Mark M. Bekheit

A selection of Mark’s experience includes representation of:

Technology

• AMD in multiple transactions, including its:
  • Acquisition of ZT Systems (US$4.9 billion) and subsequent divestiture of ZT Systems’ manufacturing business to Sanmina (US$3 billion)
  • Acquisition of Silo AI (US$665 million)
• Cadence Design Systems in multiple transactions, including its:
  • Acquisition of Hexagon AB’s Design and Engineering business (€2.7 billion)
  • Acquisition of BETA CAE (US$1.24 billion)
• NEXT Insurance in connection with its sale to MunichRe (US$2.6 billion)
• New Relic in multiple transactions, including its:
  • Sale to affiliates of Francisco Partners and TPG (US$6.5 billion)
  • Acquisitions of Co-Scale and SignifAI
• Okta in multiple transactions, including its acquisition of Auth0 (US$6.5 billion)
• Reddit in multiple transactions, including its acquisition of Memorable AI
• Airbnb in multiple transactions, including its acquisition of GamePlanner.AI
• Figma in multiple transactions, including its acquisition of Payload
• DoorDash in multiple transactions, including its acquisition of Deliveroo (€2.9 billion)
• The Trade Desk in multiple transactions, including its acquisition of Sincera Technologies
• Penguin Solutions in multiple transactions, including its:
  • Domestication to the United States
  • Strategic investment from SK Telecom (US$200 million)
  • Divestiture of a majority stake in SMART Modular Brazil to Shenzhen Longsys Electronics (US$205 million)
• Tower Semiconductor in connection with its potential acquisition by Intel Corporation (US$5.9 billion)
• Five9 in connection with its potential acquisition by Zoom (US$14.7 billion)
• Cloudera in connection with its acquisition by KKR and CD&R (US$5.3 billion)
• Slack in connection with its acquisition by Salesforce (US$27.7 billion)
• Blend Labs in connection with its acquisition of Mr. Cooper Group’s Title 365 business (US$500 million)
• Hippo in connection with its acquisition of Spinnaker Insurance Company 
• Facebook in connection with its acquisition of CTRL-labs
• Pivotal Software in connection with its sale to VMware (US$2.7 billion)
• Hortonworks in connection with its merger of equals with Cloudera (US$5.2 billion)
• 8x8 in connection with its acquisition of Wavecell (US$125 million)
• Extreme Networks in multiple transactions, including its recent acquisition of Aerohive Networks (US$210 million)
• Broadcom Ltd. (formerly Avago Technologies Limited) in connection with multiple transactions, including its:
  • Acquisition of Broadcom Corp. (US$37 billion)
  • Domestication to the United States and attempted hostile takeover of Qualcomm (US$117 billion)
• Integrated Device Technology in connection with its sale to Renesas (US$6.7 billion)
• Entrust Datacard in connection with its acquisition of the General Purpose HSM business of Thales
• John Deere in connection with its acquisition of Blue River Technology, a company specializing in machine learning technology for agricultural applications (US$305 million)
• Intuit in connection with its:
  • Acquisition of Demandforce (US$423.5 million)
  • Sale of Digital Insight Corporation (US$1.025 billion)
  • Sale of its commercial banking division
  • Sale of Intuit Websites
  • Sale of Medfusion

Life Sciences

• 10x Genomics in multiple transactions, including its acquisition of Scale Biosciences
• CooperCompanies in its acquisitions of Generate Life Sciences (US$1.6 billion) and Cook Medical’s Reproductive Health Business (US$875 million)
• Bioventus in connection with its acquisition of Misonix (US$518 million)
• Amneal Pharmaceuticals in connection with its merger with Impax Laboratories (US$6.4 billion)
• LivaNova in connection with its divestiture of its Cardiac Rhythm Management business to Microport (US$190 million)
• Sorin SpA in connection with its merger of equals with Cyberonics (US$2.7 billion)

Industrials / Transportation

• Frontier Airlines in connection with its potential merger with Spirit Airlines (US$6.6 billion)
• CH2M, a design engineering services firm, in connection with its sale to Jacobs Engineering (US$2.85 billion)
• T-Mobile in connection with its merger with Sprint (US$26 billion)
• Virgin America in connection with its sale to Alaska Airlines (US$2.6 billion)