Mena is engaged in a diverse practice handling stand-alone tech deals in addition to the tech side of corporate deals across a variety of industries, as outlined below.

Select tech transactions:

• London Stock Exchange Group on various IP and data license agreements.
• Volkswagen on its investment in and related collaboration and development arrangements with QuantumScape; and on the sale of its autonomous driving unit to Argo AI and entry into a joint venture with Ford covering the development, license and use of autonomous vehicle systems.
• Google on its $4.5 billion transaction with Jio Platforms, including investment and governance arrangements, and commercial agreements to develop an affordable smartphone with an optimized operating system.
• Royal Caribbean on deploying Bluetooth boarding passes and onboard trackers.
• American Tower Corporation in connection with its deployment of “fiber to the home” in South Africa.
• SightX in connection with a technology and services license agreement with Apollo.
• Airbus on the carve-out of Bombardier’s C-Series aircraft program and establishment of the A220 aircraft program.

Select M&A transactions:

• TriNet on its acquisition of Clarus R+D Solutions.
• Carlotz on its sale to Shift Technologies.
• eBay on its acquisition of TCGplayer. 
• Siemens on the sale of its global low-voltage NEMA motors business to ABB.
• Google on its pending $5.4 billion acquisition of publicly-traded Mandiant Inc., as well as related transactions with Blackstone and other private equity sponsor holders of convertible preferred stock of Mandiant.
• Ericsson on its $6.2 billion acquisition of Vonage.
• América Móvil on transactions to form a multi-billion dollar telecom JV with Liberty Latin America in Chile and to sell Claro Panama to Liberty Latin America.
• Axel Springer on its acquisition of Allbritton, including publications POLITICO, Protocol and POLITICO Europe (a joint venture with Allbritton).
• Western Union on the $910 million sale of Western Union Business Solutions to Goldfinch Partners and Baupost Group.
• Honeywell on the combination of Honeywell Quantum Solutions and Cambridge Quantum Computing and acquisition of a majority stake in the combined company.
• London Stock Exchange Group on its $27 billion acquisition of Refinitiv from a consortium including Blackstone, CPPIB, GIC and Thomson Reuters.
• AstraZeneca on its $39 billion acquisition of Alexion Pharmaceuticals.
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise on its $925 million acquisition of Silver Peak and acquisition of Determined AI.
• ams OSRAM on the sale of its digital systems business in North America to Acuity.
• Royal Caribbean on the carve-out sale of its high-end cruise business Azamara to Sycamore Partners; and on its $1.3 billion acquisition of Hapag-Lloyd’s cruise shipping business.
• Starbucks on its $7.15 billion long-term licensing sales alliance with Nestlé related to its CPG business.
• Zymergen on its acquisition of Lodo Therapeutics.

Select going public transactions:

• Zymergen on its $575 million IPO and listing on Nasdaq.
• Li-Cycle on its $1.67 billion business combination with SPAC Peridot Acquisition Corp., including a concurrent $315 million PIPE.
• CarLotz on its $827 million merger with SPAC Acamar Partners Acquisition Corp.