Jane Ross
Office Managing Partner
Silicon Valley

Biography
Jane Ross represents buyers and sellers of public andprivate companies across many industries, with a focus
on the technology and life sciences sectors.

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Jane has handled multibillion-dollar transactions formany of Silicon Valley's most recognizable industryleading technology companies, as well as major global
companies in the areas of life sciences and digital
health. Her practice includes domestic and cross-border
M&A and complex joint venture transactions.

+1 650 463 4199

Jane was named "Best in Mergers and Acquisitions" byEuromoney's Women in Business Law Awards in 2015,
and The Legal 500 recognizes her as a standout inMergers, Acquisitions, and Buyouts, describing her as "awonderful M&A lawyer" who is "a pragmatic straightshooter, cost effective, and driven to achieve great
results for her clients."

Mergers and Acquisitions
Corporate Governance and PublicCompany Representation
Joint Ventures
Securities and Public Company
Advisory

Among her many accolades, Expert Guides recognized
her as an "expert" in M&A by "Women in Business Law"
in 2022. California Lawyer magazine also recognized
her as one of its 2012 "California Attorneys of theYear," and IFLR1000 has also named her as a "Highlyregarded" lawyer for M&A and technology andtelecommunications in the U.S. for 2023. Jane was also
included in the Daily Journal's prestigious list of theTop 100 Lawyers in California in 2020.

Representative experience+1 650 463 4054

Fax
Emailjane.ross@hoganlovells.com

Practices

Industries
Life Sciences and Health Care
Technology and Telecoms

Areas of focus
Carve-outs, Spin-offs, and Split-offs
Cross-border Mergers andAcquisitions

Walmart on several acquisitions, including its pending
US$2.3bn acquisition of VIZIO and its US$16bn
acquisition of a majority stake in Flipkart
Salesforce on multiple transactions, including its
pending US$1.9bn acquisition of Own Company and its
acquisitions of Datorama and Bonobo AI

Hostile Takeovers and Takeover
DefensePublic Company Mergers andAcquisitions
Special Committee and Independent
Director Representations

Intel on the sale of minority interests in its IMS
Nanofabrication GmbH business, valued at US$4.3bn,
to Bain Capital, TSMC and Jeol Ltd.

Education and admissions

Intel Corporation on several acquisitions, including itsUS$15.4bn acquisition of Altera* and its US$900macquisition of Moovit
Adobe on multiple transactions, including its
US$4.75bn acquisition of Marketo and its US$1.68bn
acquisition of Magento Commerce
eBay on multiple transactions, including its US$2.4bn
acquisition and subsequent sale of GSI Commerce* andits acquisition of Giosis Pte Ltd's Japanese ecommercebusiness, including the Qoo10 platform

Education
LL.B., McGill University, withdistinction, 1997
B.C.L., McGill University, withdistinction, 1997
B.Com., McGill University, 1993

Bar admissions andqualifications

Gilead on multiple transactions, including its
approximate US$1.4bn acquisition of CV Therapeutics
and its US$600m acquisition of Calistoga
Pharmaceuticals*

California
QuebecJazz Pharmaceuticals' US$1bn acquisition of Gentium
S.p.A.*

Accolades

Meta / Facebook on multiple transactions, including its
US$16bn acquisition of WhatsApp* and its US$5.7bn
investment in Jio Platforms Limited in India
Novartis on its acquisition of Amblyotech
PayPal on multiple transaction, including its acquisitionand subsequent sale of Happy Returns and its
acquisition of Chargehound*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.

Awards and rankings
Corporate/M&A: The Elite (California – SF/SV &surrounding areas), Band 2, Chambers USA, 2020-"She wows everyone with her
intellectual horsepower and cananticipate what I'm thinking. She's
one of the finest technical lawyers
I've ever worked with. She hasremarkable talent."

Chambers USA"A wonderful M&A lawyer... apragmatic straight-shooter, costeffective and driven to achieve great
results for her clients."

Legal 500

2024
Corporate/M&A (International & Cross-Border) –USA, Band 2, Chambers Global, 2021-2024
Corporate/M&A (Northern California), Chambers
USA, 2012-2019
USA Thought Leader, M&A, Who's Who Legal, 2023
Global Leader: M&A, Who's Who Legal, 2023
M&A, Highly Regarded, IFLR1000, 2023
Technology and Telecommunications, HighlyRegarded, IFLR1000, 2023
Expert in M&A, Expert Guides' Women in Business
Law, 2022
Top 100 Lawyers in California, Daily Journal, 20122015, 2018-2020
M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Large Deals($1bn+), Legal 500 US, 2018-2019
Healthcare: Life Sciences, Legal 500 US, 2018
Top Women Lawyers, Daily Journal, 2011-2016
Top Women Leaders in Tech Law, The Recorder,2014-2016
Best in M&A, International Financial Law Review,2015
Best in Mergers and Acquisitions, Euromoney's
Women in Business Law Awards, 2015

Latest thinking and events
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Silicon Valley M&A ForumAwards & rankings
Hogan Lovells' Northern California offices named
Bay Area Top Places to work by the San Francisco
Chronicle
Hogan Lovells Events
M&A Boot Camp training series
Hogan Lovells Events
Silicon Valley M&A ForumMedia mention
Partners Rick Climan, Global Head of Tech M&A,
Jane Ross, Office Managing Partner of the Silicon
Valley office, and Katherine Keeley are leading theHogan Lovells team in advising Walmart in its
multi-billion dollar acquisition of VIZIO
Press releases
Hogan Lovells Advising Walmart in Multi-Billion
Dollar Acquisition of VIZIO