Daniel Ilan

Synopsys, a global leader in semiconductor design and software, in its pending $35 billion acquisition of Ansys, an engineering and product design software firm.

OpenText in complicated licensing arrangements and complex asset divestitures related to its $1.62 billion acquisition of Dell EMC’s Enterprise Content Division, as well as the $2.275 billion sale of its application modernization and connectivity business to Rocket Software, a Bain Capital portfolio company; its acquisitions of Liaison Technologies and Guidance Software; its $1.165 billion acquisition of GXS Group; and its acquisition of customer experience and customer communications management software businesses from HP Inc.

Google on numerous matters, including in its sale of the assets of its Google Domains business to Squarespace, its $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit, $2.6 billion acquisition of Looker Data Sciences, its acquisition of Fossil’s smartwatch technology, its $1.1 billion business cooperation agreement with HTC, acquisition of virtual reality video game developer Owlchemy Labs, sale of its Terra Bella satellite business to Planet Labs, $1 billion investment in SpaceX, $2.9 billion sale of Motorola Mobility’s mobile devices business to Lenovo, $2.35 billion sale of Google’s Motorola Mobility home business to ARRIS, its $500+ million acquisition of AI leader DeepMind, and its acquisitions of Waze, Raxium, Redwood Robotics, and Socratic.

American Express in its sale of Accertify, a leading provider of fraud prevention, digital identity, device intelligence, chargeback management, and payment gateway solutions, to Accel-KKR, a technology-focused private equity firm.

Thales in its $3.6 billion acquisition of Imperva.

Miami International Holdings in its acquisition of LedgerX from Ledger Holdings Inc. in connection with the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings involving FTX and its affiliated debtors.

3M in privacy law and IP issues associated with its $1 billion acquisition of M*Modal, a leading healthcare technology provider of cloud-based, conversational AI-powered systems.

dMY III in its merger with IonQ to become the first publicly traded pure-play quantum computing company.

Honeywell on IP, technology, and privacy issues in its spin-off of its Transportations Systems (including connected vehicle technology) and Homes businesses.

Johnson Controls in its $870 million acquisition of Silent-Aire.

Lowe’s on the IP, data privacy, licensing, and related aspects of its acquisition of Boomerang’s retail analytics platform.

Sabre Corporation, owner of Travelocity, in its initial public offering.

Stanley Black & Decker in the acquisition of Aeroscout, a global leader in Wi-Fi-based Unified Asset Visibility.

Temasek on IP and privacy law issues arising in its investment in WuXi NextCode, a data services and analytics company, and its acquisition of Israeli cybersecurity firm Sygnia.

Workman Publishing in its sale Hachette Book Group.

Barilla in connection with its sponsorship of a concert by tenor Andrea Bocelli at Central Park.

Brookfield in its $5.8 billion acquisition of Scientific Games’ global lottery and online lottery games and technology business.

Carlyle Global Partners in the acquisition of royalty streams derived from film, television, and music rights from Content Partners.

Film directors and producers in the financing, production, distribution, and licensing of 11 award-winning documentary motion pictures.

FIFA in connection with the evaluation of the United States’ bid to host the 2026 World Cup and in relation to the event generally.

Gameloft (a Vivendi company) on IP and data privacy matters related to its acquisition of SongPop developer FreshPlanet.

The Raine Group in the sale of a majority interest in C3 Presents and C3 Booking to Live Nation; in the formation of a joint venture with Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of the South Park television series and The Book of Mormon musical production; and in its investments in Imagine Entertainment, the film and television production company led by longtime partners Ron Howard and Brian Grazer; SoundCloud, an online music distribution and sharing platform; and Nitro Circus, an international live action sports and media company.

Scientific Games in its acquisition of WMS Industries, a designer and distributor of video gaming devices.

Sony in its $1 billion investment to acquire a minority interest in Epic Games; its acquisition of Gaikai, a leading interactive cloud-based gaming start-up; its pending $3.6 billion acquisition of Bungie; and its $1 billion investments in Epic Games.

Vivendi in its sale of a 10% interest in Universal Music Group to Tencent.

GSK in its $1.4 billion acquisition of Aiolos Bio, an asthma drug maker.

Takeda in its up to $6 billion acquisition of NDI-034858 from Nimbus Therapeutics.

3M in privacy law and IP issues associated with its $6.7 billion acquisition of innovative wound care company Acelity.

Allergan on the IP aspects of its proposed $160 billion combination with Pfizer and in its $40.5 billion generics sale to Teva Pharmaceuticals.

Altaris in its acquisition of a majority stake in Solesis, a life science and medical technology company focused on biopharmaceuticals and medical device technologies.

Asahi Kasei on the IP aspects of its $2.2 billion acquisition of ZOLL Medical Corporation.

Biomet and other parties in the $13.35 billion sale of Biomet to Zimmer Holdings.

Merck & Co. in the sale to J&J of its stake in its JV, J&J MSD Europe.

PDL BioPharma on the IP aspects of its equity investment in Noden Pharma and in Noden’s acquisition of rights to Tekturna HCT from Novartis.

TPG in its acquisition of Envision Pharmaceutical Holdings, a national, full-service pharmacy benefit management company, and in its subsequent $2 billion sale of Envision to Rite Aid Corporation.

Walgreens Boots Alliance in the $6.5 billion strategic transaction with AmerisourceBergen Corporation.

Warburg Pincus in its acquisition of CityMD and in CityMD’s acquisition of Summit Medical Group and in the $8.7 billion sale of Bausch + Lomb to Valeant Pharmaceuticals International.

The Roy Lichtenstein Foundation in numerous matters, including in its 186 artworks donation to four American museums (including the Whitney museum) and the Albertina in Vienna to celebrate the late artist’s centennial anniversary; a complex licensing and sale of approximately 200,000 prints, negatives, and other items (and related copyrights) created by celebrated photographers Harry Shunk; and János Kender to five of the world’s leading art institutions (the Getty Research Institute, The Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art, Centre Pompidou, and Tate).

Alexander Wang Companies in an interest repurchase and an equity investment by Challenjers and Youngor.

The Estate of Roy Lichtenstein in numerous copyright and trademark matters, including licensing works to Uniqlo, Comme des Garcons, and streaming services such as Netflix and Apple TV.

Donatella Versace, GiVi Holding, and Jonathan Akeroyd in the $2.13 billion sale of Versace to Michael Kors Holdings.

FullBeauty Brands in its acquisition of “Catherine’s” clothing brand, including the IP and e-commerce business from Ascena.

Giorgio Armani Corporation, Hugo Boss, and Guess? Inc. in numerous privacy and cybersecurity matters.

Reed Krakoff on the IP aspects of its acquisition of the “REED KRAKOFF” brand from Coach.

Tom Ford in connection with various matters, including copyright and trademark licensing matters.

TPG on the IP aspects of its sale of Bally to Labelux.

T-Mobile in its pending up to $1.35 billion acquisition of Ka’ena and its subsidiaries and brands, Mint Mobile, Ultra Mobile, and Plum.

Astound Broadband in its $8.1 billion sale to Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners.

América Móvil in its $6.25 billion sale of TracFone to Verizon and in its investments in Mobli, a photo and video sharing app and in Sport195, a global social networking app for sports fans.

American Tower Corporation in its approximately $10.1 billion acquisition of CoreSite Corporation.

Nortel Networks, including in Nortel’s unprecedented $4.5 billion auction sale of more than 6,000 patents to a consortium that included Apple and Microsoft, the largest stand-alone patent sale in history; and on other IP matters relating to Nortel’s bankruptcy, including its highly complicated asset sales, such as the divestitures of its 3G and 4G wireless businesses and the Optical and Ethernet business.

TPG in its $2.25 billion acquisition of RCN and Grande Communications, and in RCN’s subsequent $2.36 billion acquisition of Wave Broadband.

Verizon Communications Inc. in its approximately $2.4 billion acquisition of Fleetmatics Group PLC, a leading provider of mobile workforce solutions for service-based businesses.

Decathlon, the world’s largest sporting goods retailer with over 1,700 stores in more than 70 countries, in its acquisition of Bergfreunde, an online specialist retailer for mountain sports, climbing, and outdoor equipment.

General Mills in the sale of its Helper main meals and Suddenly Salad side dishes businesses to Eagle Family Foods Group and the sale of its 51% controlling interest in Yoplait S.A.S. to Sodiaal in exchange for full ownership of the Canadian Yoplait business and a reduced royalty rate for use of the Yoplait and Liberté brands in the United States and Canada.

Lavazza on the IP aspects of its acquisition of Mars Drinks.

LVMH in its $716 million acquisition of high-tech luggage brand RIMOWA.

McCormick & Company in IP, cybersecurity, and privacy law issues in connection with its $4.2 billion acquisition of the food business of Reckitt Benckiser Group and its acquisition of Cholula Hot Sauce for $800 million.

Samsonite in its acquisition of Tumi.

Suntory Holdings Limited in its $16 billion acquisition of Beam Inc.

Pacific Woodtech in its acquisition of Louisiana-Pacific’s engineered wood products business.

3M in privacy law and IP issues associated with various acquisitions and business divestitures, including the $230 million sale of its gas and flame detection business to Teledyne.

ABB Ltd. in its $1 billion acquisition of Power-One Inc. and in the subsequent disposition of certain Power-One subsidiaries.

Honeywell in privacy issues arising in its spin-off of its Transportations Systems and Homes businesses.

IFF in the $1.3 billion sale of its Microbial Control business unit to Lanxess.

Westlake in its $1.2 billion acquisition of Hexion’s global epoxy business.

Tempur Sealy in its $4 billion acquisition of Mattress Firm.

Warburg Pincus and its portfolio company Gabe’s in Gabe’s acquisition of Old Time Pottery.

ESL Investments on IP and privacy matters related to its $5.2 billion acquisition of Sears.

Geoffrey LLC, owner of the TOYS “R” US brand, in the licensing of the right to use TOYS “R” US for retail stores.

Home Depot in its acquisition of Red Beacon, a home services marketplace web company.

Warburg Pincus in the $6 billion sale of Neiman Marcus and the acquisition of the websites business of Intuit Corporation.

Allied Universal on IP matters related to its $1 billion acquisition of U.S. Security Associates and in its pending sale of an equity stake in Allied to CDPQ.

Dun & Bradstreet on IP matters related to its $6.9 billion sale to a consortium.