Ho Yee Cynthia Lam

Ms. Lam’s select representative matters include:

• Activision Blizzard Inc. in its $75 billion acquisition by Microsoft Corporation
• Xilinx, Inc. in its $49 billion acquisition by Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
• Intel Corporation in its:
  • $22 billion joint investment arrangement with Apollo relating to a new chip factory in Ireland
  • acquisition of Granulate Cloud Solutions Ltd.
• ServiceNow, Inc. in its proposed $2.85 billion acquisition of Moveworks, Inc.
• 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
  • the sale of its global transportation telematics business units to Platform Science, Inc. in exchange for a 32.5% stake in Platform Science and board representation
• Netflix, Inc. in its acquisition of Animal Logic
• WeWork in its:
  • $8 billion transaction in which SoftBank provided financing to the company and acquired a majority of its outstanding shares through a tender offer
  • merger with BowX Acquisition Corp at an enterprise value of $9 billion
• Perella Weinberg Partners LP in its merger with FinTech Acquisition Corp. IV at an enterprise value of $975 million
• Permira Funds in its significant strategic investment in Axiom Global Inc.
• carsales.com Ltd in its:
  • $624 million acquisition of a 49% stake in Trader Interactive
  • subsequent $809 million acquisition of the remaining 51% stake in Trader Interactive
• Western Digital Corporation in the split of its hard disk drive and NAND memory businesses, creating two separate public companies
• 8x8, Inc. in its:
  • $250 million acquisition of Fuze, Inc.
  • exchange offer of $404 million of its 0.5% convertible senior notes due 2024
• ServiceNow, Inc. in its acquisition of LightStep, Inc.
• Velodyne Lidar, Inc. in its merger of equals with Ouster, Inc.
• Hexaware Technologies Limited in its acquisition of Softcrylic LLC
• Bright Lights Acquisition Corp. in its proposed (but terminated) merger with MANSCAPED at an enterprise value of $1 billion
• Virgin Trains USA LLC in various financing transactions, including:
  • a $1.75 billion offering of private activity bonds
  • a subsequent $600 million offering of public activity bonds

Ms. Lam serves as pro bono coordinator of Skadden’s Palo Alto office and provides pro bono legal services to a variety of clients, including nonprofit organizations. She is also co-chair of the Palo Alto office’s Summer Associate Committee and is actively involved in Skadden’s recruiting and mentoring programs and diversity initiatives. Additionally, she is a member of a Skadden committee overseeing AI and legal technology initiatives. Ms. Lam has also served as the vice president of programs and operations for the Asian American Bar Association of New York.