Kris S. Withrow

Offices

Silicon Valley

Santa Monica

Practices

Industries

Education & Admissions

J.D., University of Michigan Law School
Associate Editor of the Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review

B.A., University of California, Berkeley
Four-year member of the Undergraduate Students' Honor Society

Admitted to practice in California

Throughout his career, Kris has completed in excess of 400 domestic and cross-border mergers, and previously co-chaired Fenwick’s M&A.

Kris has received numerous accolades and is consistently recognized for his work in M&A. He was named The Deal’s Dealmaker of the Year and Technology, Media & Telecom Dealmaker of the Year for his middle-market M&A work. He has also been recognized as a Top 50 Dealmaker in North America by Global M&A Network, a top lawyer for corporate and M&A work in San Francisco and Silicon Valley by Chambers USA, a “Leading Lawyer” for middle-market M&A by The Legal 500, one of the Daily Journal’s Top 20 attorneys in California under the age of 40, and a 2021 Dealmaker by MergerLinks, ranking among the top ten Mid Cap M&A lawyers in North America based on deal value and volume in 2021.

In addition to his robust M&A practice, Kris advises venture capital-backed and start-up companies on corporate governance and day-to-day operational matters.

Select Representative Sell-Side Transactions:

$20 billion sale of Figma to Adobe (Nasdaq: ADBE) (transaction was mutually abandoned by both parties)
$5 billion sale of OSIsoft to AVEVA
$3.5 billion sale of Niantic to Scopely and PIF
$3 billion sale of Jet.com to Walmart (NYSE: WMT)
$3 billion sale of Vocera Communications (NYSE: VCRA) to Stryker
$1.5 billion sale of lynda.com to LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE:LNKD)
$1.4 billion sale of majority stake in AppLovin (NASDAQ: APP) to Orient Hontai
$1.2 billion sale of Zappos to Amazon (NAS: AMZN)
$925 million sale of Silver Peak to HPE (NYSE: HPE)
$850 million sale of Intacct to The Sage Group
$800 million sale of Streamlit to Snowflake
$717 million sale of Sonicwall (Nasdaq: SNWL) to Thoma Bravo
$540 million sale of Scout RFP to Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY)
$500 million sale of Punchh to PAR Technology Corporation (NYSE: PAR)
$250 million sale of Solta Medical (NASDAQ: SLTM) to Valeant Pharma

Select Representative Buy-Side Transactions:

$6.9 billion acquisition by Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) of Scientific-Atlanta
$5 billion acquisition by Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) of NDS group
$2.9 billion acquisition by Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) of Starent
$2.7 billion acquisition by Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) of Sourcefire
$1.2 billion acquisition by Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) of Meraki
$1 billion acquisition by AppLovin’s (NASDAQ: APP) of Twitter’s (NYSE: TWTR) MoPub business
$950 million acquisition by Lessen of SMS Assist
$700 million acquisition by Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) of Acano
$616.5 million acquisition by SentinelOne's (NYSE: S) of Attivo Networks

Select Representative Sell-Side Transactions:

$20 billion sale of Figma to Adobe (Nasdaq: ADBE) (transaction was mutually abandoned by both parties)
$5 billion sale of OSIsoft to AVEVA
$3.5 billion sale of Niantic to Scopely and PIF
$3 billion sale of Jet.com to Walmart (NYSE: WMT)
$3 billion sale of Vocera Communications (NYSE: VCRA) to Stryker
$1.5 billion sale of lynda.com to LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE:LNKD)
$1.4 billion sale of majority stake in AppLovin (NASDAQ: APP) to Orient Hontai
$1.2 billion sale of Zappos to Amazon (NAS: AMZN)
$925 million sale of Silver Peak to HPE (NYSE: HPE)
$850 million sale of Intacct to The Sage Group
$800 million sale of Streamlit to Snowflake
$717 million sale of Sonicwall (Nasdaq: SNWL) to Thoma Bravo
$540 million sale of Scout RFP to Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY)
$500 million sale of Punchh to PAR Technology Corporation (NYSE: PAR)
$250 million sale of Solta Medical (NASDAQ: SLTM) to Valeant Pharma

Select Representative Buy-Side Transactions:

$6.9 billion acquisition by Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) of Scientific-Atlanta
$5 billion acquisition by Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) of NDS group
$2.9 billion acquisition by Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) of Starent
$2.7 billion acquisition by Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) of Sourcefire
$1.2 billion acquisition by Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) of Meraki
$1 billion acquisition by AppLovin’s (NASDAQ: APP) of Twitter’s (NYSE: TWTR) MoPub business
$950 million acquisition by Lessen of SMS Assist
$700 million acquisition by Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) of Acano
$616.5 million acquisition by SentinelOne's (NYSE: S) of Attivo Networks