Most recently, the firm shepherded Google’s $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit, which endured a 15-month EU competition review. Google has turned to Cleary for numerous acquisitions, including some that required EU sign-off. The firm represented Nvidia in obtaining in 2019 the sign-off from the EU’s competition regulator for its $7 billion purchase of Mellanox. Cleary’s most recent office openings were in 2012 in Seoul, South Korea and Abu Dhabi.Ĭleary has advised Santa Clara, Calif.-based Nvidia on matters including its pending $40 billion acquisition of U.K.-based competitor Arm Ltd. The new location is the firm’s third in the U.S. “We will build on this strong foundation by expanding our Bay Area presence with additional exceptional talent in the coming months.” “We’ve assembled an outstanding team with the arrival of Heather and relocation of Brian, George, Jen, Benet, and a half-dozen fantastic associates,” Gerstenzang added. “The shifting regulatory environment and evolving needs of businesses across sectors adds compelling reasons to provide these clients with on-the-ground support,” Cleary Managing Partner Michael Gerstenzang said in a statement. Since 2020, at least five major firms have opened offices there, including Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, and Debevoise & Plimpton.Ĭleary has long advised major Northern California tech companies, including Google and chipmaker Nvidia among others. White collar partner Jennifer Kennedy Park and M&A partner Benet O’Reilly are also moving from New York to the new office with a team of six associates who practice in capital markets, corporate governance, privacy and technology transactions.Ĭleary is the latest elite firm to join the mad scramble for talent and tech clients in Northern California. antitrust lawyer and Byrne is a member of the firm’s global executive committee and former member of its Brussels office, where Cleary handles a number of large European antitrust investigations.
Partners Brian Byrne and George Cary are making the move from Washington. Nyong’o’s antitrust work in the courtroom lines up with Cleary’s position as a leading advisor to major corporate deals facing antitrust regulatory challenges around the globe.Ĭleary is importing some of its heaviest hitters in its antitrust practice to San Francisco. Heather Nyong’o is the new hire headlining the launch in Palo Alto and San Francisco, which comes after Bloomberg Law reported last month the firm’s entry into the Bay Area was imminent. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has officially launched in California, hiring a prominent antitrust lawyer from WilmerHale and relocating a handful of attorneys to its new West Coast outposts.
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