Dennise Martinez
Associate
Dennise Martinez is an associate in the San Francisco office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where her practice focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions. She advises both public and private clients in mergers, tender offers, asset acquisitions, stock purchases, and other strategic corporate transactions.
Prior to attending law school, Dennise taught high school math in southern Texas through Teach for America.
Experience
Dennise Martinez is an associate in the San Francisco office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where her practice focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions. She advises both public and private clients in mergers, tender offers, asset acquisitions, stock purchases, and other strategic corporate transactions.
Prior to attending law school, Dennise taught high school math in southern Texas through Teach for America.
Education
- J.D., UC Berkeley School of Law, 2016Business Law Certificate; Senior Supervising Editor, California Law Review; Co-Editor-in-Chief, Berkeley Business Law Journal; Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award
- B.B.A., Accountancy, University of Notre Dame, 2011Cum Laude
Admissions
- State Bar of California
Credentials
Education
- J.D., UC Berkeley School of Law, 2016Business Law Certificate; Senior Supervising Editor, California Law Review; Co-Editor-in-Chief, Berkeley Business Law Journal; Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award
- B.B.A., Accountancy, University of Notre Dame, 2011Cum Laude
Admissions
- State Bar of California
Select Matters
- Twitter in its $44 billion announced sale to entities affiliated with Elon Musk
- Alteryx in its $4.4 billion announced sale to Insight and Clearlake
- Poly in its $3.3 billion announced sale to HP
- Momentive Global in its proposed, but terminated, $4.1 billion all-stock acquisition by Zendesk
- Woodward in its $6.4 billion announced merger of equals with Hexcel
- Pacific Biosciences of California in its proposed, but terminated, $1.2 billion acquisition by Illumina
- Gainsight in its $1.1 billion announced sale to Vista Equity Partners
- Lumentum Holdings in its $750 million acquisition of Cloud Light Technology Limited
- Pacific Biosciences of California in its acquisitions of Omniome and Circulomics
- LinkedIn Corporation in its acquisition of Drawbridge
- GoFundMe in its acquisition of Classy
- Stripe in its acquisition of Bouncer
- Udemy in its acquisition of CorpU
- Box in its acquisition of multiple companies
Matters
Select Matters
- Twitter in its $44 billion announced sale to entities affiliated with Elon Musk
- Alteryx in its $4.4 billion announced sale to Insight and Clearlake
- Poly in its $3.3 billion announced sale to HP
- Momentive Global in its proposed, but terminated, $4.1 billion all-stock acquisition by Zendesk
- Woodward in its $6.4 billion announced merger of equals with Hexcel
- Pacific Biosciences of California in its proposed, but terminated, $1.2 billion acquisition by Illumina
- Gainsight in its $1.1 billion announced sale to Vista Equity Partners
- Lumentum Holdings in its $750 million acquisition of Cloud Light Technology Limited
- Pacific Biosciences of California in its acquisitions of Omniome and Circulomics
- LinkedIn Corporation in its acquisition of Drawbridge
- GoFundMe in its acquisition of Classy
- Stripe in its acquisition of Bouncer
- Udemy in its acquisition of CorpU
- Box in its acquisition of multiple companies
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Client Highlights
Firm Advises Arcellx on $7.8 Billion Acquisition by Gilead
On February 23, 2026, Gilead Sciences announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Arcellx, a biotechnology company focused on delivering a new class of innovative immunotherapies for patients with cancer and other incurable diseases, for $115 per share in cash at closing and one contingent value right of $5 per share, which represents an implied equity value of $7.8 billion payable at closing. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Arcellx on the transaction.
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Client Highlights
Wilson Sonsini Advises Grammarly on Acquisition of Superhuman
On July 1, 2025, Grammarly, the trusted AI assistant for communication and productivity, announced its intent to acquire Superhuman, an AI-native email platform that helps users respond one to two days faster and save four hours per week on email communications. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is advising Grammarly on the transaction.
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