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Joanna Pak

Senior Associate

New York

Joanna Pak is a Senior Associate in the New York office and a member of the M&A and Private Equity Group.

Joanna advises public and private companies in domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions across a range of industries, including the technology, artificial intelligence, renewable energy, financial and healthcare industries.

Prior to joining Orrick, Joanna was a corporate associate in the New York office of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.

  • Selected Representative Transactions:

    • NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA) in several strategic M&A transactions.
    • Aptean in its take-private acquisition of Logility Supply Chain Solutions.
    • EPAM Systems (NYSE: EPAM) in its acquisition of NEORIS from Advent International and Cemex.
    • SAP (NYSE: SAP) in its take-private acquisition of WalkMe.
    • K5 Global in the $2.25 billion acquisition of HistoSonics.
    • SFJ Pharmaceuticals in its acquisition of the Bentracimab drug program from PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals.
    • Trucordia (formerly PCF Insurance Services) in its management-led buyout and in securing a $500 million preferred equity investment co-led by Carlyle and HGGC, with significant investment participation from Blue Owl and Crescent Capital.
    • Ryzac (d/b/a Codecademy) in its $525 million acquisition by Skillsoft (NYSE: SKIL).
    • Nextworld in its acquisition of Data Systems International (d/b/a Cloud Inventory).
    • Peugeot in its $52 billion merger with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.*
    • National Grid (LSE: NG; NYSE: NGG) in its £7.8 billion acquisition of Western Power Distribution and its $3.8 billion sale of The Narragansett Electric Company.*
    • Synthomer (LSE: SYNT) in its $824 million take-private acquisition of OMNOVA Solutions.*

    *Joanna advised on these deals prior to joining Orrick.

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