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Matthew Gemello

Senior Partner

Silicon Valley

Matthew Gemello is a seasoned deal lawyer who guides global technology companies and their financial sponsors through transformational domestic and cross-border transactions. Leveraging his deep industry expertise, Matthew advises on deals ranging from private company buyouts and public takeovers in the United States and around the world, to complex, multi-jurisdictional spinoffs and business carveouts.

He has earned recognition as a leading lawyer from numerous publications, including Legal 500, and was selected by the San Francisco and Los Angeles Daily Journal as one of California’s top 10 Innovative Corporate Lawyers.

Matthew, who formerly served as the leader of Orrick’s global Corporate Business Unit, today works closely with Orrick leaders in London and across Europe to drive strategic growth and support the firm’s expanding transatlantic practice.

He is an innovator, thought leader and frequent speaker at Stanford University’s Rock Center for Corporate Governance, where he shares insights on topics including emerging M&A trends and the transformative impact of technology and AI on legal practice.

A dedicated mentor, sponsor and coach, Matthew is deeply committed to developing the next generation of legal talent at Orrick and within the broader legal community.

    • Workday in its acquisitions of Sana Labs AB (announced deal value US$1.1 billion) (2025), Paradox (announced deal value US$1.0 billion) (2025), Pipedream (2025), Flowise (2025), Evisort (2024), HiredScore (2024), Peakon ApS (announced deal value US$700 million) (2021), Zimit (2021) and VDNLY (announced deal value US$510 million) (2021).
    • Intersect in its sale to Alphabet (announced deal value US$4.75 billion) (2025).
    • SAP in its acquisition of WalkMe (announced deal value US$1.5 billion) (2024).
    • EPAM Systems in its acquisition of Neoris from Advent and Cemex (announced deal value US$630 million) (2024).
    • PROENERGY Holdings in its strategic investment by Energy Capital Partners (2024).
    • Turn/River Capital in 10+ strategic software investments and subsequent sale transactions.
    • Toyota in its strategic investments in Joby and participation in its de-SPAC business combination (2019, 2021 and 2024), Aurora Innovation (2020) and its subsequent de-SPAC business combination (2021), Didi (2019), Pony.ai (2020) and a series of confidential, non-public transactions in the mobility space.
    • True Wind Capital in its strategic investments in DCM Services (2025), W Energy Software (2022+) and Envoy Global (2022+), and other confidential, non-public investment transactions.
    • Significant exits by Beacon (acquired by Clearwater 2025), Coda (combination with Grammarly 2024) and SunFunder (acquired by Mirova/Natixis Investment Managers 2022).