Ethan A. Skerry
Ethan is a leading technology and life sciences M&A lawyer who has completed hundreds of transactions across a wide range of industries, including software, gaming, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, social networking and life sciences. Ethan represents both public and private companies on acquisitions, sales and other complex strategic and financing transactions. Ethan also acts as an outside advisor to industry disrupting technology and life sciences companies on corporate governance and other matters, and regularly represents venture capital and private equity investors in investments.
Ethan’s work has been consistently recognized by leading legal publications, such as Chambers USA, The Legal 500, Super Lawyers and The BTI Consulting Group.
Ethan previously served as a member of the firm’s compensation committee and executive committee. He is resident in Fenwick’s New York office.
Ethan "has a strong knowledge base and amazing negotiation skills. He finds viable solutions to efficiently navigate extremely complex transactions."
- Databricks in numerous acquisitions, including its acquisitions of MosaicML, Tabular and Panther Labs
- Dragos in its $3.25B sale of a majority stake to Accenture and its acquisitions of Phosphorus and Network Perception
- SingleStore in its acquisition by Vector Capital
- Schneider Electric in multiple acquisitions
- Peloton in multiple acquisitions
- CoreWeave in multiple acquisitions
- Smartsheet in its $8.4B acquisition by Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners
- TrustArc in its acquisition by Main Capital Partners
- PartnerStack in its acquisition by AppDirect
- Modern Animal in its acquisition by Chewy
- Urbint in its acquisition by Itron
- Valimail in its acquisition by DigiCert
- Arbelos Markets in its acquisition by FalconX
- Cupertino Electric in its $1.54B acquisition by Quanta Services
- SADA in its acquisition by Insight Enterprises
- DocuSign in its acquisitions of Lexion and LiveOak
- Mphasis in multiple acquisitions
- Clear in multiple acquisitions
- Yuga Labs in its acquisition of WENEW
- Stripe in its acquisitions of Paystack and TaxJar
- ThousandEyes in its acquisition by Cisco
- SignalFX in its $1.05 billion sale to Splunk
- Nextdoor in its de-SPAC merger with Khosla Ventures Acquisition Co. II
- BuzzFeed in its de-SPAC merger with 890 Fifth Avenue Partners and in its acquisition of Complex Networks
- Billie in its acquisition by Edgewell Personal Care
- Zoetis in its acquisition of VitalRADS
- Acelyrin in its merger with Alumis
- Science Exchange in its acquisition by Waud Capital Partners
- SomaLogic in its merger with Standard BioTools
- Pardes in its going private transaction sponsored by Foresite Capital
- Sema4 in its acquisition of GeneDx and its de-SPAC merger with CM Life Sciences
- GeneDx in its acquisition of Fabric Genomics
- Aceragen in its merger with Idera Pharmaceuticals
- Market Access Transformation in its acquisition by Genesis Research
- Klara Health in its acquisition by Modernizing Medicine
- CareSignal in its acquisition by Lightbeam Health Solutions
- PlushCare in its acquisition by Accolade
- ZipDrug in its acquisition by Anthem Health
- Chinook Therapeutics in its merger with Aduro Biotech
- Mavupharma in its acquisition by AbbVie
- Propeller Health in its acquisition by ResMed
- Corium International in its acquisition by Gurnet Point Capital
- Celenex in its acquisition by Amicus Therapeutics
- Channel Medsystems in its merger agreement with Boston Scientific
- Tamir Biotechnology in its acquisition by Orgenesis
- Merck in the combination of its ILÚM Health Solutions business with UPMC's Infectious Disease Connect
Recognition
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Chambers USA2019 - 2026Recognized as a leading lawyer in New York for corporate/M&A work
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The Legal 5002022-2023Has repeatedly honored Ethan for his M&A work and most recently recognized him for excellence in the area of M&A: Middle Market for transactions in the $500 million - $999 million range. The Legal 500 recognized Ethan as a "Next Generation Partner (2023)."