Joshua M. Dubofsky

Josh'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 
• IronSource in a US$4.4 billion acquisition by Unity
• CyberArk in its US$1.54 billion acquisition of Venafi
• NeoGames in a US$1.2 billion sale to Aristocrat Leisure
• Cradlepoint in a US$1.1 billion sale to Ericsson
• Palo Alto Networks in its US$550 million acquisition of Talon Cyber Security
• Innovid in its US$500 million acquisition by Mediaocean
• 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

• Syneos Health in a US$7.1 billion sale to a private equity consortium of Patient Square Capital, Elliot Management, and Veritas Capital
• Siemens Healthineers in a US$16.4 billion acquisition of Varian Medical Systems
• Revolution Medicines in a US$1.1 billion stock acquisition of EQRx
• Coherus BioSciences in the divestment of its CIMERLI business to Sandoz, its YUSIMRY business to Hong Kong King-Friend Industrial, and its UDENYCA business to Intas
• 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
• Blue Sprig in an acquisition of Trumpet Behavioral Health
• 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
• Sorrento Therapeutics in its sale in connection with its chapter 11 bankruptcy of interests in Scilex Holding Company, ImmuneOncia Therapeutics, Elsie Biotechnologies, and Celularity
• 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

Other Industries Including Transportation, Communications, Retail, Education, Defense, and Real Estate

• Tapestry in a US$8.5 billion acquisition of Capri Holdings
• 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
• Farfetch in a US$2.1 billion sale to Greenoaks and Coupang
• Arcline Investment Management in its US$1.8 billion acquisition of Kaman Corporation
• Teachers’ Curriculum Institute in an equity investment by Francisco Partners
• 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 :
  • A $US9.4 billion acquisition by 3G Capital
  • 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 Clients

Josh's representative private equity clients include:

• Arcline
• The Carlyle Group
• Centerbridge
• Genstar Capital
• Indigo Partners
• Khosla Ventures
• KKR
• NVentures
• One Equity Partners
• Spectrum Equity
• Technology Crossover Ventures
• Weston Presidio

Activism Defense

• Abcam in its engagement with Jonathan Milner and Starboard Value
• AECOM in its engagement with Starboard Value
• Alico in its engagement with JCP Investment Management 
• Cars.com in its engagement with Starboard Value
• Cerner in its cooperation agreement with Starboard Value
• Cheesecake Factory in its engagement with JCP Investment Management
• e.l.f. Beauty in its:
  • Engagement with Marathon Partners and in its response to short sellers Spruce Point and Muddy Waters
  • Cooperation agreement with Marathon Partners
• Grail in its response to short seller NINGI Research
• IHS Holding in its engagement with Wendel, MTN, and Blackwells
• Innovative Food Holdings, Inc in its agreement with JCP Investment Management
• Kaltura in its engagement with K1 Investment Management and Panopto
• Marketwise in its engagement with F. Porter Stansberry
• Mellanox in its settlement agreement with Starboard Value
• Mercury Systems in its cooperation agreements with Jana Partners and Starboard Value
• Mereo BioPharma in its cooperation agreement with Rubric Capital
• Nevro in its:
  • Cooperation agreement with Engaged Capital
  • Settlement agreement with Broadfin Capital
• PACS in its response to short seller Hindenburg Research
• Rent the Runway in its engagement with Yisroel M. Goldstone
• Sculptor in its engagement with Daniel Och and with Boaz Weinstein
• Sealed Air in its response to short seller Bleecker Street Research
• Shift Technologies in its engagement with Maruthi Venkata
• Switch in its engagement with Elliott Management
• Vita Coco in its response to short seller NINGI Research
• Wolfspeed in its engagement with JANA Partners and Starboard
• Xperi in its engagement and proxy fight with Rubric Capital
• Zevra in its engagement with Daniel Mangless

Financial Advisor Representation

• 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
• Centerview in the US$1.1 billion acquisition of Convey Health by TPG
• 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