Partner

Jon A. Olsen

Emerging Companies and Venture Capital
M&A

jon.olsen@sidley.com

San Diego +1 310 595 9691

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JON OLSEN regularly advises large multinationals as well as emerging companies in the technology and life sciences industries in their strategic acquisitions, dispositions and joint ventures. In addition to providing strategic counseling to his clients, Jon’s practice includes mergers and acquisitions, venture capital financings, joint ventures, debt financings, and corporate governance.

Jon has substantial experience representing buyers and sellers in M&A transactions as well as significant experience in cross-border transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, minority investments, and joint ventures in over thirty international jurisdictions ranging from Europe and the Middle East to South America and Asia. He regularly represents corporate venture groups in their minority investments in both U.S. and international emerging growth companies.

Experience

QUALCOMM Incorporated in various acquisitions and other strategic transactions, including its US$1.4 billion acquisition of NUVIA, its US$3 billion acquisition of TDK’s RF front-end modules and RF filters business, and its acquisition of Cellwize Wireless Technologies Pte. Ltd.
Illumina, Inc. in various acquisitions and other strategic transactions, including its acquisitions of Fluent BioSciences, Partek, Emedgene, IDbyDNA, BlueBee and Edico Genome Corp., and its joint venture with Deerfield Management
Renesas Electronics Corporation in various acquisitions and other strategic transactions, including its US$339 million acquisition of Transphorm and its US$315 million acquisition of Celeno Communications
DexCom, Inc. in certain of its strategic transactions
Experian PLC in various minority investments, including investments in FinTech companies domiciled in the US, as well as in the UK, India, Singapore, the Cayman Islands, and Brazil
Rocket Lab in its acquisition of Sinclair Interplanetary
Elysian Park Ventures in various minority investments
Cohu, Inc. in the sale of its CohuHD Camera Products Division to Costar Technologies, Inc.
BluDiagnostics in its sale to a strategic acquiror
PDS Biotechnology’s acquisition of Edge Therapeutics
An American healthcare company in various strategic transactions, including its acquisition of a leading provider of 340B Drug Pricing Program services
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. in various joint ventures with artist managers and promoters, including joint ventures with partners located in Canada, Chile, and Colombia
SmartRG Inc. in its sale to ADTRAN, Inc.
Cirruspath Holdings, Inc. in its sale to Clovis Point Capital
StackIQ, Inc. in its sale to Teradata Corporation
The Active Network, Inc. in its US$1.05 billion sale to Vista Equity Partners
ecoATM, Inc. in its US$350 million sale to Outerwall Inc.
Endoscopic Technologies, Inc. d/b/a Estech in its sale to AtriCure, Inc.
OpenGate Capital in its acquisition of PennySaver USA from Hate-Hanks
Computer Patent Annuities Holdings Limited in its acquisition of First To File, Inc.
P.F. Chang’s China Bistro in its US$1.1 billion sale to Centerbridge Partners
ClearAccess, Inc. in its sale to Cisco Systems, Inc.
NuVasive, Inc. in its acquisition of Impulse Monitoring

The above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.

Credentials

Admissions & Certifications

California

Education

Columbia Law School, J.D., 2007 (Two-time Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar)
Brigham Young University, B.A., 2002 (magna cum laude)