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Global provider of semiconductor and infrastructure solutions

Advised on key employee integration issues across 60 countries related to a major acquisition.

Multinational semiconductor company

Advised on tax credit agreements and renewable energy agreements with a combined value of USD 495 million.

Manufacturer of data storage products

Advised on the restructuring of its chip business in more than 20 jurisdictions.

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Case study

Baker McKenzie served as the lead to advise Western Digital on the separation of its HSS and Flash businesses into two independent companies. The HDD business remained under Western Digital Corporation (trading on Nasdaq as WDC) while the separated Flash business now operates as Sandisk Corporation (trading on Nasdaq as SNDK). The transaction regularly expanded in scope and complexity and required our team to navigate a variety of unique, complicated and cross-jurisdictional matters, necessitating a great deal of team agility. Immediately following the spin-off Sandisk was valued at USD 6.5 billion.

Western Digital