Helen Theung

Select securities offering transactions and experience include representing: 

• nCino in its $287 million initial public offering and its $555 million follow-on offering
• Outset Medical in its $278 million initial public offering and its $365.8 million follow-on offering
• The RealReal in its $345 million initial public offering
• Cambium Networks in its $69.9 million initial public offering
• Pandora Media in its $345 million convertible note financing
• Nektar Therapeutics in its common stock offering of $175.5 million 
• Ubiquiti Networks in its common stock offering raising $112.5 million  
• Dicerna Pharmaceuticals in its common stock offering raising $48.8 million
• Several early-stage companies and investors in various venture capital financings

Select merger and acquisition transactions and experience include representing:

• Pandora Media in a stock-for-stock merger with Sirius XM valued at approximately $3.5 billion
• Angie’s List in its combination with IAC’s HomeAdvisor business, creating a new publicly traded company, ANGI Homeservices Inc., with a combined value of approximately $5 billion
• Genentech in its acquisition of Seragon Pharmaceuticals for up to $1.725 billion
• PayPal in its acquisition of global payments company Braintree for $800 million
• Roche Molecular Systems in its acquisition of clinical microbiology diagnostics solutions company GeneWEAVE BioSciences for up to $425 million
• Pandora Media’s sale of Ticketfly to Eventbrite in a cash transaction valued at approximately $200 million
• Pandora Media in its $145 million acquisition of AdsWizz
• Roche Molecular Systems in its acquisition of molecular diagnostics testing service company Ariosa Diagnostics
• Roche Molecular Systems in its acquisition of genomics research company CAPP Medical
• Corel in its acquisition of ClearSlide
• Vessel, a subscription video service company, in its asset sale to Verizon Media
• Gruppo Campari in its asset acquisition of Bulldog Gin Company
• Society6, a leading digital marketplace powered by artists, in its sale to Demand Media
• Obscura Digital, a creative studio specializing in custom video content and large scale interactive displays, in its sale to The Madison Square Garden Company

Helen is part of a team working alongside pro bono partner Public Counsel that sought a preliminary injunction requiring the government to provide mental health services to a putative class of immigrant families separated upon entry into the United States. On November 6, 2019, in a groundbreaking 50-page order, Judge Kronstadt of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted the preliminary injunction and certified the class, requiring mental health screenings and treatment to help separated family members begin to address the severe and ongoing trauma associated with family separation. Public Counsel honored the team with its 2019 Pro Bono award in recognition of Sidley’s efforts on this matter.

• Associate Deputy Palo Alto Chair, Diversity and Inclusion Committee