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Drew Downing
Associate
Mergers & Acquisitions
Century City
ddowning@wsgr.com

D424-446-6876

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Drew Downing is an associate in the Century City office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where their practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions.

Experience

Drew Downing is an associate in the Century City office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where their practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions.

Education
  • J.D., UCLA School of Law, 2025

    Order of the Coif; Chief Managing Editor, Journal of Law and Technology; Vice President, Law and Entrepreneurship Association

  • B.A., Mathematics and Philosophy, Boston University, 2022

    Magna Cum Laude

Admissions
  • State Bar of California
Credentials
Education
  • J.D., UCLA School of Law, 2025

    Order of the Coif; Chief Managing Editor, Journal of Law and Technology; Vice President, Law and Entrepreneurship Association

  • B.A., Mathematics and Philosophy, Boston University, 2022

    Magna Cum Laude

Admissions
  • State Bar of California
Focus Areas
  • Corporate
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
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Firm Advises Marvell on $115 Billion Acquisition of Lumentum
On November 2, 2026, Marvell Technology, a leader in data infrastructure semiconductor solutions, announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Lumentum, a global leader in optical and photonic technologies that power the networks and infrastructure behind artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and next-generation communications, in an all-stock transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, Lumentum stockholders will receive a fixed exchange ratio of 4.500 shares of Marvell common stock for each share of Lumentum common stock they own. The transaction has an implied enterprise value of $115 billion for Lumentum, representing approximately $1,132 per share of Lumentum common stock and a premium of approximately 23.9 percent based on each company’s unaffected closing share price as of October 28, 2026. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is advising Marvell on the transaction.
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Wilson Sonsini Advises Blaxel on its Acquisition by Baseten
On September 10, 2026, Baseten, an artificial intelligence inference company, announced that it has acquired Blaxel, an infrastructure company building secure, persistent execution environments for AI agents. The acquisition expands Baseten's platform to bring reliable, secure, and cost-effective infrastructure agents need to run code, use tools, and maintain state. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Blaxel on the transaction.
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