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Valerie Lopez
Associate
Mergers & Acquisitions
New York
vlopez@wsgr.com

D424-446-6930

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Valerie is an associate in the New York office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where her practice focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions. She advises both public and private clients on mergers, asset acquisitions, stock purchases, and other strategic corporate transactions.

Valerie is admitted in California. She is not yet admitted to practice in New York and therefore not authorized to practice law in New York.

Experience

Valerie is an associate in the New York office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where her practice focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions. She advises both public and private clients on mergers, asset acquisitions, stock purchases, and other strategic corporate transactions.

Valerie is admitted in California. She is not yet admitted to practice in New York and therefore not authorized to practice law in New York.

Education
  • J.D., University of San Diego School of Law
  • B.A., Law, History, and Culture, University of Southern CaliforniaMinor in Gender and Social Justice
Admissions
  • State Bar of California
  • Not admitted in New York
Credentials
Education
  • J.D., University of San Diego School of Law
  • B.A., Law, History, and Culture, University of Southern CaliforniaMinor in Gender and Social Justice
Admissions
  • State Bar of California
  • Not admitted in New York
Focus Areas
  • Corporate
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
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On June 1, 2026, Salesforce, the world's No. 1 AI CRM, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Contentful, a leading composable content platform trusted by over 4,800 of the world’s leading brands to deliver personalized digital experiences at scale. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Contentful on the transaction.
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On December 19, 2025, Cursor, the leading AI development platform, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Graphite, a start-up that uses AI to review code. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Cursor on the transaction.

The transaction brings together best-in-class tools for creating, reviewing, and merging code in the AI age. Graphite will continue to operate independently, with the same team and product. According to Cursor, in the coming months the two companies will explore connecting their products, for instance with tighter integrations between local development and pull requests and smarter code review that learns from both systems.

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