Chadé Severin

Ms. Severin was named one of Law360’s 2021 Rising Stars, which recognizes top “attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments transcend their age.” Her representations include:

• AspenTech in its $11 billion combination with the industrial software business of Emerson Electric;
• Adtalem Global Education in the $1 billion sale of its financial services segment to a consortium of Wendel Group and Colibri Group;
• Strongbridge Biopharma in its pending sale to Xeris Pharmaceuticals for $267 million;
• Pandion Therapeutics in its sale to Merck & Co. for $1.85 billion; 
• Stemline Therapeutics in its sale to Menarini Group for up to $677 million;
• Gilead Sciences in its $4.9 billion acquisition of Forty Seven;
• ArQule in its sale to Merck for $2.7 billion;
• Carbonite in its sale to OpenText for $1.42 billion;
• Achillion in its sale to Alexion for up to $1.225 billion;
• Alder BioPharmaceuticals in its sale to Lundbeck for up to $1.95 billion;
• Array BioPharma in its $11.4 billion sale to Pfizer;
• Carbonite in its $618.5 million acquisition of Webroot;
• Armstrong Flooring Inc. in the sale of its wood flooring business to American Industrial Partners;
• Juno Therapeutics in its $9 billion acquisition by Celgene;
• Ultragenyx in its successful topping bid for Dimension Therapeutics;
• Gilead in its $11.9 billion acquisition of Kite Pharma;
• Merrimack Pharmaceuticals in its asset sale to Ipsen S.A. for up to $1.025 billion;
• Tobira Therapeutics in its acquisition by Allergan for up to $1.7 billion; and
• Qlik Technologies in its $3 billion acquisition by Thoma Bravo.

Before attending law school, Ms. Severin worked for Google at its California headquarters.