At Baker Botts L.L.P., the team handles a broad array of issues, ranging from tech-related venture capital transactions to outsourcing and development arrangements, as well as licensing matters. The team primarily works with clients in the digital infrastructure, energy tech, and life sciences sectors. The practice is jointly led by Dallas-based Samantha Hale Crispin, who handles corporate transactions, private equity deals, and strategic alliances for clients in the TMT sector, and New York-based Jonathan Gordon, who assists clients with both public and private M&A as well as with the acquisition and sale of digital assets. In Washington DC, Luke Pedersen offers know-how in cloud computing, SaaS agreements, and open-source software.
Key clients
- AB Dynamics PLC
- Advanced Technologies Group
- Airdyne Aerospace
- Aireon Technologies
- American Honda Motor Co.
- Bluedot Innovation, Inc.
- BMC Software
- Broken Hill Proprietary (USA) Inc.
- Brother Industries Ltd.
- Chime Inc.
- Cipla Ltd.
- ConsenSys Software Inc.
- Dolan Family, The
- DXC Technology Company
- DZS, Inc.
- Eaton Corporation
- Eden GeoPower, Inc.
- Element3 Health, Inc.
- Envision Peripherals, Inc.
- ESO Solutions, Inc.
- Fathom5 Corporation
- Form Automation Solutions, Inc.
- GrubHub Holdings Inc.
- Halcyon House LLC
- Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Harland & Wolff
- Hyperscience
- Hyphen Solutions, LLC
- i2Chain, Inc.
- Ifly Holdings LLC
- Iridium Technologies
- Lazarus3D, Inc.
- Legato Capital Management, LLC
- Liberty Media Corporation
- Logicworks
- Lorin Selby
- Ludis Analytics Inc.
- Lyft, Inc.
- Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.
- Mediacom Communications Corporation
- Majid Al Futtaim Holding LLC
- MIR Ventures
- Motorola Solutions, Inc.
- MSG Networks Inc.
- NEC Corporation
- Novacap TMT VI L.P.
- Oxford Nanopore Technologies Limited
- Platina Systems Corporation
- Preem Inc.
- RWE Supply & Trading GmbH
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Saudi Research and Media Group
- Selby Partners Consulting LLC
- Swiftly Systems, Inc.
- SwiftSku Incorporated
- Swire Pacific Limited
- TechsoMed Medical Technologies Ltd.
- Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
- Versogen, Inc.
- Warwick Carbon Solutions Development Company LP
Work highlights
- Advised BHP Ventures on a wide range of venture financings and transactions in the tech and energy tech space, including 16 separate financing transactions totaling $299m.
- Advised Swiftly Systems on its $100m Series C funding round and acted as general counsel in numerous matters.
- Represented Versogen as general counsel, corporate counsel, and transactional counsel in its first institutional round of venture funding, raising $16.75m.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Samantha Hale Crispin, Jonathan Gordon