Daphne Chen

Daphne has assisted with the following notable transactions:

IP and Technology Support in M&A Transactions

• Provation, a provider of procedure documentation and clinical decision software solutions backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in its acquisition of ePreop, a provider of perioperative SaaS solutions designed to simplify the entire surgical encounter
• Omnicell in its US$225 million acquisition of Pharmaceutical Strategies Group’s 340B Link business
• Perforce Software Inc. in its acquisition of Methodics Holdings Inc., a provider of software configuration management and traceability solutions
• Palo Alto Networks, Inc. in its $420 million acquisition of CloudGenix Inc.
• Ellie Mae, Inc., a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo, in the acquisition of Capsilon, which provides cloud-based imagining and collaboration solutions for the mortgage finance industry
• Affiliates of private equity firm ZMC in connection with its acquisition of Simeio Solutions
• Palo Alto Networks, Inc. in the acquisition of Aporeto, Inc. for approximately $150 million
• Drunk Elephant in its $845 million acquisition by Shiseido America Corporation
• Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, in its exclusive option to acquire all outstanding stock of a biotechnology company, Convelo
• Palo Alto Networks Inc. in the acquisition of PureSec Ltd., a privately held serverless security company
• Palo Alto Networks, Inc. in the acquisition of Twistlock Ltd., an Israeli cybersecurity company, for $410 million
• Palo Alto Networks, Inc. in the acquisition of Demisto, Inc. for $560 million
• Vector Capital Corporation in its sale of portfolio company Corel Corporation to KKR

IP and Technology Transactions

• Advised clients on various IP and technology transactions matters, including for Facebook, Inc. (social media), WhatsApp Inc. (messenger service), Journal of Alta California (magazine production), Twitch Interactive, Inc. (live streaming video platform), Amazon.com, Inc. (e-commerce), Dover Corporation, and Apple Inc.