Jane Ross
Office Managing Partner Corporate & Finance
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
Legal 500"A wonderful M&A lawyer... a pragmatic straight-shooter, cost effective and driven to achieve great results for her clients."
Jane Ross represents buyers and sellers of public and private companies across many industries, with a focus on the technology and life sciences sectors.
Jane has handled multibillion-dollar transactions for many of Silicon Valley's most recognizable industry-leading technology companies, as well as major global companies in the areas of life sciences and digital health. Her practice includes domestic and cross-border M&A and complex joint venture transactions.
Jane was named "Best in Mergers and Acquisitions" by Euromoney's Women in Business Law Awards in 2015, and The Legal 500 recognizes her as a standout in Mergers, Acquisitions, and Buyouts, describing her as "a wonderful M&A lawyer" who is "a pragmatic straight-shooter, cost effective, and driven to achieve great results for her clients."
Among her many accolades, Expert Guides recognized her as an "expert" in M&A by "Women in Business Law" in 2022. California Lawyer magazine also recognized her as one of its 2012 "California Attorneys of the Year," and IFLR1000 has also named her as a "Highly regarded" lawyer for M&A and technology and telecommunications in the U.S. for 2020. Jane was also included in the Daily Journal's prestigious list of the Top 100 Lawyers in California in 2020.
Legal 500"A wonderful M&A lawyer... a pragmatic straight-shooter, cost effective and driven to achieve great results for her clients."
Representative experience
Adobe on multiple transactions, including its US$4.75bn acquisition of Marketo and its US$1.68bn acquisition of Magento Commerce
eBay on multiple transactions, including its US$2.4bn acquisition and subsequent sale of GSI Commerce* and its acquisition of Giosis Pte Ltd's Japanese ecommerce business, including the Qoo10 platform
Gilead on several transactions, including its approximate US$1.4bn acquisition of CV Therapeutics and its US$600m acquisition of Calistoga Pharmaceuticals*
Intel Corporation on multiple transactions, including its US$15.4bn acquisition of Altera* and its US$900m acquisition of Moovit
Jazz Pharmaceuticals' US$1bn acquisition of Gentium S.p.A.*
Meta / Facebook on several transactions, including its US$16bn acquisition of WhatsApp* and its US$5.7bn investment in Jio Platforms Limited in India
Novartis on its acquisition of Amblyotech
PayPal on several acquisitions, including its acquisitions of Chargehound and Happy Returns
Salesforce on many transactions, including its acquisitions of Datorama and Bonobo AI
Walmart on several acquisitions, including its US$16bn acquisition of a majority stake in Flipkart
*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.
Credentials
- LL.B., McGill University, with distinction, 1997
- B.C.L., McGill University, with distinction, 1997
- B.Com., McGill University, 1993
- California
- Quebec