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Mark Seneca

Mark Seneca

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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

United States • M&A/corporate and commercial

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M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)

Fielding a destination M&A practice, the ‘market-leading team’ at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP works across the life sciences, health-tech, and energy sectors to advise on innovative AI sector acquisitions and transformative cross-border deals. David Ruff leads the practice from New York and advises private equity funds and their portfolio companies on public and private M&A, minority investments, and joint ventures. In Silicon Valley, Matthew Gemello handles global M&A, business carveouts, and private company buyouts, while ’stellar’ Mark Seneca covers buy- and sell-side tech sector deals. Also in New York are the ‘flawless’ David Schwartz, who offers strategic M&A advice on various transactions, and Spencer Cohen, who guides boards of directors and investors on financing transactions. In Washington DC, Tony Chan concentrates on venture capital transactions and corporate governance. Working in the San Francisco office, Leah Recht handles the structuring and negotiating of M&A and minority and growth investments, whereas Ramy Shweiky handles related fiduciary duty concerns.
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  • ‘Very business-friendly, practical, and easy to implement advice. Client-friendly and service oriented. Solutions-oriented.'

    ‘David Schwartz is the best on mid-market M&A deals. His technical legal skills are flawless, but he is also able to make issues completely understandable and accessible, suggesting great solutions to the random issues that inevitably crop up throughout a deal. A practical lawyer who is collegial with those across the table and focused on closing on time and on budget. The best!’

    ‘Skilled team with expertise relevant to our needs.’

    ‘A truly market leading team. Excellent partners and talented hard-working associates.’

    ‘David Schwartz’s is one of the most impressive partners I have worked with. He truly has the best interests of our business in mind.’

    ‘Strong team, deep experience in technology M&A, very practical approach. Extremely responsive and hardworking, getting to positive results in difficult transactions.’

    ‘Mark Seneca is simply a stellar M&A lawyer. Deep experience, extremely practical, and a great person to work with.'

Key clients

  • SAP SE Turn/River Capital EPAM Workday, Inc. Duetto Research, Inc. Jasper AI, Inc Avaya ProEnergy Heap IAC, Inc. AgileBits Inc. d/b/a 1Password Petroserv Marine Inc. Formfactor Trucordia (formerly PCF Insurance) Benchling

Work highlights

Advised SAP in its agreement to acquire WalkMe for approximately $1.5bn.