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He has been recognized several times as California's Top Artificial Intelligence Lawyer by the Daily Journal, including Top Cybersecurity Lawyer of 2022.He has also been named "The Best Lawyers in America." In the $185 billion acquisition of Livongo Health by Teladoc Health (2021), the $153 billion acquisition of Mobileye, NV by Intel Corporation (2018), and the $370 billion acquisition of Avago Technologies by Broadcom Corporation (2016), He is also a key member of the transaction team that has won the California Bar Association Award (CLAY Award) for its innovative work.

intellectual property monetization strategies, development and license agreements, co-development agreements, pharmaceutical collaboration agreements, patent and other technology license agreements, trademark and copyright license agreements, sales and acquisitions of patents and other intellectual property assets; We represent clients in a variety of technical and commercial transactions involving the ownership, protection and exploitation of intellectual property.He also advises clients in a wide range of industries, including ad tech, fintech, and digital health, on cybersecurity and privacy issues related to the California Consumer Privacy Act, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, data rights, artificial intelligence and machine learning. We are also doing

In addition to transaction work, Mr. Kumayama has experience in a variety of patent and intellectual property-related cases, investigating and providing opinions on commercialization freedom, validity and non-infringement, analyzing the patent situation and We assess patent infringement risk, assess the strength and infringement of patent portfolios, and counsel clients on patent and other strategic intellectual property issues.She is a thought leader in patent analysis and a regular speaker on the topic.She also speaks regularly on subjects such as her patenting and M&A due diligence.Attorney Kumayama's pre-law studies, academic research, and work experience require a comprehensive knowledge of mathematics, computer programming (including C++, perl, and FORTRAN), science, theoretical chemistry, geophysics, and biotechnology. It included informatics and system administration of Linux networks.She is fluent in Japanese and has worked as a lawyer in a Japanese law firm and in a Japanese company for over 4 years combined.She writes on patent monetization and Internet privacy issues, and speaks in Japanese and English on topics such as eDiscovery trends and patent exhaustion.

Kumayama is co-chair of Palo Alto's hiring committee.

The main cases in which Mr. Kumayama was involved are as follows.

semiconductor
• Entegris, Inc.'s pending $65 billion acquisition of CMC Materials, Inc.;
・Intel Corporation's acquisition of Mobileye, NV for $153 billion, spin-off with TPG Capital, LP for $42 billion and establishment of joint venture independent cybersecurity company McAfee, spin-off to Wind River subsidiary TPG Capital, LP, Intel's various acquisitions, including the sale of most of its smartphone business to Apple for $10 billion and the sale of its home gateway platform division to MaxLinear.
Following Coherent's first announced $57 billion sale to Lumentum, Coherent responded to competing acquisition offers from MKS Instruments, II-VI, and Lumentum, and Coherent acquired II-VI after a three-way bidding war. sold for $3 billion to
Contributed to NXP Semiconductors NV's acquisition of Marvell Technology Group Ltd.'s Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity assets for $17 billion
Broadcom's $370 billion sale to Avago Technologies Ltd.; $1 million acquisition of Renesas Electronics Corp.'s wireless modem business; BroadLight, Inc. $6400 million acquisition; NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. $1 billion acquisition, numerous transactions including the acquisition of Bay Dynamics, Inc, and various inbound and outbound technology licensing agreements
・Xilinx, Inc. acquired by Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. for $490 billion
• Xperi Corporation's $30 billion merger of equals with TiVo Corporation and Tessera Technologies, Inc.'s (now Xperi) acquisition of DTS, Inc. for $8 million.
Concluded an agreement for the marketing and sales of Western Digital's data center storage systems in China for its data storage and solutions joint venture with Unisplendor Corporation Limited.
・Collaboration agreement between Advantest America, Inc. and PDF Solutions, Inc.
・Acquisition of QLogic Corp. by Cavium, Inc. for $14 billion and by Marvell Technology Group Ltd. for $60 billion
・Acquisition of Jasper Design Automation, Inc. by Cadence Design Systems Inc. for $1 million
Technology/Internet
- Activision Blizzard Inc. pending acquisition by Microsoft Corporation for $750 billion
・Acquisition of Twitter, Inc. for $440 billion by Elon Musk
・Acquisition of Dark Horse Media, LLC and Middle-earth Enterprises by Embracer Group AB
・Dell Technologies Inc.'s $40 billion sale of Boomi to Francisco Partners and TPG
・Scopely, Inc.'s $10 billion acquisition of GSN Games, Inc. from Game Show Network, LLC
・Represented Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. in the $3 million sale of Crystal Dynamics, Inc., Eidos Interactive Corp., and IP Catalog to Embracer Group AB
Saber Corporation sells AirCentre suite of flight and crew management software solutions to CAE Inc. for $3 million
Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. in several matters, including the $143 billion acquisition by affiliates of Digital Colony Partners and the EQT Infrastructure IV fund, the largest media and communications-driven buyout since the 2008 financial crisis. on behalf of.Also, sale of zColo to DataBank Holdings, Ltd., including certain US and European data center assets
・Acquisition of Animal Logic, The Roald Dahl Story Company Limited and Scanline VFX by Netflix, Inc.
・Proofpoint's $123 billion sale to Thoma Bravo
Honeywell's disputed acquisition of Sparta Systems from New Mountain Capital for $13 billion
・Acquisition of HotelTonight, Inc. by Airbnb, Inc.
・DoorDash acquires Caviar from Square for $4.1 million
・Silver Lake Partners acquires majority stake in ServiceMax, Inc. from GE Digital LLC
・Acquisition of Shape Security, Inc. by F5 Networks, Inc. for $10 billion
In a strategic software licensing agreement with Didi Chuxing (Hangzhou Kuaizhi Technology Co., Ltd.) (China) and the acquisition of UberChina from Uber Technologies Inc., Didi Chuxing acquired UberChina from Uber Technologies Inc. UberChina's deal was named one of China Business Law Journal's 2016 Deals of the Year.
・Multiple transactions, including Bytedance Ltd.'s acquisition of Musical.ly and Moonton, and more than $200 billion in private equity financing
・Acquisition of Lexmark International Inc. for $40 billion by Apex Technology Co, Ltd.
・Acquisition of mobile payment company LoopPay, Inc. by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- $11 billion acquisition of JD Power and Associates, Inc. from McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. by XIO Group (Hong Kong)
・Carbonite's $14 billion sale to OpenText and acquisition of Webroot for $5000 million
Several transactions, including the acquisition and subsequent sale of Permira Funds portfolio company Renaissance Learning to Hellman & Friedman for $11 billion, and a significant investment in Curriculum Associates from Berkshire Partners.
• The $50 billion sale of NDS Group Ltd. and its owner Permira Funds and News Corp. to Cisco Systems, Inc.;
Life Science
- Livongo Health's $185 billion sale to Teladoc
・Stryker Corp.:
-Acquired Vocera Communications, Inc. for $30 billion
- Acquisition of Right Medical Group for $40 billion
・Alder BioPharmaceuticals Inc. sold to Lundbeck for up to $19 billion
- $114 billion sale to Pfizer by Array BioPharma, Inc.
Danaher Corporation's dental products division spun off into a separate, publicly traded company, Envista Holdings Corporation, resulting in a $5 million initial public offering
・ Acquisition of Vistara, Inc. for $4 million by Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
・Several acquisition candidates for Ares Life Sciences, a private equity fund focused on healthcare
・Protalix BioTherapeutics sells Gaucher disease drug Elelyso to Pfizer
・Represented Nitto Denko Corporation in the sale of Aveva Drug Delivery Systems
Fintech and financial services
- Acquisition of Credit Karma by Intuit for $81 billion and sale of its tax business, Credit Karma Tax, to Square, Inc. for $5000 million

・Acquired Kunitachi Bank by LendingClub Corporation in connection with its acquisition and transition to a bank holding company
・Insurtech joint venture between ZhongAn International and SoftBank Vision Fund
Acquisitions in multiple PayPal Holdings, Inc. transactions, including the $40 billion acquisition of Honey Science Corporation, the $7 million strategic investment in MercadoLibre, and the acquisition of Jetlore, Inc, Hyperwallet and iZettle
Visa Inc.'s stake in and contractual relationship with Prisma Medios de Pago SA, a major Argentinian cards and payments company, and its proposed but canceled acquisition by Plaid Inc for $53 billion
・Sale of JPMC's Quorum blockchain platform to ConsenSys and related agreements
- A spin-off of 68.6% stake in JD Finance, the financial business of JD.com, Inc., and an e-commerce joint venture in Thailand with Central Group
- Sale of Citibank's consumer finance and credit card businesses through an international auction to: Banco Santander Rio SA in Argentina, Itaú Unibanco Holding SA in Brazil, Scotiabank in Panama and Costa Rica, Promerica Financial Corporation in Guatemala, Banco Ficohsa in Nicaragua, Terra Group in El Salvador, Banco Colpatria and Bank of Nova Scotia in Colombia
Strategic patent transactions and counseling
・Multiple transactions at Nokia Corporation, including settlement of global patent litigation with Apple for $20 billion and sale of devices and services business to Microsoft Corporation for $72 billion
Acquisition of 9 RPX licensees in multiple transactions, including a $5 million acquisition of patent assets from Rockstar Consortium US LP, a $5500 million acquisition by HGGC, and negotiations with Japanese patent fund IP Bridge including syndicated license deals
・Cross-licensing of the entire portfolio of listed semiconductor companies with other listed semiconductor companies
・Multiple transactions involving licensing, acquisition and monetization of patents and technology at Steelcase, an Internet of Things consumer products company
• IPXI related to certain structured matters and ULR patent license exchange offerings.
Concurrently sold MIPS Technologies, Inc. patents to an entity established by the Allied Security Trust, a defensive patent aggregator, and acquired by Imagination Technologies Group plc for a total of $4 million actively involved.The acquisition was named a top deal in the Lawyers to the Innovators category in the Financial Times' 5 US Innovative Lawyers report.
Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Counseling
Assisted clients in various industries with their California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) compliance programs.This includes privacy policies and procedures, anonymization and de-identification of personal information, privacy by design, security by design and other best practice advice.
・Drafting, negotiating and advising on customer and vendor agreements, data processing, data sharing and data transfer provisions and agreements related to machine learning training datasets.
Advising clients on ad tech, direct marketing and online behavioral advertising
・Assessment and advice on data privacy and cybersecurity issues related to complex cross-border corporate transactions