Neeta Sahadev

Overview

Neeta advises domestic and international clients—both public and private—on a wide range of business law matters, including strategic acquisitions, cross-border transactions, SPACs, joint ventures, partnerships and private investments. Her practice focuses on corporate M&A with particular emphasis on strategic private M&A transactions, spanning a broad array of industries including technology, gaming, aviation, consumer goods and retail, cybersecurity, e-commerce, fintech and fast-moving consumer goods.

Neeta is committed to being a trusted advisor to her clients, ensuring they are well-prepared and positioned for success in every transaction. Clients describe Neeta as collaborative, detail-oriented and responsive, with strong business acumen, and value her ability to adapt to each client’s unique legal needs.

Having lived and worked in the Middle East, Canada and the U.S., Neeta brings a uniquely diverse and well-rounded perspective to her practice. This global background enables her to work seamlessly with teams and clients from a variety of backgrounds and cultures.

Neeta’s work has been recognized with the “Emerging Leaders Award” by The M&A Advisor and the “Rising Star” award for Mergers & Acquisitions by Euromoney. She was also shortlisted for the Women in Business Law Americas Awards: North America Rising Star (Corporate M&A). Neeta has previously served as a board member of the South Asian Bar Association of Northern California and is a frequent author and speaker on technology and strategic private M&A matters.

Prior to joining Benesch, Neeta was a corporate M&A partner in the Silicon Valley office of White & Case LLP. Neeta also practiced as an M&A attorney in the Toronto office of Gowling WLG. 

Representative Matters

*Matter completed prior to joining Benesch. 

• Served as interim general counsel of a cryptocurrency hosting and mining company during a client secondment. *
• Represented Intel Corporation in a series of acquisitions of technology companies. *
• Represented Screaming Eagle Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: SEAC), a SPAC, in its $4.6 billion business combination with the studio business of LionsGate. *
• Advised EchoStar (NASDAQ: SATS), a global, fully integrated communications and content delivery leader, on its entry into a definitive agreement with DIRECTV for the acquisition of EchoStar’s video distribution business. *
• Served on transaction committee of the board of DigitalBridge Group, Inc., a global digital infrastructure investment firm, on its sale to SoftBank Group Corp. for a total enterprise value of approximately $4 billion. *
• Represented Danone, a leading global food and beverage company, in its acquisition of Functional Formularies, a leading whole foods tube feeding business in the US. *
• Advised ConvergeOne, an advanced technology and solutions company now known as C1, on its prepackaged chapter 11 plan in the United States Bankruptcy Court. *
• Represented Helix Acquisition Corp. II (NASDAQ: HXLB), a SPAC sponsored by affiliates of Cormorant Asset Management, in its business combination with BridgeBio Oncology Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company advancing a next-generation pipeline of novel small-molecule therapeutics targeting RAS and PI3Kα malignancies. *
• Represented dMY Squared Technology Group, Inc. (NYSE American: DMYY), a SPAC, in its business combination with Horizon Quantum Computing Pte. Ltd., a developer of advanced software tools that bridge the gaps between quantum hardware and applications. *
• Represented Flying Eagle Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: FEAC), a SPAC, in its $4.3 billion business combination with Skillz Inc., a mobile-gaming company based in California. *
• Represented Ascendant Digital Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: ACND), a SPAC, in its $3 billion business combination with Beacon Street Group, LLC, a leading multi-brand digital subscription service platform that provides premium financial research, software, education and tools for self-directed investors. *
• Represented Zanite Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: ZNTE, ZNTEU, ZNTEW), a SPAC, in its $2.4 billion business combination agreement with Embraer S.A., a Brazilian multinational aerospace manufacturer, to acquire EVE UAM, LLC, an Urban Air Mobility business. *
• Advised Fexjet, a global leader in subscription-based private aviation, on its entry into a $3 billion business combination agreement with Horizon Acquisition Corporation II, a SPAC. *
• Represented Cellebrite DI Ltd., the global leader in Digital Intelligence solutions for the public and private sectors, in its $2.4 billion business combination with TWC Tech Holdings II Corp (NASDAQ: TWCT), a SPAC.*
• Represented dMY Technology Group, Inc. II (NYSE: DMYD), a SPAC, in its $1.68 billion business combination with UK-based Genius Sports Group. *
• Represented AutoLotto, Inc., a leading platform to play the lottery online, in its $526 million business combination with Trident Acquisitions Corp. (NASDAQ: TDACU, TDAC, TDACW), a SPAC. *
• Represented Vox Media Holdings, Inc., one of the nation’s leading media production companies, in its stock-for-stock business combination with Group Nine Media, Inc., another prominent media production company. *
• Represented Salesforce.org, the world’s leading customer relationship management (CRM) provider for social good organizations, in its acquisition of roundCorner, a company specializing in CRM solutions for nonprofits, foundations and other social impact sectors. *
• Advised Square, a leading digital payments company, on the founding of the Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance (COPA), a non-profit community formed to encourage the adoption and advancement of cryptocurrency technologies with the aim of removing patents as a barrier to growth and innovation. *
• Represented Siemplify, an Israeli cybersecurity and security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR) provider, in its sale to Google LLC. *
• Represented CyberArk Software Ltd. (NASDAQ: CYBR) in its $42 million acquisition of Conjur, Inc. *
• Represented Aixtron, Inc. in the sale of its ALD/CVD memory product line to Eugene Technology, Inc. *
• Represented Advance Stores Company, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Advance Auto Parts, Inc., in its acquisition of the DieHard brand from Transform Holdco LLC, a leading integrated retailer. *
• Represented Biosight Ltd., a privately held pharmaceutical development company developing innovative therapeutics for hematological malignancies and disorders, in its reverse merger transaction with Advaxis, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADXS). *
• Advised Elemental Holding SA, on its strategic partnership with Mitsubishi Corporation for platinum group metals (PGM) recycling. *
• Represented Celestica Inc. (NYSE: CLS), a Canadian multinational electronics manufacturing services business, in its $306 million acquisition of PCI Private Ltd., a Singapore-based Southeast Asian electronics manufacturing and service business, from Platinum Private Equity. *
• Represented Magic Find Inc., a company that provides online gaming platforms for gamers and developers, in its acquisition of certain assets from Curse TV. *
• Represented Casino Group, a French retail conglomerate, and its subsidiary, Brazilian food retailer Grupo Pão de Açúcar (GPA), in the sale of their combined stake in Grupo Éxito to El Salvador-based food retailer Grupo Calleja. *
• Represented Kobalt Group, an independent rights management and publishing company, in its acquisition of In2une Inc., a radio promotion and music marketing firm. *
• Represented Sterigenics International LLC, a portfolio company of GTCR LLC, in its $826 million cross-border acquisition of Nordion Inc. *
• Represented YM Biosciences Inc. in its $510 million cross-border acquisition by Gilead Sciences, Inc. *
• Represented SAP AG of Germany in its cross-border acquisition of hybris, based in Switzerland. *
• Represented Royal Vopak in its acquisition of Canterm Canadian Terminals Inc. from TransMontaigne Inc., a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley. *
• Represented ABW Partnership, a partnership of GE Energy Financial Services and Alterra Power Corporation, in its acquisition of three Ontario-based solar projects from First Solar, Inc. *
• Advised PowerStream Inc. and, separately, its shareholders (the Ontario cities of Vaughan, Markham and Barrie) with respect to the CAD$607 million purchase of Hydro One Brampton Networks Inc. by PowerStream, Enersource Corporation and Horizon Utilities Corporation. *