On March 3, 2003, Mountain View, California-headquartered Synopsys, Inc., a leader in integrated circuit design software, acquired Tokyo-headquartered Numerical Technologies, Inc., a provider of subwavelength lithography-enabling technology, through a merger with and into a wholly owned subsidiary of Synopsys. Both were public companies. Synopsys had previously acquired approximately 90.71 per cent of the outstanding common stock of Numerical for approximately US$217.5 million through a tender offer, which was completed in late February.
Synopsys was represented in Canada, by Stikeman Elliott LLP with a team that included William Braithwaite and Dee Rajpal (corporate/securities) and Lianne Miller (tax), and in the U.S., by Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton with a team that included Victor Lewkow, Doron Lipshitz, Sarah Koss, David Suh and Adam Itzkowitz (corporate/securities), Arthur Kohn (benefits), Sheldon Alster (tax), and Chris Austin and Erik Gerding, assisted by Sunita Koshy, Cameron Half, Adam Schneider, Arina Shulga, Samak Azar, Ramona Gittens, Susan Nathan, Buxian Xia, Shan Chang, and assisted by Brain Crist and Chaim Saiman (due diligence); David Saltzman (tax); Anna Xanthos and Michelle Snow (employee benefits); Van Nguyen (intellectual property) and Rick Bidstrup (environmental).
Numerical Technologies was represented in Canada, by Aird & Berlis LLP with a team that included Jay Lefton (corporate/securities) and Barbara Worndl (tax), and in the U.S., by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati with a team that included John Roos, Jack Sheridan, Jason Sebring and Michael Reagan (corporate/securities), Roger Stern (benefits) and Ivan Humphreys (tax) in Palo Alto, California.
Synopsys was represented in Canada, by Stikeman Elliott LLP with a team that included William Braithwaite and Dee Rajpal (corporate/securities) and Lianne Miller (tax), and in the U.S., by Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton with a team that included Victor Lewkow, Doron Lipshitz, Sarah Koss, David Suh and Adam Itzkowitz (corporate/securities), Arthur Kohn (benefits), Sheldon Alster (tax), and Chris Austin and Erik Gerding, assisted by Sunita Koshy, Cameron Half, Adam Schneider, Arina Shulga, Samak Azar, Ramona Gittens, Susan Nathan, Buxian Xia, Shan Chang, and assisted by Brain Crist and Chaim Saiman (due diligence); David Saltzman (tax); Anna Xanthos and Michelle Snow (employee benefits); Van Nguyen (intellectual property) and Rick Bidstrup (environmental).
Numerical Technologies was represented in Canada, by Aird & Berlis LLP with a team that included Jay Lefton (corporate/securities) and Barbara Worndl (tax), and in the U.S., by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati with a team that included John Roos, Jack Sheridan, Jason Sebring and Michael Reagan (corporate/securities), Roger Stern (benefits) and Ivan Humphreys (tax) in Palo Alto, California.
Lawyer(s)
Sheldon H. Alster
Roger D. Stern
W. Richard Bidstrup
Barbara J. Worndl
Doron Lipshitz
Arina Shulga
Arthur H. Kohn
Christopher E. Austin
Ivan H. Humphreys
William J. Braithwaite
John T. (Jack) Sheridan
John V. Roos
Lianne Miller
Victor I. Lewkow
Samak (Saam) Azar
Jason P. Sebring
Jay A. Lefton
Ali Reza
Deepak (Dee) Rajpal
Chaim Saiman
Adam Itzkowitz
Firm(s)
Stikeman Elliott LLP
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton
Aird & Berlis LLP
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati