Chris Moore’s practice focuses on public and private company mergers and acquisitions, carve-outs, joint ventures, and other transformative transactions.

He advises boards of directors, management teams, and investors on strategic transactions and corporate governance matters, with significant experience representing companies in the technology sector.

Chris was named a 2025 “Dealmaker of the Year” by The Recorder and has been recognized as a leading advisor by numerous industry publications and directories, including Chambers USA and Legal 500 U.S.

Chris joined the firm as a partner in 2022 from another major international law firm.

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Notable Experience (including those prior to joining Cleary)

  • Synopsys in various matters including: 

    • its $35 billion acquisition of Ansys.
    • the up to $2.1 billion sale of its Software Integrity business to Clearlake Capital and Francisco Partners.
    • in connection with NVIDIA’s $2 billion investment in Synopsys and concurrent entry into a strategic partnership.
    • the pending sale of its Processor IP Solutions business to GlobalFoundries.
    • the sale of its Optical Solutions Group to Keysight Technologies.
    • its acquisition of PikeTec from ECM Equity Capital Management GmbH.
    • its strategic partnership with Intel to develop a portfolio of IP on Intel advanced process nodes.
    • its $565 million acquisition of Black Duck Software.*
    • its $330 million acquisition of WhiteHat Security.*

  • Oracle in its $28 billion acquisition of Cerner Corporation.*

  • Walmart in its $16 billion acquisition of a majority stake in Flipkart.*

  • Marvell Technology Group in various matters including:

    • its $10 billion acquisition of Inphi.*
    • its $6 billion acquisition of Cavium.*
    • its $450 million acquisition of Aquantia.*

  • OpenText in various matters including:

    • its $6 billion acquisition of Micro Focus.
    • its $2.275 billion sale of its application modernization and connectivity business to Rocket Software.

  • T-Mobile in various matters including:

    • its $4.3 billion acquisition of UScellular’s wireless operations and select spectrum assets.
    • the pending $2.9 billion sale of its 800 MHz Spectrum Portfolio to Grain Management.
    • its $1.35 billion acquisition of Ka’ena and its subsidiaries and brands, Mint Mobile, Ultra Mobile, and Plum.
    • its $600 million acquisition of Vistar Media.
    • its $175 million acquisition of Blis.

  • Zendesk in its proposed $4 billion acquisition of Momentive.*

  • Thales in its $3.6 billion acquisition of Imperva.

  • Artémis in its acquisition of a majority stake in CAA from TPG.

  • zulily in its $2.4 billion sale to Liberty Interactive Corporation.*

  • Wise Road Capital in its proposed $1.4 billion acquisition of Magnachip Semiconductor.*

  • Atlassian in various matters including:

    • its $975 million acquisition of Loom.
    • its acquisition of Orderly from K15t GmbH.
    • its acquisition of AirTrack.
    • its acquisitions of OpsGenie, AgileCraft, Code Barrel, Halp, Mindville, Chartio, ThinkTilt, and Percept.AI.*

  • Eli Lilly in its $960 million acquisition of CoLucid Pharmaceuticals.*

  • Dialog Semiconductor in various matters including:

    • its $500 million acquisition of Adesto Technologies.*
    • its acquisition of Silego.*

  • XenoPort in its $446.6 million sale to Arbor Pharmaceuticals.*

  • Sabre in various matters including:

    • its proposed $360 million acquisition of Farelogix.* 
    • its acquisition of Radixx.*
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Selected Activities

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Corporate Advisory Board, Thomson Reuters Practical Law

Member, Working Group for the ABA 2017 Strategic Buyer/Public Target M&A Deal Points Study

Review Team Member, ABA M&A Carveout Transactions Deal Points Study

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