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Wilson Sonsini Advises Vivint Solar in $3.2 Billion Acquisition
On July 6, 2020, Sunrun, a provider of residential solar, battery storage, and energy services, and Vivint Solar, a full-service residential solar provider in the U.S., announced the companies have entered into a definitive agreement under which Sunrun will acquire Vivint Solar in an all-stock transaction. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is advising Vivint Solar in the deal.
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Wilson Sonsini Advises Ebang in $100 Million IPO
On June 30, 2020, Ebang International Holdings Inc. (Ebang), a leading application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chip design company and a leading manufacturer of high-performance Bitcoin mining machines, announced the closing of its initial public offering of 19,264,337 Class A ordinary shares at US$5.23 per Class A ordinary share, raising a total of approximately $100.8 million. The shares began trading on June 26 on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol "EBON," and closed on June 30.
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Wilson Sonsini Advises Agora in $500 Million IPO and Concurrent Private Placement
On June 30, 2020, Santa Clara and Shanghai-based real-time engagement API provider Agora, Inc. announced the closing of its initial public offering of 20,125,000 American depositary shares (ADSs), each representing four Class A ordinary shares of Agora, at a public offering price of $20.00 per ADS. The number of ADSs sold in the IPO included 2,625,000 ADSs sold upon full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional ADSs to cover overallotments. The total amount raised in the IPO was approximately $402.5 million. Concurrently with the closing of the IPO, Agora raised an additional $110.0 million in a private placement of Class A ordinary shares, resulting in a total raise in the IPO and concurrent private placement of approximately $512.5 million. The ADSs began trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on June 26 under the ticker symbol "API.”
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Wilson Sonsini Advises Soleno Therapeutics in $57.5 Million Public Offering of Common Stock
On June 26, 2020, Soleno Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for the treatment of rare diseases, announced the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 34,848,484 shares of its common stock, including 4,545,454 shares sold upon full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares, at a public offering price of $1.65 per share. The net proceeds of the offering were approximately $53.7 million, after deducting the underwriting discount and other offering expenses. Soleno intends to use the net proceeds from the offering primarily to fund its current research and development efforts primarily focused on advancing its lead candidate, Diazoxide Choline Controlled-Release tablets for the treatment of Prader-Willi Syndrome, through late-stage clinical development, regulatory approval and market development activities related thereto and to provide for general corporate purposes, which may include working capital, capital expenditures, other clinical trials, other corporate expenses and acquisitions of complementary products, technologies or businesses.
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Wilson Sonsini and Taylor Wessing Advise Boku in Acquisition of Fortumo
On June 17, Boku, a global mobile payment and mobile identity company headquartered in London, UK, announced an agreement to acquire Fortumo Holdings. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati served as U.S. legal counsel to Boku, in collaboration with London-based law firm Taylor Wessing, which served as UK counsel in the transaction.
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Wilson Sonsini Advises Derivative Path in $35 Million Fundraise
On June 24, 2020, Derivative Path, Inc. (DPI), a leading capital markets financial technology and services company, announced that it has secured $35 million in growth equity funding from FTV Capital, a successful investor in innovative, high-growth companies within the enterprise technology and services, financial services, and payments and transaction processing sectors. The investment is DPI’s first outside institutional round and will be used to expand its product offerings and help accelerate the company’s client-centric growth with financial institutions, end users, and buy-side clients using DPI’s interest rate derivatives and foreign exchange platform. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati represented Derivative Path in the transaction.
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