Lawrence M Chu has joined Goodwin Procter’s business law department in its Silicon Valley office as a member of Goodwin’s technology companies, M&A/corporate governance and private equity practices.
He will focus on mergers and acquisitions, dispositions and corporate finance transactions in the technology, internet, digital media, financial technology, e-commerce and biotech industries, and will help to lead the growth of the technology M&A practice on the West Coast.
Chu joins Goodwin from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in San Francisco where he was a partner.
Chu has extensive experience advising domestic and non-US companies in the technology sector including clients in the internet, digital media, financial technology, e-commerce and biotech industries as well as other sectors. He also represents private equity funds in the acquisition of, and investment in, public and private portfolio companies, as well as banking clients in their roles as financial advisors and dealers/managers on M&A transactions.
Chu’s notable representations include advising Isilon Systems in its acquisition by EMC Corporation, ExtendHealth in its sale to Towers Watson and McAfee in its acquisitions of Secure Computing and SafeBoot Holding. He represented Informatica in more than 10 acquisition transactions as well as Merrill Lynch, Blackstone, JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs in their roles as financial adviser on numerous M&A transactions.
“We’re extremely pleased that Larry has chosen to join the firm, as we continue to increase the depth and breadth of our Silicon Valley office, and invest in expanding our talent footprint in California,” says Regina M. Pisa, chairman of Goodwin Procter.