Sam Zucker
Partner
Sam Zucker is a partner in O’Melveny's Silicon Valley office and a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. Sam concentrates on corporate transactions for life sciences and growth companies in the U.S. 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 public and private financings
- Cross-border and multi-jurisdictional transactions
- Concentrated representations in health care, biotechnology, and medical devices.
Professional Activities
Clerkship, Honorable Fred I. Parker, U.S. 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" section (2007 and 2008);
The Legal 500 Recommended Lawyer in "Venture Capital and Emerging Technology" category (2007 and 2008); 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.