Press Release 05.06.26
Mediha Ali focuses on securities transactions and general corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions and venture capital financings, as well as other transactional matters.
Mediha advises entrepreneurs and startup companies across a variety of industries through all stages of their life cycle, including formation, seed and venture capital financings, and mergers and acquisitions. She also advises public and private companies of all sizes in their mergers and acquisitions, including asset purchases, spin-offs, acqui-hires and other transactional matters. Mediha also has experience representing venture capital investors and funds.
Prior to the practice of law, Mediha served as an international diplomat at Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and at the United Nations, where she worked on matters under the purview of the Security Council, the Peacebuilding Commission and the General Assembly.
Representative Experience
- Represented Alkira in its $100 million Series C financing, as well as its prior funding rounds and $475 million sale to Lumen Technologies.
- Represented Rivos in its $250 million Series A-3 financing, as well as its prior funding rounds and sale to Meta.
- Represented Enfabrica in its $115 million Series C financing and $125 million Series B financing round.
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- Representative Mergers & Acquisitions Experience
- Represented Tremor International in its acquisition of Amobee for $239 million, a deal that was honored as the M&A Atlas 2023 Cross-Border M&A Deal of the Year.
- Represented Exostellar in its sale to Qualcomm.
- Represented Brium in its sale to AMD.
- Represented The Appointment Group, a subsidiary of UK-based parent company (TAG), in connection with TAG’s acquisition by ECI Partners.
- Represented Airgap Networks in its acquisition of NetSpyGlass’ assets and team and in its acquisition by Zscaler.
- Represented Nod in its sale to AMD.
- Represented Pluribus Networks in its acquisition by Arista Networks.
- Represented Clinscience, subsidiary of Poland-based pharmaceutical distributor NEUCA Group, in its partnership with OncoBay and in its investment agreement to acquire 51% of shares in Agati Systems.
- Represented Provino Technologies in its sale to Google.
- Represented Netskope in its acquisition of Kloudless.
- Represented Reflektion in its sale to Sitecore.
- Represented CloudVector in its sale to Imperva.
- Represented Nexant in its sale to Resource Innovations.
- Represented Barefoot Networks in its sale to Intel.
- Represented Vital Therapies in its acquisition of all the outstanding shares in Immunic AG.
- Represented Sigma Designs in the sale of its Z-Wave Business to Silicon Labs for $282 million, a deal that was honored as the 2018 Corporate M&A Deal of the Year ($100M–$500M) by M&A Atlas Americas Awards.
- Represented NetSpeed Systems in its sale to Intel.
- Represented Identiv in its acquisition of 3VR Security.
- Represented Solium in its acquisition of Capshare.
- Represented Sumitomo Chemical in its acquisition of FBSciences.
- Represented Normalyze in its sale to Proofpoint.
- Represented Androit in its sale to Arterex.
- Represented BluBracket in its sale to HashiCorp.
- Represented Support.com in its merger with Greenidge Generation Holdings.
- Represented Taulia in its acquisition by SAP SE.
- Representative VC Financings Experience
- Represented Arrcus in its $50 million Series D financing.
- Represented Komprise in its $37 million financing.
- Represented HYPR in its $35 million Series C financing and $25 million Series C1 financing.
- Represented Orkes in its $9.3 million funding round.
- Represented Alokai (formerly known as Vue Storefront ) in its $17.4 million Series A financing.
- Represented Prosimo in its $30 million Series B financing and $25 million Series A financing.
- Represented McWin Capital Partners in its investment in EVERY Company’s $55 million Series D financing and $175 million Series C financing and Oishii’s $134 million Series B financing.
- Represented Liberty City Ventures in Reposite’s $2.5 million Series Seed financing.
- Represented Premji Invest/Hasham Traders in Mapbox’s $120 million Series D financing.
Professional Highlights
- Managing editor, Santa Clara Journal of International Law
Education
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J.D., Santa Clara University School of Law
Cum Laude, Order of the CoifM.P.A., San Jose State University
M.A., Economics, Government College University Lahore
B.A., Economics, University of the Punjab
Admissions
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California