Martin A. Wellington

Representative matters include:

• nCino on its:
  • US$287 million initial public offering and its US$555 million follow-on offering; and
  • US$1.2 billion acquisition of SimpleNexus; and
  • Acquisitions of DocFox, Allegro, and FullCircl.
• Vector Capital on its:
  • Sales of Corel to KKR, 20-20 Technologies to Golden Gate Capital and CollabNet to TPG Acquisition;
  • Acquisitions of CollabNet, Gerber Scientific, Precise Software Solutions, Tripos, Pharsight and the minority interests in Corel Corporation and its sale of Certara; and
  • US$2.2 billion M.B.O. bid for Quest Software.
• WatchGuard on its sale to Vector Capital.
• Grove Collaborative on its:
  • Series D-1 and Series E Preferred Stock financings;
  • DeSPAC merger with Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II, valued at US$1.5 billion, including its US$86 million PIPE financing and US$50 million redemption backstop financing; and
  • Equity Line of Credit and PIPE financings.
• Pandora Media on its:
  • Pre-IPO tender offer to provide liquidity to investors and employees;
  • US$235 million initial public offering and US$523 million follow-on offering of common stock;
  • US$345 million private placement of convertible senior notes due 2020 (the 2020 Note) and its privately negotiated exchange of US$192.9 million aggregate principal amount of 2020 Notes for a new issue of senior convertible notes due 2023;
  • US$145 million acquisition of AdsWizz and US$200 million disposition of Ticketfly to EventBrite;
  • Response to activist stockholder campaigns;
  • US$480 million investment from Sirius XM Radio; and
  • US$3.5 billion sale to Sirius XM Radio.
• Coupang on its acquisition of the business and assets of Farfetch via a UK pre-pack administration.
• Angie’s List on its:
  • US$114 million initial public offering and $110 million follow-on offering of common stock;
  • Response to activist stockholder campaigns; and
  • Merger with HomeAdvisor to form ANGI Homeservices Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGI), valued at approximately US$5 billion.
• Centerview Partners on its role as financial advisor to the Independent Transaction Committee of the Board of Directors of Sprint Corporation in connection with the proposed combination of Sprint and T-Mobile US, Inc., valued at US$146 billion.
• Blackbaud on its acquisitions of EVERFI, MicroEdge, SmartTuition and JustGiving.
• Cadence Design Systems on its:
  • Investment in Green Hills Software;
  • Unsolicited offer to acquire Mentor Graphics; and
  • Acquisitions of Rocketick Technologies, nusemi, SFM Technologies and Forte Design Systems.
• Armis on its US$150 million acquisition of Silk Security.
• Corel on its:
  • Acquisitions of the Roxio business from Rovi Corporation and Pinnacle business from Avid; and
  • Acquisitions of MindManager, ClearSlide and the Parallels business.
• Resident Home on its acquisition by Ashley Home.
• Afilias, Inc. in connection with its sale to Donuts Inc.
• Singular Key on its acquisition by Ping Identity.
• Cambium Networks Corporation in its initial public offering and its secondary public offering of 2.5 million ordinary shares sold by an affiliate of Vector Capital at US$28.00 per share.
• Volkswagen AG in its co-investment with Ford Motor Company in autonomous vehicle technology company, Argo AI, valuing Argo at US$7.1 billion.
• Argo Blockchain on its initial public offering.
• The RealReal in its US$345 million initial public offering.
• Sale of Spireon by Bertram Capital to Greenbriar Equity Group.
• Centrify Corporation in connection with a majority investment by Thoma Bravo.
• Underwriters of the initial public offerings of Splunk, Chegg, Café Press, Carbonite, and Reach Local.
• The convertible note offerings by HomeAway, Callidus, and Outerwall,and high-yield notes offering by Outerwall.
• Symantec on its US$1.3 billion acquisition of the authentication and identity security business of VeriSign.
• E*TRADE Financial’s US$500 million follow-on public offering of common stock and exchange offer for US$1.7 billion of its outstanding debt securities.
• Reliance Steel & Aluminum’s US$1.3 billion acquisition of Metals USA.
• Francisco Partners’ joint venture in Numonyx with Intel and STMicroelectronics.
• Acrisure in its recapitalization and partial buyout by ABRY Partners of Genstar’s position in Acrisure.
• Intapp in its recapitalization and partial buyout by Temasek by way of a tender offer for a portion of the positions of Great Hill Partners and other pre-existing investors.
• Abakus on its acquisition by SAP.
• SunPower on its offering of convertible notes and its acquisition of SolarBridge Technologies.
• Gerber Scientific’s spinoff of its Spandex distribution business.

Some of the above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.

• Girls on the Run of the Bay Area, Board of Directors (2009–2015); Chairman (2011–2013)