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Benet J. O’Reilly is a leading M&A lawyer who advises clients on complex, high-stakes transactions, with a focus on public and private M&A, cross-border deals, carve-outs, divestitures and restructuring-related matters. With more than two decades of experience, he is known for bringing strategic judgment, practical advice and steady execution to transactions involving significant business, regulatory and timing pressures.
Benet’s practice is particularly focused on technology, life sciences, healthcare and other innovation-driven sectors, where clients rely on him to navigate transformative transactions and complex deal dynamics. His recent matters include representing Shionogi in its $2.5 billion acquisition of global rights to RADICAVA ORS and IV RADICAVA and its acquisition of Qpex Biopharma; GSK in its acquisitions of Aiolos Bio and Boston Pharmaceuticals’ lead asset efimosfermin; Synopsys in its $35 billion acquisition of Ansys; Atlassian in its $975 million acquisition of Loom; American Tower in its $10.1 billion acquisition of CoreSite and $3.5 billion acquisition of InSite; and IFF in its $45.4 billion Reverse Morris Trust merger with DuPont’s Nutrition & Biosciences business.
As a founding partner of Cleary’s San Francisco office, Benet helps lead the firm’s West Coast M&A work for technology, life sciences and other innovation-driven companies. Other clients have included Alphabet/Google, Asahi Kasei, FullBeauty Brands, Goodyear, Hewlett-Packard, Juul Labs, Levi Strauss & Co., Post Holdings, Schibsted and Surescripts.
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Benet O'Reilly is recognized for his high-quality work in public and private M&A in the technology, healthcare and pharmaceuticals spaces. Additional capabilities can be seen in his experience in restructurings and private equity investments.
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Benet has good, sensible judgment.
Benet is an excellent M&A attorney and adviser. He is incredibly pragmatic and able to distill complex issues into comprehensible bites for our business leaders.
He has an ability to describe complex issues in a way which is easy to understand.
He is very caring and responsive against the backdrop of sophisticated, excellent advice.
Benet is strategic and able to handle enormous volume.
Benet has good, sensible judgment.
Benet is an excellent M&A attorney and adviser. He is incredibly pragmatic and able to distill complex issues into comprehensible bites for our business leaders.
He has an ability to describe complex issues in a way which is easy to understand.
He is very caring and responsive against the backdrop of sophisticated, excellent advice.
Benet is strategic and able to handle enormous volume.