
Josh Dubofsky advises market-leading companies and private equity firms on strategic transactions and corporate governance matters.
Mr. Dubofsky has nearly 20 years of experience advising corporate clients and private equity firms in their most complex domestic and cross-border transactions. He regularly advises on significant public company transactions and governance matters, private company mergers and acquisitions, and private equity investments.
Mr. Dubofsky works closely with boards of directors, management, and shareholders on:
Mergers, acquisitions, and other strategic corporate transactions
Public and private equity and debt financing
Corporate governance, takeover planning, and activism defense
General corporate representation of both publicly traded and privately held companies
Mr. Dubofsky has a demonstrated ability to navigate complex transactions across a range of industries, including:
Life sciences
Internet and digital media
Information technology
Retail and consumer products
Transportation
Financial services
Experience
Mr. Dubofsky’s representative experience includes advising:
Technology
NVIDIA in its:
US$40 billion proposed acquisition of Arm
Acquisitions of DeepMap, Oski, and Bright Computing
Mellanox Technologies in its:
US$6.9 billion sale to NVIDIA
Acquisition of Cumulus Networks
Activism defense against Starboard Value
Integrated Device Technology in its:
US$6.7 billion sale to Renesas Electronics
US$250 million acquisition of GigPeak
Cradlepoint in a US$1.1 billion sale to Ericsson
DXC Technology in a US$2 billion acquisition of Luxoft Holding
The independent directors of Rackspace Hosting in Rackspace’s US$4.3 billion acquisition by Apollo Global Management
A special committee of the board of directors of Google in the class C non-voting common stock recapitalization of Google
Netsmart, a Genstar Capital portfolio company, in a US$950 million sale to GI Partners and Allscripts
Adobe Systems in a US$1.8 billion acquisition of Omniture
Healthcare and Life Sciences
Siemens Healthineers in a US$16.4 billion acquisition of Varian Medical Systems
GenesisCare in an acquisition of 21st Century Oncology
Relypsa in a US$1.5 billion sale to Galenica AG
Kythera Biopharmaceuticals in a US$2.1 billion sale to Allergan plc
Menlo Therapeutics in a merger with Foamix Pharmaceuticals
Encore Vision in a US$465 million acquisition by Novartis AG
Allergan in the US$40.5 billion sale of its Actavis Generics business to Teva
ArthroCare Corporation in a US$1.7 billion sale to Smith & Nephew
Conceptus in a US$1.1 billion sale to Bayer AG
Medicis Pharmaceuticals in its acquisition by Valeant Pharmaceuticals for US$2.6 billion
ZymoGenetics in a US$885 million acquisition by Bristol-Meyers Squibb
A special committee of the board of directors of Genentech in the US$47 billion acquisition of the outstanding publicly held stock of Genentech by Roche
SPAC Business Combination Transactions
Planet Labs in a US$2.8 billion business combination with dMY Technology Group IV
Offerpad in a US$3 billion business combination with Supernova Partners Acquisition Company
Taboola in a US$2.6 billion business combination with Ion Acquisition Corp
Apex Technology Acquisition in a US$2 billion business combination with AvePoint
Opendoor in a US$4.8 billion business combination with Social Capital Hedosophia II
Virgin Galactic in a US$1.5 billion business combination with Social Capital Hedosophia
ChaSerg Technology Acquisition in a US$515 million business combination with Grid Dynamics
Eleusis in a US$415 million business combination with Silver Spike Acquisition
Transportation, Communications, Retail, and Real Estate
T-Mobile US in its:
US$26 billion merger with Sprint
US$5 billion divestiture of Sprint’s prepaid businesses to DISH
US Airways in a US$17 billion merger with American Airlines
American Airlines in a US$200 million investment in China Southern Airlines
Casper Sleep in a US$300 million sale to Durational Capital
Troon Golf in a sale to Kohlberg & Company and Great White Shark Enterprises
Skechers USA in connection with the 3:1 split of its Class A and Class B common stock
Guitar Center in a sale to Bain Capital for US$1.9 billion
Private Equity and Venture Capital
Representative clients have included Technology Crossover Ventures, Spectrum Equity, KKR, Genstar Capital, One Equity Partners, The Carlyle Group, and Weston Presidio, and recent matters include advising:
KKR in its investments in Ajax Health, Asclepius, Blue Sprig Pediatrics, BridgeBio Pharma, ChiliSleep, Cordis, EchoNous, Falcon Vision, Gamma Biosciences, Geode Health, Headlands Research, Impel Neuropharma, Kryo, Sapphiros, Slayback Pharma, Spirox, Trilogy MedWaste, and Zeus Health
Technology Crossover Ventures in public and private investments and divestitures of portfolio companies, including investments in Alarm.com, Netflix, theStreet.com, and MarketAxess and the sales of AxiomSL, ExactTarget, Fiberlink, FX Alliance, iPipeline, and XRS Corporation
Spectrum Equity in acquisitions of ExactBid and PicMonkey
Centerbridge Partners in its sale of Cardinal Logistics
One Equity Partners in its Media Solutions partnership with Ericsson
Indigo Partners in the acquisition of Frontier Airlines from Republic Airways
Weston Presidio in the sale of its investments in Apple American Group, Star Manufacturing, and The Wolf Organization
Activism Defense
AECOM in its engagement with Starboard Value
Cars.com in its engagement with Starboard Value
Cerner in its cooperation agreement with Starboard Value
e.l.f. Beauty in its cooperation agreement with Marathon Partners
Innovative Food Holdings, Inc, in its agreement with JCP Investment Management
Mellanox in its settlement agreement with Starboard Value
Nevro in its settlement agreement with Broadfin Capital
Switch in its engagement with Elliott Management
Financial Advisor Representation
Mr. Dubofsky also represents financial advisors in public and private strategic transactions, including, among others:
JPMorgan in the:
US$68 billion merger of Analog Devices and Maxim Integrated Products
Acquisition by Cisco of ThousandEyes
Acquisition by Salesforce of Salesforce.org
Credit Suisse in the:
US$1.4 billion acquisition by New Media of Gannett
Reclassification by Comcast of its Class A common stock
Morgan Stanley in the US$2.1 billion acquisition of Carbon Black by VMWare
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