Su Da advises public and private clients in numerous industries on a variety of internal and third-party transactions, including domestic and cross-border acquisitions and dispositions, debt and equity financings, joint ventures, restructurings and international tax planning.

Bio

Selected representations include:

  • Ansys, Inc. in its pending $35 billion sale to Synopsys, Inc.
  • Edwards Lifesciences Corporation in its pending $4.2 billion sale of its Critical Care product group to Becton, Dickinson and Company
  • Hg in its:
    • acquisitions of AuditBoard, GTreasury, Litera Microsystems, Gen II Fund Services and Riskalyze
    • investments in Insight Software and Lyniate
    • sale of Sovos Compliance and Mitratech
  • Elon Musk in his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, Inc.
  • Intel Corp. in its:
    • $15.3 billion acquisition of Mobileye, N.V.
    • joint investment with Brookfield for approximately $30 billion to create a first-of-its-kind Semiconductor Co-Investment Program
    • proposed but terminated $5.4 billion acquisition of Tower Semiconductor Ltd.
    • $4.2 billion joint venture with TPG Capital to form McAfee
    • sale of its Wind River business to TPG Capital
    • sale of its smartphone modem business to Apple Inc.
    • sale of its home gateway platform division to MaxLinear, Inc. 
  • Visa Inc. in:
    • its $1 billion acquisition of Pismo
    • the tax aspects of its $23.4 billion acquisition and integration of Visa Europe Limited
    • its proposed, but terminated, $5.3 billion acquisition of Plaid
  • Broadcom Corp. in its $37 billion sale to Avago Technologies Ltd.
  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company in the spin-off of its software business and combination with Micro Focus International plc
  • Trimble Inc. in the sale and contribution of its agriculture business to a joint venture with AGCO Corporation
  • Xilinx, Inc. in its $49 billion acquisition by Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
  • Splunk Inc. in its $28 billion acquisition by Cisco Systems, Inc.
  • SanDisk Corp. in its $19 billion acquisition by Western Digital Corp.
  • Wolt Enterprises Oy in its $8 billion acquisition by DoorDash, Inc.
  • Credit Karma, Inc. in its $8.1 billion acquisition by Intuit Inc.
  • Coherent, Inc. in its $7 billion acquisition by II-VI Incorporated
  • Apex Technology Co., Ltd. as a lead member of the consortium acquiring Lexmark International, Inc. in a transaction valued at $4 billion
  • Cavium, Inc. in its $6 billion acquisition by Marvell Technology
  • Group Ltd. and $1.4 billion acquisition of QLogic Corp.
  • Dynegy Inc. in its $1.7 billion acquisition by Vistra Energy Corp.
  • TiVo Inc. in its $1.1 billion acquisition by Rovi Corp.
  • The Sage Group in its $850 million acquisition of Intacct Corp.
  • Silver Lake Partners in its acquisition of a majority stake in ServiceMax, Inc.
  • Castik Capital in its portfolio company Waterlogic Group Holdings’ combination with Culligan International
  • First Solar, Inc. in the financings and tax equity investments in its 250-megawatt Moapa solar project and 179-megawatt Switch Station solar projects
  • Pattern Energy in the financings and tax-equity investments in its 3,515-megawatt SunZia wind project, Western Spirit wind project, 220-megawatt Grady wind project and 324-megawatt Broadview wind project
  • Brookfield in its $733 million sale of a 391-megawatt portfolio of four operating wind assets in California and New Hampshire to NextEra Energy Partners
  • Ørsted in its sale to PSEG and subsequent reacquisition of a 25% stake in the 1,100-megawatt Ocean Wind project in New Jersey
  • Starwood Energy Group in its acquisition and financings of the 102-megawatt Coram wind project and 150-megawatt Crane solar project from Consolidated Edison
  • Theravance in a $450 million royalty monetization private placement
  • NIO Inc. in its initial public offering
  • Viking Cruises in various investments and offerings

Credentials

Education

  • J.D., Yale Law School, 2014 (Yale Law Journal)
  • B.A., Stanford University, 2011 (Phi Beta Kappa)

Admissions

  • California