Press Release 07.02.26
Kristin Garr focuses her practice on general corporate matters, including capital markets, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions and securities law compliance.
Kristin works with a variety of public and private clients, including tech companies and startups, primarily in the climate tech, renewable energy, artificial intelligence, SaaS, fintech, IoT and gaming sectors.
Representative Experience
- Represented Chevron Technology Ventures in connection with various investments, including Infinitum Electric, Compact Membrane Systems, APERIO Systems, Electric Era Technologies, Ionomr Innovations and Xage Security.
- Represented Chevron New Energies in connection with its investment in Svante's $318 million Series E funding round as lead investor, Zero Emission Industries’ Series A financing and Ion Clean Energy’s $45 million funding round.
- Represented global marketing and revenue operations company Regalix in its acquisition by MarketStar, a deal honored as the 2024 Americas Media & Marketing Deal of the Year by M&A Atlas Americas Awards.
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- Represented Everi, one of the largest suppliers of technology solutions for the casino floor, in the definitive agreements for a combination of Everi and the gaming businesses of International Game Technology to be simultaneously acquired by a newly formed holding company owned by funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management for approximately $6.3 billion on a combined basis.
- Represented Nikola, a manufacturer of heavy-duty commercial battery-electric vehicles, fuel-cell electric vehicles and energy solutions, in its acquisition of Romeo Power, $100 million public offering of common stock, $175 million green convertible senior notes offering and $160 million securities purchase agreement for the sale of its convertible notes.
- Represented A10 Networks, a provider of security and infrastructure solutions, in its acquisition of TrojAI.
- Represented Speakeasy, an e-commerce platform for the Wine & Spirits industry, in its sale to Flaviar.
- Represented Perpetual Capital Partners in its acquisition of Novatech, a provider of business technology solutions.
- Represented Identiv, a global digital security and identification leader in IoT, in the $145 million sale of its physical security, access card and identity reader operations and assets to Vitaprotech Group SAS.
- Represented Verdigris Technologies, a leading provider of AI-powered energy management solutions, in its $10 million funding round led by DCVC and Solea Energy.
- Represented Airly, a cleantech startup, in its $5.5 million Series A financing led by firstminute capital and Pi Labs.
- Represented Nod.ai, an open-source AI software provider, in its sale to AMD.
- Represented Swrve, a premier mobile app marketing platform, in its sale to MessageGears.
Professional Highlights
- Prior to joining Pillsbury, Kristin was an attorney for the IRS Office of Chief Counsel Honors Program.
- During law school, Kristin served as staff editor for the Intellectual Property and Technology Forum. She also served as the liaison between the law school’s Entrepreneurship & Innovation Clinic and IntEnt, the business school’s incubator program.
- “The Corporate Transparency Act: What You Need to Do Now,” Pillsbury Client Alert, Oct. 6, 2023.
Education
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J.D., Boston College Law School, 2020
cum laudeM.B.A., Boston College, Carroll School of Management, 2020
cum laudeB.A., Medical Anthropology & Environmental Studies, Case Western Reserve University, 2015
cum laude
Admissions
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District of Columbia
California