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Gwen Karanadze

Gvantsa (Gwen) Karanadze

Associate
Baker & McKenzie LLP

Biography

Gwen Karanadze is an associate in the Transactional Group in Baker McKenzie's New York office, where her practice focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions.

Practice Focus

Gwen advises both public and private clients in mergers, tender offers, asset acquisitions, stock purchases, and other strategic corporate transactions. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Gwen advised a publicly traded technology company in Silicon Valley on matters related to mergers and acquisitions, private and public company equity investment, and post-merger restructuring.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Represented 65 Equity Partners Management in its investment transaction in Kendra Scott
  • Represented Lundbeck in its acquisition of Longboard Pharmaceuticals
  • Represented Bandcamp in its sale to Epic Games
  • Represented Olink Holding AB in its sale to Thermo Fisher
  • Represented Thomson Reuters in the divestment of its majority stake in Elite to TPG
  • Represented Mozilla Corporation in its acquisition of Fakespot and Anonym
  • Represented Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotels in the sale of Radisson Hospitality to Choice Hotels
  • Represented Ukraine-based Depositphotos in its acquisition by Vistaprint
  • Represented Saber Interactive Inc. in its acquisition of Demiurge Studios Inc.
  • Represented Global Ventures, Novastar Ventures West Africa Limited and Lightrock in an equity investment into Max, a Nigerian company
  • Represented Salesforce in its acquisition of Atonit, Lintao SA, and PredictSpring Inc.
  • Represented Planet Labs in its acquisition of Salo Sciences, Inc.

Prior to joining the Firm, Gwen assisted with the following matters:

  • Advised CloudGenix in sale to Palo Alto Networks
  • Advised Forte Biosciences on its merger with Tocagen in an all-stock transaction

Admissions

  • New York~United States (2022)
  • California~United States (2019)

Education

  • Stanford Law School (LLM) (2018)
  • Erasmus University Rotterdam (LLM) (2008)
  • Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (LLB) (2006)

Languages

  • English
  • Russian
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