Marty Korman has been a corporate partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati for more than 25 years. Working with investors, boards, and management, he helps companies and investors navigate significant M&A and investment transactions and corporate governance matters. Recognized as one of the nation's most prominent M&A attorneys, Marty is particularly well known for his work in the technology sector, where he represents public and private companies in purchase and sale transactions. He also works closely with private equity sponsors in connection with the full range of private equity transactions, including going-private transactions and both majority and minority investments. Marty also works with Founders and their enterprises in structuring equity ownership, governance and liquidity.
Select Transactions
- Twitter in its sale to Elon Musk
- Zynga in its merger with Take-Two
- Medallia in its sale to Thoma Bravo
- Pluralsight in its sale to Vista
- Box in its successful proxy defense
- LinkedIn in its merger with Microsoft
- Brocade in its merger with Broadcom
- Netsuite in its acquisition by Oracle
- Altera in its merger with Intel
- Sun Microsystems in its merger with Oracle
- Genentech in its acquisition by Roche
- Hewlett-Packard in its merger with Compaq
- Pixar in its merger with Disney
- Netscape in its sale to America Online
- Over 20 companies in sale and spin-in transactions to Cisco
- Founder representations include Tinder, Figs and Rodan & Fields
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law