Nancy Yamaguchi

Nancy also has a focus on settlement of disputes, including litigation, and she has successfully settled complex disputes involving technology and intellectual property rights, executives departures, key employees, founders, and equity compensation issues. She counsels clients on best practices on handling legal matters with a view to circumventing litigation or other legal disputes.

Before joining Morgan Lewis, Nancy was a partner at another global law firm, where she served as the head of its technology practice. Before that, she was the director of M&A for a public company and chief legal officer for a technology company based in Silicon Valley. Nancy’s combined business and legal experience in the technology industry allows her to provide practical business solutions and customized legal advice and negotiate transactions that are specific and relevant to companies in that space.

ASIA

Japan

• Sale of $30 million of common stock in Japanese mobile communication company to H&Q Asia Pacific, Goldman Sachs, Sony, Motorola, Tokyo Electric Power, NTT DoCoMo, and other US and Japanese investors
• Technology collaboration and equity investments between a Japanese public company and Motorola/Freescale
• Strategic investment and technology alliance between leading financial institution in Japan and a FinTech startup based in San Francisco
• Strategic investment and an acquisition of a minority stake by a major Japanese company in a privately held Singapore company
• Joint venture between a major Japanese industrial company and a strategic partner in Italy
• Sale by major Japanese public company of certain telecommunication assets to US technology distributor
• Series A investment in an artificial intelligence company and acquisition of a Japanese robotics company
• Principal US corporate counsel to several Japanese technology companies

China

• Investment by investors in Shanghai, China in semiconductor startup based in Silicon Valley for technology development in China
• Private label technology development and licensing partnership between Silicon Valley based semiconductor company and its strategic partner in Zhuhai, China
• Approx. $100 million sale to major Taiwanese buyer of semiconductor assets, real property and entities located in North Tyneside, United Kingdom

NORTH AMERICA

United States

• Spin off of high voltage power device business by Silicon Valley based semiconductor company
• Represented majority shareholders in its minority buyout of an automotive company based in San Diego, California 
• Series of private equity acquisitions and consolidations for micro-cap private equity firm based in San Francisco 
• Lead investor counsel for reorganization, bridge loan and investment in biotech/medical company
• Acquisition of technology assets and real estate from semiconductor R&D company through the assignment for the benefit of creditors process under California law
• Acquisition of LED company for a public company based in Silicon Valley
• Equity investments by Silicon Valley venture capital firm in several US Internet and eCommerce companies and biotech/medical companies based in San Diego and Silicon Valley
• $62 million acquisition of Italian entity located near Rome, Italy from US seller, and related technology agreements with Silicon Valley-based image sensor company

EUROPE

Germany

• Acquisition of technology startup specializing in automotive applications for a German investor
• Sale of WiMax business of US public company to major German technology company
• Sale of German automotive business by US technology company based near Stuttgart, Germany to UK purchaser
• Purchase of operational semiconductor fabrication facility and related assets by technology investor and purchaser based in California
• Tax-driven restructuring of two business lines for German semiconductor and technology development company

France

• Sale of French entity by US technology company to German technology company and related pre-deal restructuring
• Approximately $58 million sale (subject to earn-outs) of SMS business by US technology company to a French fabless company and equity investment for financing involving investors from France, Belgium, and the US
• Purchase by US technology company of aerospace business from French technology company in bankruptcy