Gordon K. Davidson

650.335.7237
gdavidson@fenwick.com
合伙律师
公司业务 - Corporate

Gordon
Davidson

Gordon
Davidson

Gordon
Davidson

合伙律师
公司业务 - Corporate

Gordon (Gordy) Davidson 为高科技公司、清洁技术公司和生命科学公司提供咨询。Gordy的客户范围涵盖创业公司和财富 1000 强 (Fortune 1000) 公司。他经手的公开证券发售已达 60 余宗,并代表董事会、审计委员会和执行部门进行了大量的专项调查。

Gordy也为风险资本投资者和投资银行提供私募和公开融资方面的咨询。

他还在 100 多宗并购案中担任首席顾问,其总价值超过750亿美元。其中包括:

  • Facebook出资190亿美元收购WhatsApp
  • VeriSign出资 170 亿美元收购 Network Solutions
  • 2005年Symantec以130亿美元收购Veritas Software以及2015年Symantec出售Veritas
  • Cisco Systems出资69亿美元收购 Scientific-Atlanta
  • Exodus Communications出资65亿美元收购 GlobalCente
  • Spansion与Cypress Semiconductor的40亿美元合并
  • SAP AG 出资37.5亿美元收购 SuccessFactors
  • Adobe出资 34 亿美元收购 Macromedia
  • 巨人投资有限公司和巨人合并有限公司出资30亿美元收购巨人网络集团有限公司
  • VERITAS Software 出资25亿美元收购 Seagate Software
  • EMC Corporation 出资24亿美元收购 Data Domain
  • 清华紫光以17.8亿美元收购展讯通信
  • Intersil以14亿美元收购Elantec
  • Intuit出资14亿美元收购 Digital Insight
  • The Cooper Companies出资12亿美元收购Ocular Sciences

Gordy在PLI和西北证券监管机构针对资本形成和首次公开募股就当前的问题发表了演讲,以及在斯坦福大学董事学院讲解企业治理的问题。并在斯坦福大学法学院教授风险投资和兼并与收购课程,并主持了执业法律研究所课程当中有关高科技公司的私募和并购。 他是美国治理顾问学院的成员,并曾在董事会或非营利组织董事会任职,其中包括BayBio,儿童健康委员会 (Children’s Health Council),太平洋社区风险投资(Pacific Community Ventures)和青年新鲜生命线(Fresh Lifelines for Youth)。

他以优等生荣誉学会会员身份毕业于斯坦福大学,获电气工程理学学士学位和计算机系统理学硕士学位。他也毕业于斯坦福大学法学院并成为法学院优等生协会的荣誉会员。在法学院就读之前和期间,Davidson先生是斯坦福研究所和 Measurex Corporation的计算机系统工程师。从法学院毕业之后,他成为了联邦上诉法院旧金山第九巡回审判庭的Ben C. Duniway法官的律政书记。

被美国钱伯斯评为:

  • 加州风险投资中的明星律师(2013 - 2019年)
  • 初创公司和新兴公司业务的国家顶级律师(2016 - 2019年)
  • 加州资本市场的顶级律师(2013 - 2019年)
  • 北加州企业/并购的顶级律师(2012年-2019年)

Gordy所获奖励和荣誉包括:

  • 被《国家法律学报》评为 2000 年、2006 年和2013年美国最具影响力的100 名律师之一
  • 2009年和2013年被《最佳律师》杂志评为硅谷“年度公司律师”
  • 2010年和2004年被《最佳律师》杂志评为旧金山地区的“年度证券律师”
  • 2004年8月被《加州律师》杂志评为加州十佳公司律师之一
  • 入选2011年AlwaysOn“西部影响力律师”排行榜的前12 名
  • 被《日刊》评为 2012-2015年加州顶尖25名生物科技律师之一
  • 被《福布斯》杂志 2001年以及2004—2007年的“最佳创投人排行榜”评为前100名风险资本交易商之一
  • 被《日刊》评为 2012-2016年加州顶尖100名律师之一
  • 被《杰出律师》杂志评为硅谷三大顶级律师之一(2008)
  • 2001年10月被Upside杂志评为“改变世界的100 人”之一
  • 于2016年入选“全球硅谷名人堂”

Recognition Recognition Recognition

Recognition Recognition Recognition

Recognition
The American Lawyer

2023

Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership

Chambers Global

2000 - 2004 & 2006 - 2023

  • A leading lawyer in Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Western United States
  • A leading lawyer in Corporate/M&A (International & Cross-Border)
Chambers USA

2012 - 2021

  • A Star Individual in Venture Capital in California (2013 – 2021)
  • First tier nationally in Startups and Emerging Companies (2016 – 2021)
  • A leading lawyer in Capital Markets in California and the Western United States (2013 – 2021)
  • A leading lawyer in Corporate/M&A in Northern California (2012 – 2021)
U.S. News - Best Lawyers

1993 - 2022

Among the best lawyers in America for corporate law, venture capital, technology, securities/capital markets, securities regulation, leveraged buyouts and private equity.

The Legal 500

2019 - 2020

  • Highlighted among the United States’ leading lawyers for capital markets work and M&A Corporate/Commercial work (2020)
  • A Hall of Fame lawyer (2019)
The National Law Journal

2000, 2006, 2013

One of the 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America

Lawdragon

2024

Recognized Gordon as one of the 500 Leading Dealmakers in America.

  • Inducted into the Dealmaker Hall of Fame by Lawdragon (2023)
  • "Corporate Lawyer of the Year" for the Silicon Valley by Best Lawyers (2009 and 2013)
  • “Securities Lawyer of the Year” for the San Francisco Area by Best Lawyers (2010 and 2014)
  • One of the 10 best corporate lawyers in California by California Lawyer magazine (August 2004)
  • One of a dozen lawyers named to the AlwaysOn Power Players West list (2011)
  • One of the Top 25 Biotech Lawyers in California by the Daily Journal (2011)
  • One of the top 100 venture capital deal makers by Forbes magazine’s Midas List (2001 and 2004 – 2007)
  • One of the top 100 lawyers in California by the Daily Journal (2012 – 2016)
  • One of three leading lawyers in Silicon Valley by SuperLawyers magazine (2008)
  • One of "100 People Who Changed Our World" by Upside magazine (October 2001)
  • Named to the “Global Silicon Valley Hall of Fame” (2016)

Recognition
The American Lawyer

2023

Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership

Chambers Global

2000 - 2004 & 2006 - 2023

  • A leading lawyer in Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Western United States
  • A leading lawyer in Corporate/M&A (International & Cross-Border)

Chambers USA

2012 - 2021

  • A Star Individual in Venture Capital in California (2013 – 2021)
  • First tier nationally in Startups and Emerging Companies (2016 – 2021)
  • A leading lawyer in Capital Markets in California and the Western United States (2013 – 2021)
  • A leading lawyer in Corporate/M&A in Northern California (2012 – 2021)

U.S. News - Best Lawyers

1993 - 2022

Among the best lawyers in America for corporate law, venture capital, technology, securities/capital markets, securities regulation, leveraged buyouts and private equity.

The Legal 500

2019 - 2020

  • Highlighted among the United States’ leading lawyers for capital markets work and M&A Corporate/Commercial work (2020)
  • A Hall of Fame lawyer (2019)

The National Law Journal

2000, 2006, 2013

One of the 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America

Lawdragon

2024

Recognized Gordon as one of the 500 Leading Dealmakers in America.