Claudia Torres

Claudia is an experienced corporate attorney primarily focusing on mergers and acquisitions involving private and public companies. Claudia partners with executives and boards to strategically grow their enterprises through acquisitions and to achieve successful exits. With significant domestic and international experience in business development and managing complex projects in the telecommunications and Internet industries, Claudia is uniquely positioned to effectively execute complex domestic and cross-border transactions and partner with clients to accomplish their business objectives.

Claudia has represented clients in a variety of industries including, technology, life sciences, software, digital media, online advertising, internet, healthcare technology, entertainment, consulting, fashion, consumer products and financial services technology.

Before joining Cooley, Claudia was counsel at Goodwin Procter. Prior to law school, she worked in the telecommunications industry and founded an international wholesale VOIP telecommunications carrier, serving as its president and CEO. Claudia previously worked as vice president of business development and as a project manager at another telecommunications company. Before entering the telecommunications industry, Claudia worked internationally conducting procurement and logistics for large-scale engineering and construction projects for the Techint Group and Burns and Roe. In recognition of her pro bono immigration work on behalf of detained unaccompanied children, the Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition (CAIR) recognized Claudia as a member of the 2015 CAIR Coalition Pro Bono Honor Roll. 

Representative Matters

Representative sell-side M&A transactions

• AccountantsWorld, a provider of cloud solutions for accountants, in its cross-border sale to IRIS
• Sales Boomerang, a provider of retention software for lenders, in its sale to LLR Partners
• Spacemaker AS, a Norwegian technology company, in its cross-border $240 million sale to Autodesk*
• Monotype Imaging in the sale of its subsidiary, short-form video content platform Olapic, to Social Native*
• Fixt Technologies, an on-demand technology repair company, in its acquisition by Assurant*
• A tech-enabled health services company in its acquisition by a premier private equity firm*
• Evariant, a healthcare consumer and physician engagement company, in its acquisition by Healthgrades*
• BlueTarp, a provider of business-to-business credit management programs, in its acquisition by Capital One*
• Ablynx NV in its cross-border $4.8 billion sale to Sanofi*
• PCI Synthesis, a leading US pharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organization, in its acquisition by Novacap*
• Ocera Therapeutics in its sale to Mallinckrodt through a public tender offer for approximately $42 million at closing and up to $75 million in contingent cash payments upon the achievement of milestones*
• Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, a leading global pharmaceutical company, in the sale of its specialty women’s global health business for approximately $2.48 billion*
• NeuStar, a global information services provider, in its sale to Golden Gate Capital and GIC for approximately $2.9 billion*
• Valore in its acquisition by Follett*
• Millennial Media, a mobile ad platform company, in its sale to Verizon’s AOL through a public tender offer for approximately $250 million*
• Kepware, a software development company, in its sale to PTC for approximately $100 million upfront, plus $18 million in earnout consideration*
• Arbinet in its sale to Primus Telecommunications Group for approximately $28 million*
• Ion Torrent Systems in its acquisition by Life Technologies for approximately $725 million*
• Reveal Imaging Technologies, a manufacturer of explosive and other threat detection products and services, in its acquisition by Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC)*
• TwistDx in its acquisition by Alere for approximately $70 million*

Representative buy-side M&A transactions

• Blockdaemon, a blockchain infrastructure company, in its acquisition of Gem and cross-border acquisition of Anyblock
• Roman DBDR Technology Acquisition Corp. in connection with its pending business combination with CompoSecure Holdings in a transaction valued at approximately $1.2 billion*
• CarGurus, a global online automotive marketplace, in its acquisition of Autolist* 
• LTN Global Communications, a worldwide leader in broadcast-quality IP video transport solutions, in its acquisition of Make.TV and its acquisition of Crystal Computer Corp.* 
• Altimmune, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, in its acquisition of Spitfire Pharma for up to $93 million in upfront and contingent milestone cash and stock payments* 
• Hypertherm, a global manufacturer of industrial cutting products, in its acquisition of OMAX Corporation* 
• Quench USA, a leading water technology company, in its acquisition of Pure Health Solutions, a leading provider of filtered watercoolers and related services, for approximately $57.6 million*
• Ansys, an engineering software simulation company, in its acquisition of Computational Engineering International*
• DaVita in numerous acquisitions of dialysis centers*
• CVS Pharmacy in numerous acquisitions of retail pharmacies*
• Beacon Health Strategies in its acquisition of PsychCare*
• Nokia in its acquisition of MetaCarta* 

Joint ventures and complex commercial transactions

• EverTrue, a leading advancement automation platform, in connection with its strategic partnership with Graduway*
• Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, a leading global pharmaceutical company, in connection with its joint venture agreements*
• Code42, a leader in cloud-based endpoint data protection and recovery solutions, in connection with a strategic referral arrangement with Carbonite*
• Higi SH, a community-based health and wellness platform, in connection with a master hosted software and services agreement with a leading international retailer*
• StayNTouch, a provider of mobile hotel property management systems, in connection with the licensing of software and technology for the hospitality industry*
• Williams College in connection with a master license and services agreement with a leading provider of cloud-based construction program management software*
• RealtyClub Investment Advisors in connection with the licensing of online real estate equity crowdfunding technology*
• Intersections, a leading provider of consumer and corporate identity risk management services, in the drafting and negotiation of commercial agreements with its clients and vendors*
• Capital Clinical Integrated Network, a provider of care coordination services for the DC Medicaid population, in drafting and negotiating a technology and software services agreement, an end-user agreement, a service and maintenance agreement, and a privacy policy for the licensing of an application platform*
• DVF Studio, a leading fashion retailer, in the negotiation of a master service agreement for licensing an online gateway service between the client’s payment applications and financial institutions*

* Denotes transactions prior to joining Cooley.