Su Da

In recognition of Ms. Da’s work, she has been named one of Best Lawyers’ Ones To Watch in America. Additionally, she has been twice named a recipient of a Daily Journal California Lawyer Attorney of the Year (CLAY) award for her work on behalf of Intel Corporation in its acquisition of Mobileye N.V. and Broadcom Corporation in its acquisition by Avago Technologies.

Selected representations include:

• Ansys, Inc. in its $35 billion sale to Synopsys, Inc. and concurrent pending divestiture of its PowerArtist business to Keysight Technologies, Inc.
• ServiceNow, Inc. in its pending $2.85 billion acquisition of Moveworks, Inc.
• Hg in numerous transactions, including 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 numerous transactions, including its:
  • pending $8.75 billion sale of a 51% stake in Altera Corporation to Silver Lake
  • $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.
  • $990 million initial public offering, and concurrent $100 million private placement, of Mobileye stock
  • $4.2 billion joint venture with TPG Capital to form McAfee
  • collaboration with United Microelectronics Corporation to develop a 12-nanometer semiconductor process platform
  • 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
• Brookfield in connection with various transactions, including its:
  • pending acquisition of Wells Fargo’s railcar leasing fleet for $4.4 billion in a joint venture with GATX Corporation
  • $733 million sale of a 391 MW portfolio of four operating wind assets in California and New Hampshire to NextEra Energy
• 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 and the sale of its global transportation telematics business units to Platform-Science, Inc.
• Edwards Lifesciences Corporation in the $4.2 billion sale of its Critical Care product group to Becton, Dickinson and Company
• 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.
• ServiceNow, Inc. in its acquisition of Lightstep
• 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
• 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 $1 billion initial public offering
• Viking Cruises in its $1.69 billion initial public offering and other investments and offerings

Ms. Da is actively involved in Skadden’s training and recruiting programs and initiatives, and is a member of the Palo Alto office’s Hiring Committee. She provides pro bono legal services to a variety of clients, with a particular focus on nonprofit organizations.