Craig Adas is Managing Partner of the Silicon Valley Office and is a member of the corporate department focusing on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and finance. He has a broad corporate and securities practice, with particular emphasis on leveraged buyouts, private and public acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures and securities offerings. He regularly advises boards of directors on governance, fiduciary duty, corporate opportunity and other strategic matters. He also represents issuers, underwriters and investors in connection with capital raising transactions, including public offerings and private placements.
Craig Adas has been recognized by Chambers USA and Legal 500 as a leading M&A lawyer.
Recent M&A Experience
- Macquarie Capital — Represented Macquarie in its joint venture with Dickey Publishing to acquire the assets of Modern Luxury Media, the largest city magazine publisher in the U.S.
- Core-Mark Holding Company, Inc. — Represented Core-Mark Holding Company, one of the largest distributors to the convenience retail industry in North America, in its acquisition of the assets of Finkle Distributors.
- Symantec Corp. — Represented Symantec in its acquisition of GuardianEdge Technologies.
- Maxim Integrated Products — Represented Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. in connection with its acquisitions of Mobilygen Corp., Innova Card and the Wireless Central and Secured Transactions business lines of ZILOG.
- Genstar Capital — Represented Genstar Capital in various leveraged buyouts, including Evolution Benefits, Voice Construction Ltd., Confie Seguros, ConvergeOne and TravelClick.
- All3Media Group Limited — Represented All3Media, a portfolio company of Permira Funds, in its acquisition of Zoo Productions and Trans American Pictures and related entities.
- Getty Images — Represented Getty Images in its sale to Hellman & Friedman LLC and its acquisition of Media Vast.
- Altra Holdings — Represented Altra Holdings, Inc. in the sale of the Electronics Division of TB Wood's Corporation to Vacon, Inc. and its acquisition of TB Woods.
- Bridgepoint Capital Ltd. — Advised Bridgepoint Capital in connection with its acquisition of Global Design Technologies LLC.
- TC PipeLines, LP — Represented the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of TC PipeLines, LP in the acquisition of Great Lakes Gas Transmission, LP from El Paso Corporation.
- CAS Services Ltd. — Advised CAS Services Ltd. (a portfolio company of Bridgepoint Capital Partners) in connection with its acquisition of Clinical Solutions LLC.
- BNP Private Equity — Represented Musiwave SA and BNP Private Equity in the sale of Musiwave to Openwave Systems, Inc.
- Yellow Book USA (Yell Group Plc) — Represented Yellow Book USA (Yell Group Plc) in its acquisition of TransWestern Holdings LP from THL Partners and CIVC Partners LLC.
Recent Securities Experience
- Maxim Integrated Products — Represented Maxim in its $300 million investment grade notes offering.
- Franklin Resources — Represented Franklin Resources in its $900 million offering of investment grade notes.
- Willis Group Holdings — Represented Willis in its issuer tender offer to acquire underwater options.
- Maxim Integrated Products — Represented Maxim in its issuer tender offer to acquire underwater options.
- Hawaiian Telcom — Representing the Steering Group of Creditors on securities and other corporate matters in connection with the Hawaiian Telcom restructuring.
- International Aluminum — Represented International Aluminum in connection with securities and other corporate matters related to International Aluminum's restructuring.
- Lehman Brothers — Representing Lehman Brothers in connection with the sale of various securities portfolios as part of its restructuring.
- Sequoia Capital — Represented Sequoia Capital in various investments, including eMeter, SunRun, Inc. and Klarna AB.