Thomas J. Ivey

Thomas Ivey, head of Skadden's Palo Alto Corporate practice, represents clients in a broad range of corporate and securities law matters. He advises public and private companies in complex transactions, including the issuance of equity and debt, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, exchange offers and restructurings. He is a frequent adviser to boards of directors on corporate governance and activist situations and regularly represents underwriters, placement agents and financial advisors in technology-related transactions. His matters in recent years include representing: McClatchy Company in the $312 million sale of substantially all of its assets to its largest bondholder Chatham Asset Management; Tech and Energy Transition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company, in its $385 million IPO; ServiceNow in its $1.5 billion offering of senior notes; 8x8 in various matters including its acquisition of Fuze; Trimble in its $900 million offering of senior notes; the special committee of the SolarCity board in the company's $2.6 billion sale to Tesla; Public Investment Fund of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in its $3.5 billion investment in Uber; Autodesk in numerous matters, including its inaugural $1 billion sustainable bond offering; Azure Power Global Limited in its IPO and private placement; as well as dozens of SPAC IPOs and de-SPAC transactions.