SHARON FLANAGAN is a member of the firm’s Management Committee and Executive Committee and has 25 years of experience representing companies in a broad range of merger and acquisition transactions, securities offerings and corporate governance matters, with a particular focus on the life sciences/healthcare and technology industries. Sharon also serves as the San Francisco office managing partner, and is a leader of the firm’s Global Life Sciences practice. She was recently named to the Daily Journal’s 2021 “Top 100 Lawyers in California” list. She has been named an LMG Life Sciences “Life Sciences Star” in the Mergers & Acquisitions category (2018–2022). She was also selected by The Recorder as one of 10 Power Players in California as lawyers who stand out as “trailblazers, mentors and advocates for women in tech.”
パートナー
Sharon R. Flanagan
- M&A
- キャピタル・マーケッツ
- コーポレートガバナンス
Sharon also advises a number of public companies on corporate governance, disclosure and other SEC compliance matters, as well as proxy advisory firm matters, stockholder proposals and corporate governance best practices.
Notable transactions include representing the following:
- Hoffmann La-Roche in its acquisition of Ignyta, Inc. (NASDAQ: RXDX), a cancer therapy company for $1.7 billion in cash, which LMG Life Sciences named as one of its “Deals of the Year” in 2018
- Palo Alto Networks in its acquisition of security company, Twistlock, for $410 million in cash
- Splunk in its acquisition of SignalFX for $1.05 billion in cash and stock
- PayPal Inc. in its acquisition of Xoom Corporation (NASDAQ:XOOM), a leading international digital money transfer provider, for $890 million in cash
- Genentech in its acquisition of Seragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the treatment of breast cancer, for up to $1.725 billion in cash
- eBay Inc. in the sale of Skype Technologies to Silver Lake Partners for $2 billion
- Fortive in its acquisition of the Advanced Sterilization Products business from J&J for $2.8 billion in cash in a binding offer structured transaction
- HP Inc. in its sale of certain software assets to OpenText
- Intuit Inc. in its acquisition of Exactor, a leading cloud-based SaaS technology provider
- Roche Molecular Systems in its acquisition of Genia Technologies, a DNA sequencing company, for $125 million in cash and up to $225 million in milestones
- Medivation in its acquisition of a Phase III PARP inhibitor program from BioMarin for $570 million
- Hansen Medical (NASDAQ: HNSN) in its sale to Auris Surgical Robotics
- Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a cross-community international working group in the historic and closely followed transition of the oversight of ICANN and the internet domain name system from the U.S. government to a multistakeholder community
Consistently recognized for her work on a number of significant transactions, Sharon was recognized in the 2012–2023 editions of Chambers USA in Capital Markets and Corporate/M&A and Chambers Global in Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (2020–2023). The Recorder has consistently recognized her as one of its “Women Leaders in Technology Law.” She has also been recognized in the 2011 through 2022 editions of The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Corporate Law, as well as M&A Law and Corporate Compliance Law. In 2012, Sharon was named The Best Lawyers’ 2013 San Francisco Corporate Law “Lawyer of the Year.” LMG Life Sciences named Sharon a “Life Sciences Star” in the Financial and Corporate category in 2018 and 2019. She was also recommended in Healthcare: Life Sciences, Capital Markets and M&A in the 2013–2017 editions of The Legal 500 US. In 2011, The American Lawyer named Sharon as one of “45 Under 45” – “the best of the best among young women lawyers in the Am Law 200.” She was named to the Daily Journal’s list of the “Top 25 Women Corporate and Transactional Lawyers” in California.
経験
- 代表案件
- メンバーシップ＆アクティビティ
Some notable transactions include representing the following:
- Hoffmann La-Roche and its affiliates on their:
- Acquisition of diagnostics company, GenMark (NSDQ:GNMK) for $1.8 billion in cash
- Acquisition of Ignyta, Inc. (NASDAQ: RXDX), a cancer therapy company for $1.7 billion in cash
- Acquisition of Genia Technologies, a gene sequencing company, for up to $350 million in cash
- Acquisition by Genentech of Seragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the treatment of breast cancer, for up to $1.725 billion in cash
- Acquisition of genomics software company, BINA Technologies Inc.
- Acquisition by Genentech of NLRP3 inhibitor development-stage company, Jecure Therapeutics
- Collaboration and option to acquire Versant incubator, Inception 3, an early stage hearing loss development program and Inception 5, an early stage multiple sclerosis development program
- Collaboration and option to acquire epigenetic company, Constellation Pharmaceuticals
- Collaboration and option to acquire Forma Therapeutics, a development-stage oncology company
- Purchase from Lonza of a biologic manufacturing facility in Singapore and sale of a biologic manufacturing facility to Lonza in Spain
- ServiceTitan, a leading software provider for the trades, on its:
- Acquisition of Aspire Software, a landscaping business management software provider
- Pending acquisition of FieldRoutes, a cloud-based and mobile SaaS provider in the pest control and lawn care industry
- Palo Alto Networks, Inc. on its acquisition of:
- Cloud-delivered SD-WAN provider, CloudGenix Inc., for $420 million
- Cloud native security platform, Twistlock, for $410 million in cash
- Cybersecurity company, Demisto, for $560 million in cash and stock
- Serverless security company, PureSec
- Splunk Inc. on its:
- Acquisition of cloud monitoring leader, SignalFX for $1.05 billion in cash and stock
- Acquisition of Phantom Cyber, a cybersecurity company, for $350 million
- PayPal Inc. on its:
- Acquisition of Xoom Corporation (NASDAQ:XOOM), a leading international digital money transfer provider, for $890 million in cash
- Acquisition of Swift Financial, a leading provider of working capital solutions to small businesses
- Acquisition of Modest, a mobile commerce platform
- Acquisition of Israeli cybersecurity company CyActive
- Acquisition of mobile payments company, Card.io
- Acquisition of Zong SA, a Swiss mobile payments company
- eBay Inc. on its:
- Sale of Skype Technologies to Silver Lake Partners for $2 billion
- Acquisition of eCommerce company, Milo
- Acquisition of customer acquisition company, Iron Pearl
- Acquisition of Israeli-based analytics company, SalesPredict
- Fortive Corporation on its acquisition of the Advanced Sterilization Products business from J&J for $2.8 billion in cash in a binding offer structured transaction
- HP Inc. on its sale of certain software assets to OpenText
- Intuit Inc. on its acquisition of Exactor, a leading cloud-based SaaS technology provider
- Medivation on its acquisition of a Phase III PARP inhibitor program from BioMarin for $570 million
- Hansen Medical (NASDAQ: HNSN) on its sale to Auris Surgical Robotics
- Baxter International Inc. in the formation and spinoff of its worldwide cardiovascular business to Edwards Lifesciences
- GE Medical Systems in the sale of its global radiotherapy service business to Varian Medical Systems
- Aon Corporation in its sale of its auto insurance business AIS to Mercury Insurance
- URS Corporation in its acquisition of defense contractor, EG&G Technical Services and Lear Siegler Services from The Carlyle Group
- KKR Financial Holdings in its conversion from a REIT into a master LLC structure
- DaVita Inc., a Fortune 500 healthcare company, in multiple high-yield notes offerings, including its acquisition financing for HealthCare Partners
- The underwriters for multiple equity and debt offerings by healthcare REIT, HCP, Inc.
- Tricida, a development stage company focused on treating metabolic acidosis related to kidney disease, in its initial public offering raising gross proceeds of over $250 million
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the initial public offering and multiple common stock and convertible notes offerings for retailer, Restoration Hardware
- Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a cross-community international working group in the historic and closely followed transition of the oversight of ICANN and the internet domain name system from the U.S. government to the multistakeholder community
- American Bar Association
- California Bar Association; former vice-chairman of the Corporations Committee of the State Bar of California
- Board of Trustees, the Exploratorium
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資格
弁護士資格・登録
- California
- Illinois
学歴
- ハーバード大学ロースクール, J.D., 1996 (cum laude)
- Columbia University, B.A., 1992 (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa)