Pillsbury Led Deals Shortlisted in The Deal Awards 2021

Winners will be announced by The Deal on September 23rd. See the full list of nominees here.

The two shortlisted Deals of the Year are:  

 SYNNEX $7.2 Billion Merger with Tech Data (Private Equity Deal of the Year – Large Cap)

• Led by Allison Leopold Tilley and Christina Pearson, a team of Pillsbury lawyers advised long-standing client SYNNEX Corporation in an agreement to merge with Tech Data Corporation, a portfolio company of Apollo Global Management Inc., in a transaction valued at $7.2 billion. The combined company will provide customers and vendors with expansive reach across products, services and geographies to accelerate technology adoption. Read more here.

Marvell’s Acquisition of Inphi (Technology, Media & Telecom Deal of the Year – Large Cap)

• Led by Allison Leopold Tilley, Pillsbury is representing long-standing client Inphi Corporation, a leader in high-speed data movement, in its announced sale to Marvell Technology Group Ltd., a leader in infrastructure semiconductor solutions, in a cash and stock transaction with an implied valuation of approximately $10 billion. The combination of the two companies will create a U.S. semiconductor company with an enterprise value of approximately $40 billion. The transaction will combine Marvell’s storage, networking, processor and security portfolio with Inphi’s leading electro-optics interconnect platform to position the combined company for end-to-end technology leadership in data infrastructure. Read more here.

In addition, another deal in which Pillsbury played a key role, was shortlisted for Deal of the Year and Media & Telecom Deal of the Year, large cap categories. 

The shortlisted 2021 Deal of the Year is: 

T-Mobile’s Acquisition of Sprint (Deal of the Year, Technology, Media & Telecom Deal of the Year – Large Cap)

Led by Stephen Amdur, Pillsbury advised Sprint Corporation’s lead financial adviser The Raine Group LLC in the telecom giant’s announced merger with T-Mobile U.S. In April, 2020 T-Mobile announced its acquisition of Sprint from SoftBank Group Corp. for $26.5 billion. The transaction implies an enterprise value for Sprint of $59 billion, including assumed debt and approximately $146 billion for the combined company.