Christopher P. Hammond

In recognition of Mr. Hammond’s work, he has been named one of The Recorder’s Lawyers on the Fast Track. Mr. Hammond’s experience includes representing:

Technology

• Juniper Networks, Inc. in its $14 billion acquisition by Hewlett Packard Enterprise
• Elon Musk in his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, Inc.
• Visa, Inc. in its $1 billion acquisition of Pismo
• Credit Karma, Inc. in its $8.1 billion acquisition by Intuit Inc., one of the largest fintech deals of 2020 and one of the top five largest internet M&A transactions at the time of its announcement
• Netflix, Inc. in its acquisitions of Scanline VFX and Animal Logic
• Trimble Inc. in the sale of its global transportation telematics business units to Platform-Science, Inc.
• Sabre Corporation in its sale of the AirCentre suite of flight and crew management software solutions to CAE Inc. for $392.5 million
• LeanTeq Co., Ltd. in its $305 million acquisition by EnPro Industries, Inc.
• Yahoo! Inc. in the $4.5 billion sale of its operating business to Verizon Communications Inc.
• F5 Networks, Inc. in its $1 billion acquisition of Shape Security, Inc.
• DoorDash, Inc. in its $410 million acquisition of Caviar, Inc. from Square, Inc.

Infrastructure

• Intel Corporation in various matters, including its:
  • agreement with Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. to jointly invest approximately $30 billion to create a first-of-its-kind Semiconductor Co-Investment Program (SCIP) that introduces a new funding model to the semiconductor industry
  • $11 billion joint venture with Apollo involving Intel’s Fab 34 semiconductor manufacturing facility in Leixlip, Ireland, in a further deployment of the SCIP funding model
• Lucid Group, Inc. in its acquisition of select assets and manufacturing facilities in Arizona from Nikola Corporation through a Chapter 11 sale process
• an investor syndicate in its acquisition of a significant interest in a leading provider of hyperscaler-leased data center campuses
• Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. in its:
  • $1.4 billion sale of zColo, including certain U.S. and European data center assets, to DataBank Holdings, Ltd.
  • acquisition of Indiana Fiber Network, LLC d/b/a Intelligent Fiber Network
  • acquisition of Education Networks of America, Inc.
• SJW Group in its $1.1 billion acquisition of Connecticut Water Service, Inc. and successful defense against a hostile takeover attempt by California Water Service Group

Joint Ventures, Investments and Private Equity

• Intel Corporation in its collaboration with United Microelectronics Corporation to develop a 12-nanometer semiconductor process platform
• Trimble Inc. in the sale and contribution of its agriculture business to a joint venture with AGCO Corporation, as well as AGCO’s $2 billion acquisition of an 85% stake in the joint venture
• various foreign sovereign wealth funds, including Mubadala, in a number of significant investment transactions
•  Cypress Semiconductor Corp. in its joint venture with SK Hynix System Ic, Inc.
• Silver Lake in its acquisition of a majority stake in ServiceMax from GE Digital
• ServiceMax, Inc., a portfolio company of Silver Lake, in its acquisition of Zinc, Inc.
• Calera Capital in a number of transactions, including its acquisitions of majority stakes in Arnott, Inc. and ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry Specialists, Inc. and its sale of a majority stake in United Site Services, Inc.
• WL Ross Holding Corp. in its $1.7 billion acquisition of Nexeo Solutions Holdings, LLC from TPG Capital
• Lattice Semiconductor Corp. in its proposed (now terminated) $1.3 billion going-private acquisition by Canyon Bridge Capital Partners
• RPX Corporation in its $555 million acquisition by HGGC, LLC

Mr. Hammond is actively involved in Skadden’s training and recruiting programs, and is a member of the Palo Alto office’s Hiring Committee and the firm’s First Gen Affnity Network. He also established and co-chairs Skadden’s Palo Alto Family Affinity Group.