As Chair of O’Melveny’s Technology Transactions Group, Adit Khorana represents clients in the structuring and negotiation of complex domestic and international technology deals, including strategic alliances, joint ventures, and other collaboration and partnering arrangements, acquisitions and spin-offs, licensing, development, manufacturing and supply chain arrangements, and litigation settlements. Additionally, he provides strategic advice regarding all aspects of technology and intellectual property law.
Adit advises technology companies, from start-ups to Fortune 100 corporations, with particular emphasis on semiconductor, mobile/wireless, artificial intelligence/machine learning, robotics, virtual/augmented reality, automotive, data center, cloud computing, battery/energy storage, computer hardware/software, and consumer electronics companies. Adit also regularly counsels emerging technology companies regarding business and revenue models and strategies, as well as a broad range of technology and intellectual property issues.
While attending Stanford Law School, Adit served as an editor of Stanford Law & Technology.
Advised Broadcom on its US$69 billion acquisition of VMware.
Advised Lucid Motors on its partnership with Uber and Nuro to deploy a fleet of autonomous robotaxis.
Advised Broadcom on the US$4 billion sale of its End-User Computing business to KKR.
Advised Samsung SDI on its US$3.5 billion EV battery joint venture with General Motors.
Advised Lucid Motors on its partnership to supply EV powertrain and battery technology to Aston Martin.
Advised Broadcom on the sale of its VeloCloud SD-WAN business to Arista Networks.
Advised Samsung SDI on its US$2.5 billion StarPlus Energy EV battery joint venture with Stellantis.
Advised Broadcom on its US$10.7 billion acquisition of Symantec’s Enterprise Security business.
Advised TiVo on its merger with Xperi Corporation, representing approximately US$3 billion of combined enterprise value, creating a leading consumer and entertainment technology business and one of the industry’s largest intellectual property licensing platforms.
Advised Broadcom on its US$18.9 billion acquisition of CA Technologies, one of the world's leading providers of information technology management software and solutions.
Advised The Carlyle Group on its majority investment in HireVue, which provides a comprehensive suite of AI-driven talent assessment and video interviewing solutions.
Advised digital communications platform SendGrid on its US$2 billion sale to Twilio in an all-stock transaction.
Advised SoftBank Vision Fund on its agreement to invest US$450 million in Compass, making it the largest real estate tech investment in US history.
Advised the SoftBank Vision Fund on its US$940 million investment in Nuro, a robotics/autonomous vehicle company.
Advised Clearlake Capital Group-backed Perforce Software on its agreement to acquire Rogue Wave Software, a leading independent provider of cross-platform software developer tools and embedded components.
Represented SoftBank Vision Fund on leading real estate technology company Compass’ US$400 million Series F financing round.
Represented SoftBank Vision Fund on its US$240 million Series C investment in Brandless.
Advised Mattersight, a pioneer in personality-based software applications, on its acquisition by NICE, a provider of cloud and local enterprise software solutions.
Advised Livestream on its sale to Vimeo, the world’s largest ad-free open video platform.
Advised SoftBank Vision Fund on leading a US$1.1 billion equity investment in Roivant Sciences.
Admissions
Bar Admissions
California
Registered to Practice
United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO)
Education
Stanford Law School, J.D., 1994: Editor, Stanford Law & Technology
Purdue University, B.S., 1990, Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering, summa cum laude
Honors & Awards
Recognized by Chambers USA in the category of Technology (2021-2026)
Recommended Lawyer, The Legal 500 US 2018 (Industry Focus: Media, technology and telecoms – Technology: transactions)
Professional Activities
Speaker
“Videogames, Work and Commerce in the Metaverse,” Stanford Digital Economy Best Practices Conference (June 13, 2022)