Taylor Ball

Senior Associate

Santa Monica

Taylor advises public and private companies and individual executives on tax and securities issues related to equity-based compensation, including stock options, restricted stock, employee stock purchase plans, and deferred compensation arrangements, along with other compensation and benefits matters in the context of ongoing business operations and mergers and acquisitions.

Taylor’s recent sell-side experience includes having represented 

  • Heap Inc. in its acquisition by Content Square SAS
  • Casetext, Inc. in its acquisition by Thomson Reuters
  • BrightBytes, Inc. in its acquisition by Google
  • Green Street Power Partners in its sale of a majority equity interest to DIF Capital Partners
  • Clever Inc. in its acquisition by Kahoot!
  • 21st Century Fox, Inc.* in its acquisition by The Walt Disney Company
  • E Trade Financial Corporation* in its acquisition by Morgan Stanley
  • Rockwell Collins, Inc.* in its acquisition by United Technologies Corp.
  • DPx Holdings B.V.* in its acquisition by Thermo Fisher

Her recent buy-side experience includes having represented 

  • SAP SE in its acquisition of WalkMe Ltd.
  • Galaxy Digital LP in its acquisition of GK8 Ltd.
  • Workday in connection with multiple transactions, including its acquisition of Evisort, HiredScore, and Peakon
  • Marvell Technology in its acquisition of Tanzanite Silicon Solutions
  • Antin Infrastructure in its acquisition of GTL Leasing
  • Algolia in its acquisition of Search.io
  • IAC* in its acquisition of Care.com
  • French Multinational Luxury Goods Company* in its acquisition of Tiffany & Co.
  • Exact Sciences Corporation* in its acquisition of Genomic Health, Inc.
  • Hillenbrand, Inc.* in its acquisition of Milacron Holdings
*Denotes pre-Orrick experience.