Noah Kornblith

Partner

Noah Kornblith is an award-winning M&A specialist who advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, activist defense, SPAC transactions, and other significant corporate matters.

His practice emphasizes whole-company transactions, where he has represented major public and private companies as well as private equity sponsors and boards of directors in transactions ranging from exits of venture-backed companies valued in the hundreds of millions to multi-billion dollar public company M&A and de-SPAC transactions.

Honors & Awards

Named a “Top Rising Star” by The Deal (2021)
Named a "Rising Star" by Super Lawyers (2018-2021)

Admissions

Bar Admissions

California

Education

University of California, Hastings College of Law, J.D.: magna cum laude; Thurston Society; Editor, Hastings International and Comparative Law Review
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, B.A., Political Science

Professional Activities

Externships

Honorable Sandra B. Armstrong, US District Court, Northern District of California
Honorable Curtis E.A. Karnow, Superior Court of California

Speaking Engagements

Presenter, “End Game: What You Need to Know When Negotiating the Merger Agreement for a Public Company Sale Transaction,” O’Melveny Public Company Boot Camp series (October 2021)

Dragonfly Energy Corp., an energy provider and battery producer, in its definitive business combination with a Nasdaq-listed SPAC company, which will make it a public company valued at US$500 million
Blackstone Products in a US$900 million business combination with Ackrell SPAC Partners I Co.
BB&T Corporation in its US$1.8 billion acquisition of National Penn Bancshares
Cepton Technologies in its US$1.5 billion merger with the Growth Capital Acquisition Corp. SPAC
China Kanghui Holdings in its US$816 million acquisition by Medtronic
Dealertrack Technologies in its US$4 billion acquisition by Cox Automotive
Dealertrack Technologies in its US$1 billion acquisition of Dealer.com
DigitalGlobe in its US$3.6 billion acquisition by MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates
Electronics For Imaging in its US$1.7 billion acquisition by Siris Capital Group
Exar Corporation in its US$223 million acquisition of Integrated Memory Logic
Major shareholders of ESS Tech in its US$1.1 billion merger with the ACON S2 Acquisition Corp. SPAC
Faraday Future in its US$1 billion merger with the Property Solutions Acquisition Corp. SPAC
Finisar Corporation in its US$3.2 billion acquisition by II-VI
Glaukos Corporation in its US$500 million acquisition of Avedro
Lantronix in its acquisition of Maestro & FALCOM
Lantronix in its US$32 million acquisition of Transition Networks and Net2Edge from Communications Systems
Mentor Graphics in its US$4.5 billion acquisition by Siemens
Mercatus in its acquisition by State Street
Montage Technology Group in its US$693 million acquisition by Shanghai Pudong Science and Technology Investment Co.