The growth of semiconductors has long since revolutionized data and information management, and representing companies in the sector has been central to Naschitz Brandes Amir's practice since the early days of the tech scene in Israel. We are dedicated to serving the needs of public and private semiconductor companies at all stages of development, including innovative start-ups, mature public companies, and everything in between, as well as venture capital firms, investors, and investment institutions within the semiconductor ecosystem that support those companies.
Our multi-disciplinary semiconductor industry practice team includes attorneys across all of the firm's practice areas with experience spanning the range of financing, intellectual property licensing or commercial transactions, strategic alliances, litigation, environmental, tax, and employment matters.
How we help our clients:
- Antitrust counseling and litigation
- Commercial agreements
- Corporate governance
- Company formation
- Financings
- Government contracts
- Intellectual Property
- IPOs and securities offerings
- Litigation and dispute resolution including class actions
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Privacy and data protection counseling and data breach response
- Real estate, land use/zoning, and leasing
- Sale and purchase of assets
- Strategic partnerships and joint ventures
- Tax
- Technology transfer and intellectual property licensing
EZchip Semiconductor
Represented EZchip (NASDAQ: EZCH) in its $130 million acquisition of Tilera and later, its $811 million sale to Mellanox Technologies (NASDAQ: MLNX). We also represented EZchip in its $50 million NASDAQ secondary offering.
Provigent
Advised Provigent on its $335 million acquisition by Broadcom Corporation.
Broadcom Corporation
Advised Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) on a number of acquisitions of Israel-based semiconductor companies, including its acquisition of Siliquent Technologies, Octalica, Percello, Sightic Vista, and SC Square.
Ham-Let
Advised Ham-Let (TASE: HAML), on its $350 million acquisition by Ultra Clean Holdings (NASDAQ: UCTT).
Passave
Represented Passave, in its $300 million acquisition by PMC-Sierra (NASDAQ: PMCS), a global fabless semiconductor company.
Represented the initial purchasers in Nova Measuring's (NASDAQ: NVMI) $200 million 144A Convertible Notes Offering led by BofA and Citi.
GoldenSand Capital
Advised GoldenSand Capital on its $20 million Series E investment in VisIC Technologies, a fabless developer of power conversion devices.
Speedata
Advised Speedata, a developer of accelerated processors for big data analytics, on its $55 Series B financing.
Red Dot Capital Partners, Pitango, Greylock
Advised Red Dot Pitango, Greylock as selling shareholders of Celeno, on the company's $315 sale to Renesas Electronics.
Xsight Labs
Advised Xsight Labs, on its $75 million Series C financing and its $150 million Series D financing.
Terrain EDA
Advised Terrain EDA, a semiconductor startup, in its acquisition by Synopsys (NASDAQ: SNPS) for an undisclosed amount.