John Bender’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions.

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

  • INNOVATE in the refinancing and partial sale of its subsidiary, HC2 Broadcasting to CONX.

  • phoenixNAP, a global IT services provider, in the sale of its Phoenix data center and colocation business to RadiusDC.

  • Synopsys in various matters including the:

    • $2 billion investment by NVIDIA in Synopsys and concurrent entry into a strategic partnership.
    • sale of its Optical Solutions Group to Keysight Technologies.
    • $35 billion acquisition of Ansys.

  • Somnigroup International in its $5 billion acquisition of Mattress Firm Group.

  • T-Mobile in a range of transactions, including the:

    • pending $2.9 billion sale of its 800 MHz Spectrum Portfolio to Grain Management.
    • $600 million acquisition of Vistar Media.

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

  • Viking Global Investors in several growth equity investment transactions.

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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)