Karen A. Abesamis

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Karen interned with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Enforcement Division, and worked in-house at Sun Microsystems, Dodge & Cox Mutual Fund, and Visa International. She has also worked in-house through secondment with a firm client.

• Represented Oracle in the following acquisitions:
  • DataFox, a company that focuses on cloud-based artificial intelligence data engine and derived business content to provide the most current, precise, and expansive set of company-level information and insightful data to optimize business decisions 
  • Iridize, an enterprise platform for personalized and contextual user onboarding and training for cloud applications 
  • Vocado, a company that provides a leading student-centric, cloud-based financial aid solution for higher education institutions 
  • Zenedge, a company which helps secure critical IT systems deployed via cloud, on-premise or hybrid hosting environments  
  • Wercker, a company that helps developers automate the process to build and update software using a container-centric and cloud native platform
  • Moat Inc., a provider of digital customer attention tracking, measurement and analytics
  • Apiary, a developer of application programming interfaces
  • Dyn, a cloud-based Internet performance and Domain Name System provider
  • Palerra, a company aimed to help companies use cloud computing resources securely
  • LogFire, a provider of cloud-based warehouse management applications
  • Crosswise, a technology provider of cross-device data
  • Ravello Systems, a cloud computing company
• Tessera Technologies in its  acquisition of Ziptronix, a designer and developer of semiconductor
• Shamrock Materials, a supplier of concrete and building materials, in its sale to Vulcan Materials Company
• Sangamo BioSciences Inc. in its at-the-market (ATM) offering of its common stock, with Cowen and Company serving as the sales agent.
• Tessera Technologies in its acquisition of IP assets from Pelican Imaging Corporation, an inventor of groundbreaking depth-sensing technology for mobile and AR/VR devices
• ACCESS Co., Ltd. and its German subsidiary, ACCESS Europe GmbH, in their acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of NetRange MMH GmbH and NetRange Automotive GmbH, a provider of new connected car infotainment platform and applications
• CytoPherx in its acquisition of Immunocept Medical Products, a commercial stage medical device company focused on acute systemic inflammatory diseases
• 23andMe, a personal genomics and biotechnology company, in its equity investment from GlaxoSmithKline
• Target Corporation in its acquisition of Grand Junction, a transportation technology company
• Antares Pharma in the $14.5 million sale of worldwide rights, including fixed assets, for the ZOMAJET™ needle-free auto injector device to Ferring Pharmaceuticals 
• Schweiger Dermatology Group, a dermatology and cosmetic surgery practice, in its $100 million investment by LNK Partners
• Maestro Health, an employee health and benefits solution provider, in its sale to AXA Group 
• Kofu Hong Kong Holdings Limited in its acquisition of Pioneer Micro Technology Corporation, a manufacturer of semiconductors
• Yokogawa Electric Corp. in its acquisition of BioStinger Inc., a developer of a technology that targets specific locations inside individual cells, enabling the injection of target substances such as genes or drugs and the extraction of intracellular materials
• United Microelectronics Corporation in its $520 million acquisition of Mie Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited, which operates a 300mm wafer fab in Mie, Japan