Amr Razzak represents clients in a broad range of corporate transactions and corporate governance matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, investment and capital markets transactions, and situations involving shareholder activism.
Razzak’s practice encompasses transactions involving public and private companies, private equity funds, friendly and unsolicited situations, and U.S. and cross-border transactions. He has significant experience handling transactions in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Australia.
Before joining the firm’s Palo Alto office in 2004, Razzak was resident in Skadden’s New York and Singapore offices, where he worked on many transactions recognized by industry publications in their annual reviews of the year’s largest and most innovative deals.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2027 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers | 2027 | M&A, Capital Markets, Corporate Governance |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America | 2026 | Corporate Governance |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2026 | M&A, Capital Markets, Corporate Governance |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2025 | M&A, Capital Markets, Corporate Governance |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2024 | M&A, Capital Markets, Corporate Governance |
| The 2022 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2022 | M&A, Capital Markets, Corporate Governance |
| Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2021 | M&A, Capital Markets, Corporate Governance |
Razzak’s notable experience includes the representation of:
- Airbnb, Inc. in its acquisition of HotelTonight, Inc.
- Anaplan, Inc., as co-counsel, in its $10.7 billion acquisition by Thoma Bravo
- Apple Inc. in numerous transactions
- Freescale Semiconductor, Ltd. and a private equity consortium including The Blackstone Group L.P., The Carlyle Group L.P., Permira Funds and TPG Capital, L.P. in Freescale’s $11.8 billion acquisition by NXP Semiconductors NV
- Global Indemnity, plc in numerous transactions, including its acquisition of American Reliable Insurance Company and its redomestication from Ireland to the Cayman Islands, the first-ever move of a public company from Ireland to the Cayman Islands
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies in its $4.3 billion acquisition by Western Digital Corporation
- Intel Corporation in the pending sale of a 51% stake in Altera Corporation to Silver Lake; its proposed (but terminated) $5.4 billion acquisition of Tower Semiconductor; its collaboration with United Microelectronics Corporation to develop a 12-nanometer semiconductor process platform; its $4.2 billion spin-off and joint venture with TPG Capital, L.P. to form the independent cybersecurity company McAfee, as well as in connection with McAfee’s subsequent IPO; its sale of its Wind River subsidiary to TPG; and its sale of its home gateway platform division to MaxLinear, Inc.
- Juno Therapeutics, Inc. in its $9 billion acquisition by Celgene Corporation
- PMC-Sierra, Inc. in numerous matters including its $2.5 billion acquisition by Microsemi Corporation; its $240 million acquisition of Wintegra, Inc.; its $34 million acquisition of the channel storage business of Adaptec, Inc.; its acquisition of Maxim Integrated Products’ 12 GB/s SAS expander technology; its acquisition of HP’s Smart Array business; and in its dealings with activist fund Relational Investors
- SanDisk Corporation in its $19 billion acquisition by Western Digital Corporation and its $1.1 billion acquisition of Fusion-io, Inc.
- VMware, Inc. in its $1.1 billion initial public offering of Class A common stock
- Zilog, Inc. in its evaluation of a $76 million unsolicited bid by Universal Electronics, Inc. and a $73 million bid by IXYS Corporation