John Bender’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and venture-capital style minority investments.

John joined the firm in 2024. Prior to joining Cleary, he was an associate at another international law firm in San Francisco.

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Notable Experience

Notable Experience

  • Synopsys in connection with NVIDIA’s $2 billion investment in Synopsys and concurrent entry into a strategic partnership.

  • T-Mobile in the pending $2.9 billion sale of its 800 MHz Spectrum Portfolio to Grain Management.

  • T-Mobile in its $600 million acquisition of Vistar Media. 

  • Synopsys in the sale of its Optical Solutions Group to Keysight Technologies. 

  • Synopsys in its $35 billion acquisition of Ansys.

  • Google in its acquisition of HTC’s XR business. 

  • Viking Global Investors in various investments, including, investments in AlphaSense and Antheia. 

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Selected Activities

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  • Adjunct Professor, Mergers and Acquisitions, University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings)
  • Affiliated Scholar, Private Equity and Hedge Funds, University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (2025)

  • Editor-in-Chief, USC Gould’s Business Law Periodical, University of Southern California, Gould School of Law (2021)
  • Senior Submissions Editor, Southern California Review of Law and Social Justice, University of Southern California, Gould School of Law (2021)