Amit Liran

Amit Liran represents public and private companies, financial institutions and private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in a variety of transactions, including U.S. and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, investments, auctions, joint ventures and securities offerings, as well as corporate governance, compliance and a variety of other commercial and contractual matters.

Notable representations include:

• Scopely in multiple matters, including its:
  • $4.9 billion acquisition by Savvy Games Group
  • $3.5 billion acquisition of Niantic’s games business, which includes Pokémon GO
  • $1 billion acquisition of GSN Games from Sony Pictures Entertainment
  • investment in a Ukraine-based business
• Mars in its pending $35.9 billion acquisition of Kellanova
• Mobileye in its $1 billion IPO and concurrent private placement
• Hg in numerous matters, including its acquisitions of Riskalyze and GTreasury
• Via in its acquisition of Citymapper
• HPS in its investment, alongside CVC, in Authentic Brands at a $12.7 billion valuation
• Crimson Investment in the sale of its portfolio company Telesis Technologies to Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems
• Tyden Group, a portfolio company of Crimson Investment, in the sale of its subsidiary TydenBrooks to Madison Industries
• a technology company in its $900 million venture capital round
• Closer Media in its investment in MUBI
• Caesars Entertainment in its $17.3 billion acquisition by Eldorado Resorts
• numerous SPAC transactions, including:
  • Revolution Acceleration Acquisition Corp in its IPO, PIPE and $2.7 billion business combination with Berkshire Grey
  • GS Acquisition Holdings Corp in its PIPE and $5.3 billion business combination with Vertiv
  • Crescent Acquisition Corp in its business combination with LiveVox and previously in its proposed, but terminated, business combination with F45 Training
  • various other SPACs, underwriters and placement agents in more than a dozen IPOs, PIPEs and business combinations
• Acrisure and Xilinx, Inc. in debt offerings

In addition, Mr. Liran maintains an active pro bono practice and has represented several nonprofit organizations in their formations and governance and compliance issues, including the American Jewish University in various corporate governance matters.

Prior to his legal career, Mr. Liran gained experience in the military, business, marketing and sales fields.