Chen, David Y.

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

David Chen represents strategic and financial buyers in mergers and acquisitions. He also advises companies and investors on general corporate, transactional, and securities matters.

David's recent transactions include Virage Logic's acquisition of assets of the advanced CMOS unit of NXP B.V. (formerly Philips Semiconductors), the acquisition of Solar Integrated Technologies by Energy Conversion Devices, SAP's acquisitions of Clear Standards and certain Israeli assets of Ness Technologies, and SolutionSet's acquisition by Lake Capital.

David was previously a co-founder of a bioinformatics start-up and assistant general counsel at an investment bank sponsored by Charles Schwab, Ameritrade, and TD Waterhouse that was acquired by Goldman Sachs. He is also a board member of Homeless Prenatal Program, a $5 million nonprofit in San Francisco.

Areas of Practice

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A

Representative Cases

• BioSphere purchases assets from RJ Medical, Inc. , (2009)
• SAP AG acquires Clear Standards
• SAP AG acquires Highdeal , (2009)
• SolutionSet acquired by Haggin Marketing , (2009)
• The Nature Conservancy receives assistance in trademark licenses and master services agreements
• Virage Logic acquires advanced CMOS intellectual property rights and certain engineering talent and equipment of NXP Semiconductors.

West Practice Categories

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

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• Duke University
• Stanford University

Address

1755 Embarcadero Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303

Phones

1.650.739.3902 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.650.739.3900 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com