Pramode Chiruvolu

Mr. Chiruvolu has extensive experience advising on matters involving emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, digital health and biotechnology, the internet of things and 5G networks. He holds a degree in biomedical engineering and has particular experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, life sciences and other related complex transactions. He also previously worked as a network and computer engineer for the Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate, a part of the U.S. Army’s Communications-Electronics Command, focusing on neural networks and distributed computing. In 2022, Mr. Chiruvolu was named a Rising Star in Technology by Law360 and a Lawyer on the Fast Track by The Recorder. He has been repeatedly recognized as one of Best Lawyers’ Ones To Watch in America.

His representative transactional matters include:

• Activision Blizzard Inc. in its $75 billion acquisition by Microsoft Corporation
• Ansys in its $35 billion sale to Synopsys
• Apex Technology Co., Ltd. in its $4 billion acquisition of Lexmark International Inc.
• ArQule in its sale to Merck for $2.7 billion
• Becton, Dickinson & Company in a variety of transactions, including its $24 billion acquisition of C.R. Bard, Inc., the formation and sale of its interest in global respiratory business joint venture with Apax Partners; and its sale of certain assets to Merit Medical
• BuzzFeed, Inc. in its acquisition of HuffPost from Verizon Media
• Cavium, Inc. in its $6 billion acquisition by Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
• Elon Musk in his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, Inc.
• EMC Corporation in its $67 billion acquisition by Denali Holding Inc., the parent company of Dell Inc.
• Endo International in its $658 million acquisition of BioSpecifics Technologies
• Fortive Corporation in a $3 billion reverse Morris trust transaction involving the merger of its automation and specialty business with Altra Industrial Motion Corp.
• Intel Corporation in its $15.3 billion acquisition of Mobileye N.V.; $4.2 billion joint venture with TPG Capital, L.P. to form McAfee; $1 billion sale of its smartphone modem business to Apple Inc. sale of its Wind River subsidiary to TPG; and sale of its home gateway platform division to MaxLinear, Inc.
• Juniper Networks Inc. in its $14 billion acquisition by Hewlett Packard Enterprise
• LeEco Holdings Ltd. in its $2 billion cash acquisition of Vizio Inc.
• Livongo Health, Inc. in its $18.5 billion acquisition by Teladoc Health, Inc.
• Mubadala Investment Co. in its investment in Waymo
• Rite Aid Corporation in its sale of stores for $4.38 billion to Walgreens Boots Alliance
• Pfizer Inc. in connection with a strategic digital health collaboration
• SanDisk Corporation in its $19 billion acquisition by Western Digital Corporation
• Silver Lake in its acquisition of a majority stake in ServiceMax, Inc. from GE Digital LLC
• Stryker Corporation in its $3 billion acquisition of Vocera Communications, Inc.
• United Natural Foods in its acquisition of SUPERVALU for $2.9 billion
• Vertex Pharmaceuticals in its acquisition of Semma Therapeutics for $950 million
• Xilinx, Inc. in its $49 billion acquisition by Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
• Xperi Corporation in its $3 billion merger with TiVo Corporation