Thomas J. Ivey is head of Skadden’s Palo Alto M&A/Corporate Group. He represents clients in a broad range of corporate and securities law matters, advising public and private companies in complex transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, the issuance of equity and debt, joint ventures, exchange offers and restructurings.
Ivey is a frequent adviser to boards of directors on corporate governance and activist situations. He regularly represents underwriters, placement agents and financial advisors in technology-related transactions.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2027 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers | 2027 | M&A, Capital Markets |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2026 | M&A, Capital Markets |
Ivey’s representative transactions include advising:
- Trimble, Inc. in multiple matters, including its:
- $2 billion sale and contribution of its agriculture business to a joint venture with AGCO Corporation
- joint ventures with Nikon Corporation and Caterpillar Inc.
- Western Digital Corporation in its:
- spin-off of Sandisk Corporation
- $900 million convertible preferred investment from Apollo and Elliott
- ServiceNow, Inc. in its $2.85 billion acquisition of Moveworks, its acquisition of Lightstep and its $1.5 billion offering of 1.400% notes due 2030
- Lucid Group, Inc. in its:
- launch of a global robotaxi program for Uber, alongside Nuro, Inc. and Uber Technologies, Inc., which also included Lucid’s issuance of $300 million of its common stock in a private placement to Uber
- $1.1 billion Rule 144A offering of 5.00% convertible senior notes due 2030
- $750 million convertible preferred private placement
- McClatchy Company, the nation’s second-largest newspaper company, in its restructuring, including the $312 million sale of substantially all of its assets to its largest bondholder Chatham Asset Management
- 8x8, Inc. in its:
- $250 million acquisition of Fuze, Inc.
- exchange offer of $404 million of its 0.5% convertible senior notes due 2024 for $202 million of a newly issued series of 4% convertible senior notes due 2028 and $182 million in cash
- the special committee of the SolarCity board of directors in the company’s $2.6 billion sale to Tesla Motors, Inc.
- Yahoo! Inc. in connection with Alibaba Group Holding Limited’s $25 billion initial public offering and listing on the New York Stock Exchange. Pursuant to the IPO, Yahoo! sold a portion of its stake in Alibaba for more than $9 billion
- the underwriters of SolarCity Corporation in its IPO and subsequent financings
- VMware, Inc. in its $1.1 billion IPO and in investments in VMware by Cisco Systems and Intel Capital
- more than two dozen companies on SPAC IPOs and de-SPAC transactions, including:
- Schwartz Capital Group, the founder and manager of Opportunity Financial, LLC (OppFi), in OppFi’s merger with FG New America Acquisition Corp.
- WL Ross Holding Corp. in its $1.6 billion acquisition of Nexeo Solutions Holdings, LLC and its $500 million IPO