The Deal Awards have recognized Goodwin for excellence across three categories in 2021. Maggie Wong was named Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech Dealmaker of the Year (Large Cap), and Goodwin teams were recognized for their leading role in the T-Mobile and Sprint merger, which was named Deal of the Year (Large Cap), and for representing Slack in its acquisition by Salesforce, which was named Technology Media and Telecom Deal of the Year (Large Cap).
Wong is a San Francisco-based partner in Goodwin’s Life Sciences practice. Known for advising clients on corporate, transactional and strategic matters throughout their lifecycle, her varied practice represents emerging companies in the biotechnology, medical device, diagnostics, specialty pharmaceuticals and healthcare information technology sectors. Wong is also a Steering Committee member leading the development of Goodwin’s groundbreaking PropSci
Goodwin served as legal counsel to the independent Transaction Committee of the Board of Directors of Sprint Corporation as part of T-Mobile US, Inc.’s merger with Sprint Corporation to create the New T-Mobile. Completing this deal took years of complex negotiations and nearly two years of regulatory review. The Goodwin team representing the Transaction Committee of Sprint was led by Stuart Cable and Mark Opper and included Deborah Birnbach, Paul Jin, Caroline Bullerjahn, Richard Matheny, Jennifer Fay, Jennifer Chunias and Morgan Mordecai and Caroline Galiatsos.
A Goodwin Technology team advised channel-based messaging platform Slack Technologies, Inc. on its acquisition by leading customer relationship management provider (CRM) Salesforce. Under the terms of the agreement, Slack stockholders received $26.79 in cash and 0.0776 shares of Salesforce common stock for each Slack share, representing an enterprise value of approximately $27.7 billion. The Goodwin team was led by Andrew Goodman, included Tevia Pollard, Kathryn Weston, Amy Dau, Lynda Galligan, Monica Patel, Andre Amorim, Paul Jin, Jim Barri, Han Chang, Jim Riley, Molly Brekhus, and Jacob Osborn.
The Deal Awards celebrate the advisers, professionals, firms, and banks driving the market forward in activism, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and restructuring. Deals under consideration were announced or completed between Jan. 1, 2020, and Dec. 31, 2020, and involved at least one party based in the United States.