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12.08.25
Wilson Sonsini Advises Harmonic on $145 Million Acquisition of Video Business Segment by MediaKind
On December 8, 2025, Harmonic, a leader in virtualized broadband and video delivery solutions, announced it has received a binding offer from MediaKind, a leader in cloud-based video streaming technology, to acquire its Video Business segment for approximately $145 million in cash. The transaction, which is expected to close in the first half of 2026, is subject to a French employee works council consultation process and customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is advising Harmonic on the transaction.
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6.06.25
Wilson Sonsini Advises Plus on Business Combination with Churchill IX
On June 5, 2025, Plus Automation (Plus), a physical AI company commercializing AI-based virtual driver software for autonomous trucks, and Churchill Capital Corp IX (Churchill IX), a special purpose acquisition company, announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to effect a business combination. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Plus on the transaction.
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3.04.25
Wilson Sonsini Advises Infiniti Medical on Employee Benefit and Employment Matters Related to Acquisition by Creative Science
On March 3, 2025, Creative Science, a CIMA Animal Health company, and a leader in veterinary medical solutions, announced the acquisition of Infiniti Medical and its subsidiary Orthomed UK, two globally recognized brands specializing in veterinary interventional radiology, cardiology, soft tissue surgery, and orthopedics. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Infiniti Medical on employee benefit and compensation and employment matters related to the transaction.
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6.27.24
Wilson Sonsini Advises Infinera on Acquisition by Nokia
On June 27, 2024, Nokia and Infinera, a global supplier of innovative open optical networking solutions and advanced optical semiconductors, announced a definitive agreement under which Nokia will acquire Infinera in a transaction valuing the company at $6.65 per share or an enterprise value of US$2.3 billion. At least 70 percent of the consideration will be paid in cash and Infinera’s shareholders can elect to receive up to 30 percent of the aggregate consideration in the form of Nokia ADSs. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Infinera on the transaction.
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1.11.24
Wilson Sonsini Advises Transphorm on $339 Million Acquisition by Renesas
On January 11, 2024, Renesas Electronics Corporation (Renesas, TSE: 6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, and Transphorm, Inc. (Transphorm, Nasdaq: TGAN), a global leader in robust gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductors, announced that they had entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which a subsidiary of Renesas will acquire all outstanding shares of Transphorm’s common stock for $5.10 per share in cash, for a transaction value of approximately $339 million. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Transphorm on the transaction.
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12.18.23
Wilson Sonsini Advises OhmConnect on Merger Agreement with Google Nest Renew
On December 14, 2023, Google Nest Renew, a load shifting service for Google Nest thermostats that help customers shift their energy usage to times when the electrical grid is cleaner or energy is less expensive, announced that it is spinning out from Google and combining with OhmConnect, a start-up that Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners (SIP) invests in that helps manage load shifting services for Nest and other smart thermostat brands. The new company will be called "Renew Home." Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is advising OhmConnect on the transaction.
SIP will combine their platform company, OhmConnect, with assets from Google Nest’s Renew service business to form Renew Home, which will help customers and energy providers unlock energy savings and rewards in a way that supports a clean energy grid. Renew Home will combine OhmConnect’s innovative home energy management platform, which has helped California avoid dangerous blackouts, with Google Nest’s leadership in energy products and services that help customers prioritize cheaper and cleaner energy. Nest Renew and OhmConnect customers will have improved experiences and offerings, as Renew Home works with partners across the energy industry to offer savings and rewards while accelerating the clean energy transition. SIP is also investing $100 million in fresh capital to drive Renew Home’s future growth as a SIP platform company. The closing of the transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.
SIP will combine their platform company, OhmConnect, with assets from Google Nest’s Renew service business to form Renew Home, which will help customers and energy providers unlock energy savings and rewards in a way that supports a clean energy grid. Renew Home will combine OhmConnect’s innovative home energy management platform, which has helped California avoid dangerous blackouts, with Google Nest’s leadership in energy products and services that help customers prioritize cheaper and cleaner energy. Nest Renew and OhmConnect customers will have improved experiences and offerings, as Renew Home works with partners across the energy industry to offer savings and rewards while accelerating the clean energy transition. SIP is also investing $100 million in fresh capital to drive Renew Home’s future growth as a SIP platform company. The closing of the transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.
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8.03.23
Wilson Sonsini Advises PacBio on Apton Biosystems Acquisition
On August 2, 2023, Pacific Biosciences of California (PacBio), a leading provider of high-quality, long-read sequencing platforms, announced that it has signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire Apton Biosystems, Inc. (Apton), a Bay-Area-based company developing a high throughput short-read sequencer using state-of-the-art optics and image processing, paired with novel clustering and chemistry, that is designed to enable the sequencing of billions of clusters of DNA on one flow cell. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is representing PacBio in the transaction.
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7.05.23
Wilson Sonsini Advises Underwriters in Nextracker’s $662.5 Million Offering of Class A Common Stock
On June 28, 2023, Nextracker Inc. announced that it priced its combined primary (synthetic secondary) and secondary underwritten public offering of 16,500,000 Class A common stock offered by Nextracker and certain selling stockholders, at an offering price of $36.50 per share. In addition, Nextracker granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,650,000 shares of Class A common stock at the offering price of $36.50, less underwriting discounts and commissions, which the underwriters exercised on June 29, 2023. The offering closed on July 3, 2023.
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6.23.23
Wilson Sonsini Advises Zendesk on Acquisition of Tymeshift
On June 22, 2023, Zendesk announced its completed acquisition of Tymeshift, an AI-powered modern workforce management (WFM) solution. Built exclusively for Zendesk customers, Tymeshift simplifies the management of complex customer experience (CX) workloads. Acquiring Tymeshift is a step in Zendesk’s journey to a new era of Intelligent CX. The company will combine the predictive capabilities of Tymeshift with its AI capabilities to power the next generation of AI-assisted CX productivity – making organizations more productive by automatically managing agent scheduling and instantly reacting to spikes in customer inquiries.
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2.10.23
Wilson Sonsini Advises Underwriters in Nextracker’s Upsized Initial Public Offering
On February 8, 2023, Flex Ltd. announced that its subsidiary, Nextracker Inc., priced its upsized initial public offering of 26,600,000 shares of its Class A common stock at an initial public offering price of $24 per share. The common stock began trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol "NXT" on February 9, 2023 and the offering is expected to close on February 13, 2023, subject to customary closing conditions. In addition, Nextracker granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 3,990,000 shares of common stock at the initial public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions, which the underwriters exercised on February 9, 2023. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is representing the underwriters in the transaction.
J.P. Morgan, BofA Securities, Citigroup, and Barclays are acting as joint lead book-running managers for the offering. Truist Securities, HSBC, BNP PARIBAS, Mizuho, Scotiabank, and KeyBanc Capital Markets are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. SMBC Nikko, BTIG, UniCredit, Roth Capital Partners, and Craig-Hallum are acting as co-managers for the offering. PJT Partners is serving as independent financial advisor to Flex Ltd. in the offering.
J.P. Morgan, BofA Securities, Citigroup, and Barclays are acting as joint lead book-running managers for the offering. Truist Securities, HSBC, BNP PARIBAS, Mizuho, Scotiabank, and KeyBanc Capital Markets are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. SMBC Nikko, BTIG, UniCredit, Roth Capital Partners, and Craig-Hallum are acting as co-managers for the offering. PJT Partners is serving as independent financial advisor to Flex Ltd. in the offering.
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1.26.23
Firm Advises Pacific Biosciences of California on Upsized Stock Offering
On January 24, 2023, life sciences technology company Pacific Biosciences of California Inc announced that it has priced a 17.5 million share secondary stock offering at $10 per share. The transaction will raise $175 million, which was upsized from the original size of $150 million. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Pacific Biosciences on the transaction.
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11.09.22
Wilson Sonsini Advises Inscopix on Its Acquisition by Bruker
On November 8, 2022, Bruker Corporation, a developer, manufacturer, and distributor of high-performance scientific instruments and analytical and diagnostic solutions, announced it acquired Inscopix, Inc., a neuroscience pioneer and market leader of miniaturized microscopes, known as miniscopes. The miniscope technology was originally developed at Stanford University. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Inscopix on the transaction.