Cravath Publishes Summer 2026 Issue of Alumni Journal
Cravath is at the forefront of market and legal trends in the technology industry and represents many of the most highly regarded technology companies ranging from entrepreneurial startups to blue chip global corporations. Technology issues often touch upon a variety of practice areas, and our nimble, cross‑disciplinary team draws on deep experience—including a sophisticated understanding of next‑generation and disruptive technologies—to quickly and efficiently handle the many interrelated elements of a complex transaction or litigation.
Bringing together extensive legal expertise, technical knowledge and business judgment, we advise clients navigating the intersection of cutting‑edge technology and novel legal issues across industries and practice areas. This comprehensive focus allows us to provide a holistic approach to our clients’ most pressing—and often unprecedented—concerns, including with respect to artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain and digital assets, data analytics, financial and infrastructure technologies, mobile devices, robotics, software and open source, and the Web3 ecosystem.
Our corporate expertise includes traditional transactional matters—such as mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, financing transactions and governance considerations—as well as technology licensing and development transactions, strategic management of technology assets, and the establishment and optimization of technology development and commercialization programs. Our litigators have extensive experience with respect to patent, trade secret, antitrust, general commercial, securities and shareholder derivative litigation, as well as related advisory matters and investigations.
The transactions and cases we handle within the technology sector frequently involve complex intellectual property issues, often of major strategic and financial importance to our clients. We have expansive knowledge and experience with respect to these matters, including strategic counseling, portfolio development and licensing and other exploitation, and our team is well versed in navigating United States Patent and Trademark Office regulations. We also provide counsel with respect to the regulatory horizon, develop legal frameworks for data ownership and licensing, and handle the acquisition of data and AI technologies.
Our work in this space is routinely recognized by third-party publications, including Law360, which has named the Firm a Technology Practice Group of the Year, and New York Law Journal, which honored us with the “Innovation Award” for “creative and inspiring approaches and forward‑thinking firms.”
Bringing together extensive legal expertise, technical knowledge and business judgment, we advise clients navigating the intersection of cutting‑edge technology and novel legal issues across industries and practice areas. This comprehensive focus allows us to provide a holistic approach to our clients’ most pressing—and often unprecedented—concerns, including with respect to artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain and digital assets, data analytics, financial and infrastructure technologies, mobile devices, robotics, software and open source, and the Web3 ecosystem.
Our corporate expertise includes traditional transactional matters—such as mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, financing transactions and governance considerations—as well as technology licensing and development transactions, strategic management of technology assets, and the establishment and optimization of technology development and commercialization programs. Our litigators have extensive experience with respect to patent, trade secret, antitrust, general commercial, securities and shareholder derivative litigation, as well as related advisory matters and investigations.
The transactions and cases we handle within the technology sector frequently involve complex intellectual property issues, often of major strategic and financial importance to our clients. We have expansive knowledge and experience with respect to these matters, including strategic counseling, portfolio development and licensing and other exploitation, and our team is well versed in navigating United States Patent and Trademark Office regulations. We also provide counsel with respect to the regulatory horizon, develop legal frameworks for data ownership and licensing, and handle the acquisition of data and AI technologies.
Our work in this space is routinely recognized by third-party publications, including Law360, which has named the Firm a Technology Practice Group of the Year, and New York Law Journal, which honored us with the “Innovation Award” for “creative and inspiring approaches and forward‑thinking firms.”
Deals & Cases
September 14, 2026
On September 9, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a motion to dismiss all claims in their entirety on behalf of Cravath client Oddity Tech Ltd. (“Oddity”) and individual defendants in a putative securities fraud class action.
Deals & Cases
August 31, 2026
Cravath represented Illumina, Inc. in connection with its $1 billion revolving credit facility. Illumina, Inc. is a global leader in sequencing- and array‑based solutions for genetic and genomic analysis. The transaction closed on August 13, 2026.
Deals & Cases
August 24, 2026
Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $2 billion registered senior notes offering of Skyworks Solutions, Inc., a leading developer, manufacturer and provider of analog and mixed‑signal semiconductor products and solutions for numerous applications. Proceeds of the offering will be used to finance the acquisition of Qorvo, Inc. The transaction closed on August 10, 2026.
Deals & Cases
July 31, 2026
On July 30, 2026, TMX Group, a global provider of data, listing services, trading markets, clearing facilities and other services to the global financial community, announced a definitive agreement to make a strategic investment in MEMX, an exchange operator and market technology provider. Concurrent with that transaction, BOX, a U.S. equity options market with both electronic and floor-based trading, will be combined with MEMX, and TMX Group will have an approximately 59% ownership interest in the combined business. Under the terms of the agreement, this transaction will create a consolidated U.S. exchange group with an enterprise value of approximately $2.3 billion. The new entity will be funded by an equity investment from TMX Group of approximately $800 million, a rollover of TMX’s existing equity interest in BOX, committed rollovers from a group of MEMX and BOX investors, comprised of key market participants, and an investment from a new financial partner. Cravath is representing TMX Group in connection with the transaction.
Deals & Cases
June 30, 2026
Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $3 billion registered senior notes offering of Dell International L.L.C. and EMC Corporation. Dell International L.L.C. and EMC Corporation are wholly‑owned subsidiaries of Dell Technologies, a leading integrated technology solutions provider in the IT industry. The transaction closed on June 16, 2026.
Activities
September 15, 2026
On September 15, 2026, Cravath of counsel Scott B. Reents participated in Economist Enterprise’s 5th Annual General Counsel Summit US: Law in the Age of Systemic Risk in New York. The conference examined how the application of American law is losing some of its former predictability, reshaped by politics, technology and geopolitical strains and what this means for the role of the general counsel. Scott spoke at a workshop entitled “Turning AI Experimentation Into Practical Legal Capability,” which explored how lawyers identify effective AI use cases, balance the value of AI with confidence in its outputs and adapt the way they develop and apply their judgment.
Activities
September 14, 2026
On September 10, 2026, Cravath partners Nicholas A. Dorsey and C. Daniel Haaren and of counsel Virginia M. Anderson participated in The L Suite’s GC Roundtable Dinner: Decisions, Pressure and Perspective in New York. The L Suite is an invitation‑only executive peer community of CLOs, GCs and their teams. Nick co‑led the discussion around navigating board expectations, managing enterprise risk, responding to market pressures and making high-stakes decisions when the path forward isn’t always clear.
Publications
September 10, 2026
On September 9, 2026, Cravath published the latest edition of its Finance & Capital Markets Quarterly Review, which provides insight into practical points, key takeaways and relevant developments related to the bond, equity and loan markets and restructuring activity during the second quarter of 2026. Highlights from this edition include:
Publications
September 10, 2026
On September 9, 2026, Cravath published the latest edition of its Quarterly Review, which provides insight into practical points, key takeaways and relevant developments across the M&A, activism, tax, regulatory and corporate governance landscape. This edition covers:
Publications
August 26, 2026
On August 25, 2026, Cravath published the latest edition of its Venture Capital & Growth Equity Insights newsletter, which provides insight into U.S. and global venture capital and related activity during the first half of 2026 and an outlook for the rest of the year. Key takeaways from this edition include:
Deals & Cases
September 14, 2026
On September 9, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a motion to dismiss all claims in their entirety on behalf of Cravath client Oddity Tech Ltd. (“Oddity”) and individual defendants in a putative securities fraud class action.
Deals & Cases
August 31, 2026
Cravath represented Illumina, Inc. in connection with its $1 billion revolving credit facility. Illumina, Inc. is a global leader in sequencing- and array‑based solutions for genetic and genomic analysis. The transaction closed on August 13, 2026.
Deals & Cases
August 24, 2026
Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $2 billion registered senior notes offering of Skyworks Solutions, Inc., a leading developer, manufacturer and provider of analog and mixed‑signal semiconductor products and solutions for numerous applications. Proceeds of the offering will be used to finance the acquisition of Qorvo, Inc. The transaction closed on August 10, 2026.
Deals & Cases
July 31, 2026
On July 30, 2026, TMX Group, a global provider of data, listing services, trading markets, clearing facilities and other services to the global financial community, announced a definitive agreement to make a strategic investment in MEMX, an exchange operator and market technology provider. Concurrent with that transaction, BOX, a U.S. equity options market with both electronic and floor-based trading, will be combined with MEMX, and TMX Group will have an approximately 59% ownership interest in the combined business. Under the terms of the agreement, this transaction will create a consolidated U.S. exchange group with an enterprise value of approximately $2.3 billion. The new entity will be funded by an equity investment from TMX Group of approximately $800 million, a rollover of TMX’s existing equity interest in BOX, committed rollovers from a group of MEMX and BOX investors, comprised of key market participants, and an investment from a new financial partner. Cravath is representing TMX Group in connection with the transaction.
Deals & Cases
June 30, 2026
Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $3 billion registered senior notes offering of Dell International L.L.C. and EMC Corporation. Dell International L.L.C. and EMC Corporation are wholly‑owned subsidiaries of Dell Technologies, a leading integrated technology solutions provider in the IT industry. The transaction closed on June 16, 2026.
Activities
September 15, 2026
On September 15, 2026, Cravath of counsel Scott B. Reents participated in Economist Enterprise’s 5th Annual General Counsel Summit US: Law in the Age of Systemic Risk in New York. The conference examined how the application of American law is losing some of its former predictability, reshaped by politics, technology and geopolitical strains and what this means for the role of the general counsel. Scott spoke at a workshop entitled “Turning AI Experimentation Into Practical Legal Capability,” which explored how lawyers identify effective AI use cases, balance the value of AI with confidence in its outputs and adapt the way they develop and apply their judgment.
Activities
September 14, 2026
On September 10, 2026, Cravath partners Nicholas A. Dorsey and C. Daniel Haaren and of counsel Virginia M. Anderson participated in The L Suite’s GC Roundtable Dinner: Decisions, Pressure and Perspective in New York. The L Suite is an invitation‑only executive peer community of CLOs, GCs and their teams. Nick co‑led the discussion around navigating board expectations, managing enterprise risk, responding to market pressures and making high-stakes decisions when the path forward isn’t always clear.
Publications
September 10, 2026
On September 9, 2026, Cravath published the latest edition of its Finance & Capital Markets Quarterly Review, which provides insight into practical points, key takeaways and relevant developments related to the bond, equity and loan markets and restructuring activity during the second quarter of 2026. Highlights from this edition include:
Publications
September 10, 2026
On September 9, 2026, Cravath published the latest edition of its Quarterly Review, which provides insight into practical points, key takeaways and relevant developments across the M&A, activism, tax, regulatory and corporate governance landscape. This edition covers:
Publications
August 26, 2026
On August 25, 2026, Cravath published the latest edition of its Venture Capital & Growth Equity Insights newsletter, which provides insight into U.S. and global venture capital and related activity during the first half of 2026 and an outlook for the rest of the year. Key takeaways from this edition include:
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