Events
Silicon Valley M&A Forum
14 March 2019 | 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM (PT)
Richard Climan
Partner, Silicon Valley
Email richard.climan@hoganlovells.com
Phone +1 650 463 4074
Fax +1 650 463 4199
Practice groupCorporate
Richard E. Climan is a leading M&A lawyer who has handled some of the most prominent and industry-changing acquisitions in the technology and life sciences sectors over the past three decades. He has been described as "one of the best legal minds in M&A" and a "gold-standard transactional lawyer."
Recognized as of one of the 10 most highly regarded M&A lawyers and one of the 10 most highly regarded corporate governance lawyers in North America by Who's Who Legal, Rick excels at negotiating and advising multinational clients on all types of acquisition transactions and related matters. In Chambers USA, he has a Band 1 ranking, being described by clients as "the dean of M&A."
In the past year, Rick acted as lead transactional counsel to Walmart in its US$16 billion acquisition of a 77% stake in Flipkart, lead transactional counsel to Marvell Technology Group in its US$6 billion acquisition of Cavium, and lead transactional counsel to Synopsys in its acquisition of Black Duck Software.
As a member of the adjunct faculty at UCLA School of Law and a lecturer at UC Berkeley School of Law, Rick has co-taught, with Chief Justice Leo Strine of the Delaware Supreme Court, a course titled "Real World M&A."
For more than 25 years, Rick has been an active member of the American Bar Association Business Law Section's M&A Committee, a group with more than 4,000 members internationally. He served as Chair from 2002 to 2006 and is currently a member of the Committee's Executive Council. He also co-Chairs the ABA's annual National M&A Institute, now in its 22nd year, and was former Chair of the Securities Regulation Institute, presented by Northwestern School of Law in Coronado. He is founding chair of the "Buyer Power Ratio" deal points study, which was launched in 2017.
Rick lectures around the world on M&A-related matters and has participated in M&A-related presentations at Harvard, Columbia, Stanford, UC Berkeley, and University of Virginia law schools.
Awards and recognitions
2017-2018
Corporate/M&A (USA)
Chambers Global
2018
M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+)
Legal 500 US
2018
Healthcare: Life Sciences
Legal 500 US
2017-2018
Corporate/M&A (Northern California), Band 1
Chambers USA
100 Most Influential Lawyers in America
The National Law Journal
2016
Top 10 Most Highly Regarded M&A and Governance Lawyers in the World
Who's Who Legal
2015
Legends of the 500
Lawdragon
2005-2016
500 Leading Lawyers in America
Lawdragon
2010-2014, 2018
Top 100 Lawyers in California
Daily Journal
Education and admissions
Education
J.D., Harvard Law School, cum laude, 1977
B.A., Harvard College, cum laude, 1974
Bar admissions and qualifications
California
Representative experience
Advised Walmart in its US$16bn acquisition of a majority stake in Flipkart.
Advised Marvell Technology Group in its acquisition of Cavium valued at US$6bn.
Advised Synopsys in its US$565m acquisition of Black Duck Software and its acquisitions of Magma Design Automation, Sidense, and QuantumWise.*
Advised Aspect Development in its sale to i2 Technologies for US$9bn.*
Represented Illumina in its successful defense against Roche's US$6.2bn hostile takeover attempt.*
Advised Arterial Vascular Engineering on its sale to Medtronic for more than US$3.5bn.*
Advised Gilead Sciences on its acquisitions of Myogen for approximately US$2.5bn and CV Therapeutics for approximately US$1.4bn.*
Advised on the sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers to a buyout group led by Guggenheim Partners for more than US$2bn.*
Advised on the sale of Blackboard to a private equity group led by Providence Equity Partners for more than US$1.6bn.*
Advised Oracle on its acquisition of Responsys for approximately US$1.5bn.*
Advised VeriFone in its US$1.1bn sale to Hewlett-Packard.*
Advised Dell on its acquisition of Compellent Technologies for approximately US$1bn.*
Advised Aspreva Pharmaceuticals in its US$915m sale to Galenica Group.*
Advised SEQUUS on its sale to Alza for US$550m.*
Advised Arterial Vascular Engineering on its acquisition of CR Bard's cardio catheter laboratory business for US$550m.*
Advised Alibaba.com in its acquisition of Auctiva.*
Advised Gilead Sciences in its acquisitions of Triangle Pharmaceuticals and Corus Pharma.*
Advised Ant Financial Services in its acquisition of EyeVerify.*
Advised Onyx Pharmaceuticals in its acquisition of Proteolix.*
Advised Twilio in its acquisition of Authy.*
Advised Raptor Pharmaceuticals in its acquisition of the rights to Quinsair.*
Advised Dell in its acquisition of SecureWorks.*
Advised Recourse Technologies in its sale to Symantec.*
Advised Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Barclays in their capacity as financial advisors on various acquisitions in the technology sector.*
*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.
Latest thinking and events
Press Releases
Hogan Lovells advises Sabre in US$360 million acquisition of airline tech pioneer Farelogix
15 November 2018
Hogan Lovells Publications
Quarterly Corporate / M&A Decisions Update: 2018 Q2 Corporate and M&A Decisions Update
28 September 2018
Awards and Rankings
Partners Rick Climan and Jane Ross named in California Daily Journal Top 100
20 September 2018
