Baker Botts' technology transactions lawyers are experienced in business growth and strategy, collaborating with our clients to drive value. We have 30+ years of experience representing leading technology companies. We take particular care to approach our clients' needs with the big picture in mind. From the outset of every representation and every new matter, we strive to gain a sense of our client's business goals to develop a strategy designed to further those goals, rather than viewing each matter in isolation.
Our clients' strategic business transactions involve strategic commercial alliances, marketing agreements, and joint development and joint venturing or partnering arrangements between emerging growth and well-established organizations for mutual benefit. They also involve licensing, distribution, development, and integration arrangements, as well as outsourcing and services transactions. When negotiating these transactions, we recognize each party's desire to maximize value and minimize risk while still creating an advantageous commercial relationship that allows for growth as business needs change.
We also bring the technological know-how to bear in all transactions - unlike most general practice law firms, Baker Botts has a full-service intellectual property group handling all manner of IP-focused transactions. Our 180 IP lawyers collectively hold over 220 scientific and technical degrees and have the comprehensive experience in IP prosecution, diligence and litigation matters that affords us strategic insights into the technology, business and legal issues involved in each IP-focused transaction. Whether the matter involves a single transaction or is part of a much larger deal, we can structure solutions to meet the client's objectives.
Why Baker Botts?
Recognition. Nationally and internationally ranked practices in both M&A and IP that work seamlessly from Silicon Valley to Washington, D.C., Texas, New York and London, to serve clients globally and cost-effectively. Our understanding of both the nature of the technology and the commercial business objectives enhances our ability to add value through creative and comprehensive transaction design, diligence and execution approaches.
Collaborative. Understanding the intersection of technology and the commercial business objectives enhances our ability to add value through creative and comprehensive transaction design, diligence and execution approaches. We advise clients globally and with interdisciplinary teams that mix corporate and IP experience, commercial transactions experience, and regulatory compliance.
Experienced. 30+ years of tech sector experience advising on strategic commercial alliances, mergers & acquisitions, corporate venture capital investments, and joint development and joint venture arrangements. These transactions often involve commercial licensing, and supply, marketing and distribution arrangements for critical or innovative technology.
Business-focused. We recognize each party’s desire to maximize value and minimize risk while still creating an advantageous commercial relationship that allows for growth as business needs change.
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Akamai Technologies, Inc. - Acquisition of Linode
FUJIFILM Cellular Dynamics, Inc. - Strategic Research and Development Alliance and Licensing Transaction
Tax Equity Investor - Carbon Capture Project
Twilio, Inc. - $3.2 Billion Acquisition of Segment.io
Cobalt International Energy - Securities fraud class action
Zix Corporation - $275 Million Acquisition of AppRiver, LLC
Symphony Commerce, Inc. - Acquisition by Quantum Retail Technology, Inc.
Zix Corporation - $15 Million Acquisition of Erado
Liberty Global - Split-Off of Liberty Latin America
Blacksmith Applications - Acquisition of GoSimple
ESO Solutions, Inc. - Acquisition of Fire Software Business from Conduent Incorporated
RGM Advisors, LLC - Sale of Assets to DRW Trading
Aviva Ventures - Investment into Savari
8point3 Energy Partners LP and SunPower Corporation - Acquisition of 8point3 Energy Partners LP by Capital Dynamics
Phillip R. Shawe - Acquisition of the Remaining Interest in TransPerfect Global, Inc.
CommerceHub - $1.1 Billion Sale to Affiliates of GTCR and Sycamore Partners
Computer Sciences Corporation - Acquisition of Tribridge and Concerto Cloud Services
Faraday Grid - Investment by Adam Neumann
Real Page - $70 Million Acquisition of American Utility Management Assets
Centaurus Renewable Energy - Avalon II Sale
Dell Technologies - Investment in Minio
Baxter Planning Systems - Polaris Partners' Growth Investment
RealPage - $345 Million Convertible Note Offering
SynGen - ThermoGenesis Corporation's Acquisition of Cell Processing Systems
ManyWho - Acquisition by Dell Boomi
Computer Sciences Corporation - Sale of Holding in Ferguson, Snell & Associates Limited
Wolters Kluwer - Adaptive Learning Technology Acquisition
Liberty Interactive Corporation - Acquisition of GCI Liberty, Inc.
Liberty Global's LiLAC Group - Privatization of Cable & Wireless (Barbados) Limited
AES - Joint Venture with Siemens to Create Fluence
Statoil Energy Ventures - Series B Investment in Convergent Energy and Power
Intellectual Property Diligence for Strattam Capital - Acquisition of Contegix
8point3 Energy Partners LP - $420 Million Initial Public Offering of Class A Common Shares Representing Limited Partner Interests
Marc Schipper & Simon Oakes - Hammer Film Group Management Buy-Out
CommerceHub - Acquisition of Mercent Corporation
Depomed, Inc. - Acquisition of the rights to NUCYNTA franchise from Janssen Pharmaceuticals
Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation - $4.4 Billion Acquisition of Starz
Starz Inc. - $4.4 Billion Acquisition by Lionsgate
Lone Star Funds - Acquisition of Diamond Wireless
Starz Inc. - $4.4 Billion Acquisition by Lionsgate
SunPower Corporation - Dropdown of 90 MW of Solar Projects to 8point3 Energy Partners
Carvue Ltd - £4 Million Investment from BP Castrol Innoventures
SunPower Corporation - Sale of a 20.23 MWac photovoltaic solar generating project to 8point3 Energy Partners
Wolters Kluwer Health - Acquisition of Adaptive Learning Technology Supporting PrepU Quizzing Tool
Depomed, Inc. - Acquisition of Rights to Cebranopadol
Clean Power Generation Assets Company and Global Renewable Energy Company - Acquisition of Wind Energy and Solar PV Facilities Company
AES Corporation - Joint Venture with Siemens AG
Intellectual Property Diligence for CA Technologies - Acquisition of Xceedium, Inc.
Brother Industries, Ltd. - Equity Investment in Grabit, Inc.
Liberty Interactive Corporation - $2.4 Billion Acquisition of zulily, inc.
Computer Sciences Corporation - $295 Million Acquisition of ServiceMesh
Intellectual Property Diligence for CA Technologies - Acquisition of IdMlogic
Toopher Inc. - Acquisition by Salesforce.com, Inc.
Brierly + Partners, Inc - Acquisition by Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.
Depomed Inc. - Acquisition of U.S. Rights to CAMBIA
Intellectual Property Diligence for CA Technologies - Acquisition of Grid Tools Ltd.
Liberty Interactive Corporation - Acquisition of General Communication
RGM - Spin-Out of Software Technologies
CA Technologies - Acquisition of SCUID
Qurate Retail, Inc. - ILG, Inc.'s Merger with Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.
Mobile Operator in Tajikistan- Securing Financing for Mobile Operator of Indigo Tajikistan
Liberty Global Plc - Tracking Stock Distribution
Brother Industries, Ltd. - Equity Investment in iHear Medical, Inc.
Liberty Media Corporation - Spin-off of Liberty Broadband Corporation
Solar Energy Project Development Company - Sierra Leone Power Generating Plant and Transmission Project
Mesaplexx Pty Ltd - Sale to Nokia Solutions and Networks
Financial Institution – Patent Licensing
Liberty Media Corporation - $8 Billion Acquisition of Formula One
ZS Pharma, Inc. - Initial Public Offering
TruePosition, Inc. - Acquisition of Skyhook Wireless, Inc.
Computer Sciences Corporation - $27 Million Acquisition of Infochimps
The Solar Cloth Company Limited - Venture Capital Offering
Monitronics International, Inc. - Acquisition Membership Interests of LiveWatch Security, LLC
Solar Energy Project Development Company - Guinea Bissau Solar Power Project
Liberty Interactive Corporation - Sale of Shares of Provide Commerce, Inc. to FTD Companies, Inc.
Cambridge Cognition Holdings, plc - Initial Public Offering
Creative Technology Ltd. - $50 Million Sale of ZiiLabs to Intel Corporation
Brother Industries, Ltd. - Purchase of Kodak's Document Imaging Business
Independent Power Producer - Negotiation of Contingent Equity Investments in Certain Utility-Scale, Lithium Ion Battery, Energy Storage Projects
Sasol New Energy - £15 Million Investment in OXIS Energy
Wind and Solar Power Developer - Puerto Rico Solar Power Projects
DIRECTV Sports Networks - Joint Venture with Seattle Mariners
Acorn Media Group Inc. - Acquisition of a 64 Percent Controlling Interest in Agatha Christie Limited
Oxford Nanopore Technologies Limited - Joint Venture with Illumina Inc.
Liberty Interactive Corporation - $2.1 Billion Acquisition of HSN, Inc.
Samsung Electronics America Inc. - Technology Contracting Matters
CA Technologies - $330 Acquisition of iTKO
Finance Institution - Two 22 MW Solar Power Projects
Sallie Mae - Spin-Off of Navient Solutions, Inc.
CA Technologies - $350 Million Acquisition of Nimsoft
CA Technologies - Acquisition of HyPerformix
CA Technologies - Acquisition of InteQ
Liberty Media Corporation - IAC Equity Exchange
CA Technologies - $200 Million Acquisition of NetQos
CA Technologies - Acquisition of 3Tera
Solar Energy Project Development Company - Corporate Representations
GENBAND, Inc. - $282 Million Acquisition of Nortel Networks Limited's Carrier VoIP and Application Solutions (CVAS) Business
CA Technologies - $330 Million Acquisition of Interactive TKO
Zix Corporation - Acquisition of Greenview Data, Inc.
Integrated Oil and Gas Services Company - Investments in Preferred Stock, Warrants, and Notes
American Financial Services Company - California Solar Projects
CA Technologies - Acquisition of Layer 7 Technologies
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