Chad G. Rolston

Chad’s experience includes advising:

Private Equity

• Silver Lake on numerous transactions, including:
  • Its acquisition of a 51% stake in Intel's Altera business
  • Its acquisition of a minority stake in Khazna Data Centers
  • Its lead participation, along with DigitalBridge, in Vantage Data Centers’ US$9.2 billion equity investment round
  • Its investment in ProService
  • Its US$1 billion investment in Reliance Retail Ventures
  • Klarna’s US$650 million equity funding round
  • Thrasio’s US$1 billion equity funding round
  • Its investment in BJYU’s
  • Its US$1.35 billion investment in Jio Platforms
  • Its acquisition of and numerous transactions for TEG
• GreyLion Partners on numerous transactions, including its:
  • Investment in Torginol
  • Sale of MTL Holdings to Carlisle Companies
  • Investment in Webconnex
  • Investment in TickPick
  • Investment in SkinSpirit
  • Investment in Delphon Industries
  • Investment in Black Bear Diner
• The Veritas Capital Vantage Fund and its portfolio companies on numerous acquisitions
• Dragoneer Investment Group on various transactions
• Hg on its investment in A-LIGN
• Integrated Media Company (IMC), a TPG platform, on numerous transactions, including the acquisition of a majority stake in StackCommerce and several follow-on transactions
• a16z (Andreessen Horowitz) on various transactions
• Canada Pension Plan Investment Board on acquiring a 48% stake in GlobalLogic
• Bridgepoint Advisers on acquiring Calypso Technology with Summit Partners
• Indigo Partners on acquiring Frontier Airlines
• Encore Consumer Capital on selling Juice Tyme to Highlander Partners

Internet, Software, and Digital Media

• Intuit on numerous transactions, including:
  • Its US$7.1 billion acquisition of Credit Karma
  • Sale of the Quicken business to H.I.G. Capital
• Postmates on its US$2.65 billion sale to Uber Technologies
• OpenTable on its US$2.6 billion sale to The Priceline Group
• Lyft on numerous transactions, including its acquisitions of Motivate and Blue Vision Labs
• Fandom on numerous transactions, including its:
  • Acquisition of an entertainment and gaming brands portfolio from Red Ventures
  • Acquisition of Curse Media
  • Sale of D&D Beyond to Hasbro
• Modernizing Medicine on numerous transactions, including its acquisition of gMed
• Bread Financial (formerly Alliance Data Systems) on various transactions, including selling its Epsilon business unit to Publicis Group
• AlphaDraft on its sale to FanDuel

Semiconductor

• Broadcom on multiple acquisitions and dispositions, including:
  • Avago Technologies’ US$37 billion acquisition of Broadcom
  • Its US$5.9 billion acquisition of Brocade Communications Systems
  • Selling Brocade’s data center switching, routing, and analytics business to Extreme Networks
  • Selling Brocade’s Wireless and ICX Switch business to ARRIS International
  • Its US$6.6 billion acquisition of LSI Corporation
  • Its US$606 million acquisition of Emulex Corporation
• IXYS on its US$750 million sale to Littelfuse
• Mellanox Technologies on acquiring:
  • EZchip Semiconductor
  • Kotura
  • IPtronics
• Pericom Semiconductor on its US$413 million sale to Diodes and successful defense against hostile bidder Montage Technology
• Mattson Technology on its US$300 million sale to Beijing E-Town Capital
• Xcerra on its US$796 million sale to Cohu
• Intermolecular on its sale to Merck

Healthcare and Life Sciences

• Relypsa on its US$1.53 billion sale to Galenica
• Alios BioPharma on its US$1.75 billion sale to Johnson & Johnson
• Landmark Health on an investment by General Atlantic
• Cytomx Therapeutics on acquiring technologies from Agensys
• DVS Sciences on its sale to Fluidigm Corp.
• Revolution Medicines on acquiring Warp Drive Bio and disposition of its genome mining platform to Ginkgo Bioworks
• Carbylan Therapeutics on its merger with KalVista Pharmaceuticals
• OncoMed Pharmaceuticals on its merger with Mereo BioPharma
• Nivalis Therapeutics on its merger with Alpine Immune Sciences
• Mirna Therapeutics on its merger with Synlogic
• Transcept Pharmaceuticals on its merger with Paratek Pharmaceuticals
• Thoratec Corporation on acquiring assets from Terumo Corporation

Strategic Transactions

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

SPAC Transactions

• Starry on its US$1.66 billion business combination with FirstMark Horizon
• Hippo Enterprises on its US$5 billion business combination with Reinvent Technology Partners Z
• Boxed on its US$900 million merger with Seven Oaks Acquisition Corp.