Silicon Valley:
2765 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Phone+1-650-473-2638
Fax+1-650-473-2601

  • New York
    • Times Square Tower
      7 Times Square
      New York, NY 10036
      Phone+1-212-326-2410
      Fax+1-212-326-2061

 

Sam Zucker

Partner


Sam Zucker is a partner in O'Melveny's Silicon Valley and New York offices.  Sam concentrates on corporate transactions for growth and life sciences companies in the US and overseas.  His practice includes mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, joint ventures, strategic alliances and partnerships, venture capital and private equity financings, international and multi-jurisdictional transactions, public and private securities offerings, and regulatory matters including SEC, Nasdaq, and NYSE rules and regulations.  He works extensively with the Firm's international offices on acquisitions, joint ventures, and financings throughout the world.

Sam advises his clients' management and boards of directors on corporate governance and critical strategic matters, including acquisitions, corporate development, and capital market strategies as well as general corporate and regulatory issues.

Illustrative Professional Experience

  • Multi-jurisdictional mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances and partnerships, and public and private financings
  • Cross-border and multi-jurisdictional transactions
  • Concentrated representations of investors and portfolio companies in healthcare, biotechnology, and medical devices

Professional Activities

Clerkship, Honorable Fred I. Parker, US Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Visiting Scholar, Yale Law School, Ford, Holtzmann, and Olin fellow
Member, Healthcare Development Council, Entrepreneurs Foundation
Recognitions, Chambers and Partners, Leading Lawyer in "Corporate/M&A" and "Life Sciences" sections (2007, 2008, and 2009); The Legal 500, Recommended Lawyer in "Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts: Venture Capital and Emerging Technology" category (2007, 2008, and 2009); Named to the Daily Journal's 2008 "Top 20 Under 40" list of leading California lawyers under the age of 40; named to the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal's 2008 "Top 40 Under 40" list of rising stars in the Silicon Valley business community.

Yale Law School, J.D.: Coker and McCarthy fellow

Columbia University, B.A.: magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa


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