Raphael Davidian

Raphael advises public companies, late-stage private companies and investors on mergers and acquisitions, strategic transactions and corporate governance matters, with an emphasis on technology-driven businesses. He works with boards, management teams and investment firms on the full spectrum of transactional and advisory matters – from minority investments and joint ventures to complex public company combinations and transformative cross-border deals.

Raphael’s experience includes representing acquirors, targets and financial sponsors in domestic and cross-border mergers, stock and asset acquisitions, carve outs, take-private transactions and growth equity investments. He has worked on strategic combinations and sale transactions for companies across the technology, semiconductor, software, fintech and media sectors, including multibillion-dollar deals involving some of the most recognized names in those industries. He also counsels clients on day-to-day corporate matters, including corporate governance, stakeholder and investor dynamics, and preparation for capital markets events.

Before attending law school, he competed as a world-ranked tennis player in tournaments across North America and Europe.

Raphael’s recent matters include representing:

• Activision Blizzard in its $75 billion acquisition by Microsoft*
• Splunk in its $28 billion acquisition by Cisco*
• Skyworks Solutions in its pending $22 billion combination with Qorvo*
• Credit Karma in its $8.1 billion sale to Intuit and the divestiture of Credit Karma Tax to Square*
• Coherent in its $7 billion sale to II-VI following a competitive three-party bidding process*
• Xperi Corporation in its $3 billion merger with TiVo*
• ServiceNow in its $2.85 billion acquisition of Moveworks*
• Intel, Netflix and Broadcom in various strategic technology acquisitions*
• Qualified in its acquisition by Salesforce

* Representation handled before joining Cooley

Raphael has professional working proficiency in German and Russian, and conversational proficiency in Armenian.