Meamber, Richard

Current Employment Position(s)

Of Counsel

Lawyer Overview

Richard Meamber practices corporate and securities law, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and joint venture transactions. His experience includes representation of acquirors, targets, and significant security holders in a variety of business combination transactions as well as representation of companies in the creation of joint ventures. Richard also has significant experience representing venture capital firms and companies in domestic and international corporate financing transactions and has a thorough knowledge of the California and Delaware corporation laws and the periodic reporting requirements of publicly held companies.

Areas of Practice

• Private Equity
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Buyouts
• Venture Capital - Investor
• Venture Capital - Issuer
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
• M&A

Representative Cases

• Applied Micro Circuits sells its 3ware storage adapter solutions business to LSI , (2009)
• Arctic Glacier acquires California Ice for $190 million
• Cisco Systems acquires Allegro Systems
• Cisco Systems acquires Andiamo Systems
• Cisco Systems acquires AuroraNetics
• Cisco Systems acquires Hammerhead Networks
• Doll Capital invests in Apexone Microelectronics
• Electronic Scripting Products places shares , (2009)
• GXS Corp acquires G International
• Houlihan Lokey acts as financial advisor in the acquisition of CompuCom by Platinum Equity
• Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin, as counsel to provider of solvency opinion in Ashland Inc.'s $2.93 billion sale
• Intuit acquires StepUp Commerce , (2009)
• LinkedIn raises $53 million in Series D round
• LinkedIn raises capital in Series B round
• Linkedln raises $12 million in Series C financing
• MeziMedia acquired by ValueClick for $352 million
• Neoware acquired by Hewlett-Packard
• Quigo Technologies is acquired by AOL
• Quigo Technologies issues Series C Stock
• Quigo Technologies issues shares in Series B round
• Quigo Technologies places Series C round to investor group
• Resolution EBS places debt with investors
• Resolution EBS places shares with InterWest Partners and CenterPoint Ventures
• Riverside acquires Digital Technology International
• Riverside acquires Maverick Enterprises
• Riverside portfolio company acquires Niche Software Systems
• SanDisk Corp acquires Matrix Semiconductor for $250 million
• SAP AG acquires Clear Standards
• Sequoia invests in AdBrite
• Smart Technology raises capital in Series D round
• Softbank Asia invests in MicroDisplay
• SolutionSet acquired by Haggin Marketing , (2009)
• SunPower acquires SunRay Renewable Energy for $277 million , (2010)
• SupportSoft sells its enterprise business to Consona
• Winbond Electronics acquires the Advanced PC Business Division from National Semiconductor , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations, Venture Capital

Bar Admissions

• California
• Illinois
• New York

Education

• Claremont McKenna College
• Northwestern University
• U of Pittsburgh- Pitt (Main)

Published Works

• Changes to California Rules Relating to Equity Compensation Plans, 2007
• Rule 10b-5 and Related Considerations in Acquisition Agreements, 2004

Address

1755 Embarcadero Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303

Phones

1.650.739.3970 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.650.739.3900 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com