Katharine Pearce

Associate, New York

Biography

Overview

Katharine Pearce is an associate in the Technology Transactions Practice, within the Firm's Global M&A Group and Global IP Group. Katharine focuses on transactional matters involving the development, acquisition, transfer, and licensing of intellectual property and information technology in a variety of sectors.

Bars and Courts
California State Bar
Education
JD
University of California, Davis School of Law
BS
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of California, Davis

Order of the Coif

Languages
English
*Not admitted to practice in the State of New York. Only admitted to practice in the State of California.

Experience

Recent experience includes the representation of:

Representation of Ara Partners, an industrial decarbonization-focused private equity fund with US$1.5 billion in assets under management, in its acquisition, restructuring and initial investment of US$75 million in Vonore Fiber Products LLC and Genera Energy Inc., companies in the domestic agricultural pulp and molded fiber industries based in Vonore, Tennessee.

NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG), a consumer services company built on dynamic retail brands, in its US$5.2 billion all cash acquisition of Vivint Smart Home, Inc. (NYSE: VVNT), a leading smart home company in the United States, inclusive of the assumption of VVNT's debt.