Grace Mo represents public and private companies in a wide range of U.S. and cross-border corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs and minority investments. She also advises companies on securities law compliance, shareholder activism and corporate governance matters.
Bio
Ms. Mo has represented clients in a diverse array of industries. Examples of her representations include:
- Ansys, Inc. in its pending $35 billion sale to Synopsys, Inc.
- WT Microelectronics Co., Ltd. in its $3.8 billion acquisition of Future Electronics Inc.
- Anaplan, Inc., as co-counsel, in its $10.7 billion sale to Thoma Bravo
- Credit Karma in its:
- $8.1 billion sale to Intuit
- $50 million divestiture of its tax business, Credit Karma Tax, to Square, Inc.
- Reinvent Technology Partners in its:
- $6.6 billion merger with Joby Aviation
- $11 billion merger with Aurora Innovation, Inc.
- FaZe Clan Inc. in its $1 billion merger with B. Riley Principal 150 Merger Corp.
- Danaher Corporation in the:
- $20 billion spin-off of Veralto Corporation
- initial public offering and split-off of Envista Holdings Corporation
- Apartment Investment and Management Company in its $10.4 billion spin-off of Apartment Income REIT
- Fortive Corporation in a $3 billion reverse Morris trust transaction involving the merger of its automation and specialty business with Altra Industrial Motion Corp., and split-off exchange offer of shares of the combined business for shares of Fortive common stock
- Altaba Inc. in various matters, including:
- its plan of liquidation and dissolution
- its $16 billion self-tender offer for its common stock in exchange for cash and Alibaba Group Holding Limited American depositary shares
- the sale, in two separate transactions, of its equity stake in Yahoo Japan Corporation for $6.3 billion
- 8x8, Inc. in its:
- $250 million acquisition of Fuze, Inc.
- $137.5 million private placement of 0.50% convertible senior notes due 2024
- Envision Building Products in its acquisition of Fairway Architectural Railing Solutions
- TAMKO Building Products in connection with an investment by The Carlyle Group
- Eurazeo in the acquisition of Planet Payment, Inc. through Fintrax Group, its portfolio company
- BeyondSpring Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, in its initial public offering
Credentials
Education
- J.D., New York University School of Law, 2016 (magna cum laude, Order of the Coif)
- B.A., Tsinghua University, 2013
Admissions
- California
- New York
Yingchuan (Grace) Mo
Counsel, Corporate
grace.mo@skadden.com