Mr. Thomas Christopher Klein is a lawyer practicing corporate & securities, mergers & acquisitions, emerging technology and 5 other areas of law. Thomas received a B.A. degree from Swarthmore College in 1985, and has been licensed for 37 years. Thomas practices in Santa Clara, CA.
About Mr. Thomas Christopher Klein
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Practice Details
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LanguagesHindi
American Sign Language
German
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Representative Cases & TransactionsCasesSignificant Representations Mergers
Acquisitions
Sale of Instantis, Inc. to Oracle Corporation
Sale of ebrary to Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, L.P.Sale of Veriwave, Inc. to Ixia.Sale of Corticon Technologies, Inc. to Progress Software Corporation
Sale of Metrika, Inc. to Bayer Healthcare LLC.Sale of Quantum Dot Corporation to Invitrogen, Inc.Sale of DesktopSt
ard Corporation to Microsoft Corporation.Sale of TogetherSoft Corporation to Borl
Software Corporation.Sale of Performics, Inc. to DoubleClick, Inc.Sale of Holz Precision, Inc. to Churchill Capital, Inc.Sale of Chen & McGinley, Inc. to Mastech Systems Corporation.Sale of Soft Warehouse, Inc. to Texas Instruments Incorporated.Sale of Adtech, Inc. to Bowthorpe Holdings Corporation.Sale of Nav3D Corporation to Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.Acquisition of client automation technology assets from Hewlett-Packard Corporation by Persistent Systems, Inc.Acquisition of assets from Openwave Technology, Inc. by Persistent Telecom Solutions, Inc.Acquisition of Synvasive Technologies, Inc. by Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (California counsel)
Acquisition of Momentum Group by Norwest Equity Partners (California counsel)
Acquisition of Prodea Software, Inc. by Platinum Technology, Inc.Acquisition of LSI's ZSP Division by VeriSilicon Holdings, Inc.Acquisition of New Era System Services by Interlink Computer Sciences, Inc.Acquisition of Networkers Engineering Ltd. By Interlink Computer Sciences, Inc.Acquisition of Assets of Almo Corporation by Bell Microproducts, Inc. Initial Public Offerings
Meris Laboratories, Inc.Interlink Computer Sciences, Inc.NeoPharm, Inc.Applied Imaging, Inc.Calypte Biomedical, Inc. Other Public Offerings
Communications Intelligence Corporation follow-on public offering.Shaman Pharmaceuticals follow-on public offering.Trimble Navigation PIPE. Venture Financings Tom has advised on more than 200 company-side
more than 40 investor-side financings in various industry sectors. Since 2005, he has counseled clients on venture financing
related transactions in excess of $250 million.
Experience
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Bar Admission & MembershipsAdmissions1989, California
1990, Texas (Inactive)
1992, District of Columbia (Inactive)
U.S. Court of International Trade
U.S. Tax Court
MembershipsProfessional & Community Involvement
•Adjunct Lecturer, Santa Clara University Law School
•Advisory Board Member, Santa Clara University School of Law's High Tech Law Institute
•Advisory Board Member, Tynax, Inc.
•Board Member, Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network
•Instructor, UC Berkeley Extension (2008-2010)
•Pro Bono Counsel, Hiller Aviation Institute and Museum
•Regional Council Member, The Hotchkiss School
•Adjunct Lecturer, Stanford University Law School (2006)
•Visiting Professor, UC Davis Law School (2012)
•Lecturer, Summer L.L.M., Intellectual Property Program, Seoul National University and Santa Clara University Law School
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Education & CertificationsLaw SchoolUniversity of Chicago Law School
Class of 1989
J.D.
Other EducationSwarthmore College
Class of 1985
B.A.
Economics
Swarthmore College
Class of 1985
B.A.
with honors
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Personal Details & HistoryAgeBorn in 1962
New Haven, Connecticut, October 29, 1962