Baker McKenzie advises Marvell on Polariton deal
Baker McKenzie has advised Marvell Technology on its acquisition of Polariton Technologies, a developer of high-speed, low-power plasmonics-based silicon photonics devices. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Legal advisory team
Baker McKenzie advised Marvell on all legal and tax matters related to the transaction through a cross-border team spanning the US, Switzerland, and Belgium. The team was co-led by M&A partners Leif King (Palo Alto) and Alexander Fischer (Zurich).
The Swiss team covered corporate/M&A with Cathrin Marxer (senior associate), Andrew Tyau (senior associate), and Sultan Aydin (associate); dispute resolution with David Rohner (associate); employment with Christoph Stutz (partner) and Peter Reinert (senior counsel); tax with Susanne Liebel-Kotz (partner); regulatory with Roger Thomi (partner); and IP & technology law with Nadine Charrière (associate), alongside trainee lawyers Lukas Bader and Valentine Daendliker.
The US team included Tom Oslovar (partner) on corporate/M&A; Barbara Klementz (partner), Kela Shang (partner), Freya Ingalla (associate), and Nicolas Macaluso (associate) on employment; and Emily Chan (associate) on IP & technology law.
The Belgian team comprised Geert Bovy (partner) on trade & commerce, and Stephanie de Potter (associate) and Maximilien Tscharner (associate) on IP & technology law.
