Jordan Altman is the Global Team Leader of the Firm’s Intellectual Property Transactions Practice and member of the Privacy & Data Protection Group.  He splits his time between the New York and Menlo Park offices.

He practices corporate law with an emphasis on structuring, drafting and negotiating agreements that focus on the development, transfer, procurement, commercialization and maintenance of intellectual property and technology. He also counsels clients, including public companies, growing technology-driven businesses and start-ups on intellectual property portfolio development. He has extensive experience working with clients in the pharmaceutical, medical device, chemical, entertainment, sports, automotive, software and financial services industries.

Jordan is recognized as a top practitioner by leading publications, including IAM Patent 1000, which says that he “negotiates complex deal terms with silky skill” and “is incredibly agile, forward thinking and solutions oriented.”

Prior to joining Shearman & Sterling, Jordan practiced patent and trademark prosecution for pharmaceutical and medical device companies and practiced in patent and trade secret litigation. He also examined patent applications for inventions relating to immunological functions at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office before obtaining his law degree.

Chemicals

• Dow Chemical Company in (i) its $130 billion transaction with DuPont involving combination of the two companies and separating them into three publicly trading entities and the resulting $50 billion spin-off of Dow Inc.; (ii) the $5 billion split-off of the chlor-alkali and downstream derivatives business to Olin Corporation – 2016 M&A Deal of the Year Award, IFLR; (iii) its acquisition of the remaining interest in the Dow Corning’s silicones business from Corning Incorporated; (iv) the divestiture of its global polypropylene business to Braskem; (v) the $15.7 billion acquisition of Rohm and Haas; (vi) the $1.7 billion sale of Morton Salt; (vii) the sale of Styron to Bain Capital; (viii) the sale of assets comprising EAA copolymers and ionomers business to SK Global Chemical Co.; and (ix) the sale of European extruded polystyrene foam business to Ravago SA
• Celanese in the sale of Polyplastics Company, Ltd. to Daicel Corporation
• LyondellBasell Industries N.V. in (i) its merger transaction with A. Schulman, Inc. for $2.25 billion; and (ii) the acquisition of a syngas plant and methanol production business from Linde AG
• Lanxess in (i) the acquisition of the clean and disinfect businesses of Chemours; (ii) the acquisition of Emerald Kalama Chemical; and (iii) in the acquisition of the phosphorus chemicals business from Solvay

Pharmaceuticals

• Novartis AG in connection with its acquisition of the over-the-counter consumer medicines business of Bristol Myers Squibb Company; and in in its $3.9 billion acquisition of the French radiopharmaceutical company, Advanced Accelerator Applications – 2019 M&A Deal of the Year Award, IFLR
• GlaxoSmithKline in its $5.1 billion acquisition of Tesaro
• Sun Pharmaceutical Industries in connection with its purchase of Taro Pharmaceutical Industries
• International Chemical Investors Group in connection with multiple acquisitions of pharmaceutical manufacturing and formulation businesses
• Retromer Therapeutics in connection with commercial agreements

Medical Devices & Diagnostics

• Boston Scientific Corporation in (i) its acquisition of the cardiology business from Baylis Medical; (ii) the sale of the BTG Specialty Pharmaceuticals business to Stark International; (iii) the acquisition of the urology portfolio of American Medical Systems, Inc. from Endo International plc; (iv) the sale of its drug-eluting and bland embolizing bead business to Varian Medical Systems; and (v) the sale of its neurovascular business to Stryker Corporation
• InnovHeart s.r.l., in an exclusive licensing agreement with Grand Pharmaceutical Group Limited for a transcatheter mitral valve replacement system
• Venner Medical in connection with agreements for the development and testing of medical devices
• LMA North America, Inc. in connection with a global supply and distribution agreement relating to medical devices
• The Laryngeal Mask Company in connection with technology and patent license agreements for medical devices
• Quest Diagnostics Incorporated in connection with multiple acquisitions
• LMA International N.V. in its acquisition of Wolfe Tory Medical, Inc. and its sale to Teleflex, Inc.
• Caris Life Sciences, Inc. in connection with the sale of its anatomic pathology business to Miraca Holdings
• The initial public offering of Cytek Biosciences

Gene Therapy, Gene Editing and Immunotherapy

• MeiraGTx holdings Plc in its acquisition of Emrys Bio
• Inspirna, Inc. in its clinical collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb regarding a lead product candidate
• The initial public offering of Caribou Biosciences, Inc.
• The initial public offering of Y-mAbs Therapeutics, Inc.
• Genmab A/S in connection with various technology license and commercialization agreements for a pharmaceutical compound and with its initial public offering and listing on the Nasdaq
• Various agreements for funding the clinical development of therapeutic compounds belonging to Dynavax Technologies Corp. and Ionis Pharmaceuticals
• GENEWIZ Group, a leading global genomics service provider, in connection with being acquired by Brooks Automation

Big Data

• Thomson Reuters in its acquisition of Capital Confirmation, Inc. and its acquisition of REDI Holdings
• McGraw Hill Financial in connection with its sale of J.D. Power for $1.1 billion
• J.D. Power & Associates in its acquisition of the Used Car Guide Business and associated data repositories of the National Automobile Dealers Association
• WebMD Health Corp. in various corporate and transactional matters, including in its sale of Porex Corporation and in the acquisition by Internet Brands, a portfolio company of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.

Fintech and Financial Services

• Banco Bradesco in its acquisition of BAC Florida Bank – 2021 Financial Services M&A Deal of the Year Award, The Deal
• Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. in (i) the $11 billion acquisition of Ellie Mae, Inc. – 2021 Private Equity Deal of the Year Award, The Deal; (ii) the acquisition of SimpliFile;(iii) the acquisition of TMC Bonds; (iv) the sale of its “Interactive Data Managed Solutions” business; and (v) the sale of Trayport.
• Citibank N.A. in its sale of Citi’s Alternative Investor Services business, comprised of Hedge Fund Services and Private Equity Fund Services, to SS&C Technologies
• Citigroup Inc. in its sale of the Mexican asset management business of Citibanamex to BlackRock Inc.; in the acquisition and disposition of various domestic and international credit card receivables portfolios, including the acquisition of the Costco co-branded credit card portfolio from American Express Company; and with the acquisition from Capital One Financial Corporation of credit card receivables and accounts related to Best Buy Co. Inc.’s existing credit card program.
• Legg Mason in its acquisition of a majority stake in Clarion Partners Holdings LLC
• Stone Point Capital in connection with the merger of Pierpont Securities LLC with Amherst Securities Group LP
• Helm Corporation in connection with the sale of Helm Bank SA to CorpBanca Colombia, a subsidiary of CorpBanca SA
• Amundi Group in its acquisition, through subsidiary Amundi USA, Inc., of all of the outstanding shares of Smith Breeden Associates, Inc.
• Torchlight Investors LLC in connection with a multi-platform outsourcing agreement

Cryptocurrency

• Bakkt Holdings, LLC in its merger with SPAC VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings
• NextEra and Compute North in connection with a cryptocurrency mining joint venture
• Multiple cryptocurrency exchanges in connection with various commercial arrangements

Semiconductors

• Texas Instruments in its acquisition of the Lehi, Utah semiconductor manufacturing facility from Micron Technology
• Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaftin connection with commercial agreements
• Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation in connection with commercial agreements
• Nokia Corporationin its acquisition of Eta Devices, a company that manufactures advanced radio transmitters
• KMG Chemicals, a producer and distributor of specialty chemicals and performance materials for the semiconductor market, in its $1.6 billion acquisition by Cabot Microelectronics

Software

• Citrix Systems, Inc. in its $2.25 billion acquisition of Wrike, Inc.
• Hitachi, Ltd. In its $9.5 billion acquisition of GlobalLogic Inc.
• SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. in the $1.45 billion acquisition of Eze Software Group LLC
• Itaú Unibanco in connection with multiple software license agreements
• Integration Appliance, Inc. in its acquisition of DealCloud, Inc.
• Salesforce.com, Inc. in its acquisition of Demandware, Inc. for approximately $2.8 billion
• SunGard Data Systems Inc. in its acquisition by Fidelity National Information Services Inc.
• Nokia Corporation in connection with its acquisition of SpaceTime Insight, Inc., and with the contemplated acquisition of Withings

Media & Telecommunications

• Liberty Global plc in its acquisition of Cable & Wireless Communications plc
• Viacom in its remerger with CBS – 2020 Most Innovative Deal of the Year Award, The Deal
• Altice N.V. in its acquisition of Cablevision Systems Corporation
• ViacomCBS in its divestitures of the CNET Media Group to Red Ventures and the Simon & Schuster publishing business to Penguin Random House.
• China Mobile Ltd. in connection with a joint venture with Vodafone and Verizon Wireless for the development of mobile phone technologies
• ViacomCBS in its acquisitions of the Garfield and U.S. Acres franchises, the Sparkler mobile and web applications, the VidCon technology conference, the AwesomenessTV and Chilevision film and television networks, and the SnowGlobe Music Festival
• Warner Music Group in its acquisition of assets from SongKick.com, in its acquisition of Sodatone Inc. and in its equity investment in a company that performs audience data analytics
• ViacomCBS and its subsidiary, Paramount Pictures Corporation, in Paramount Pictures Corporation's acquisition of DreamWorks LLC and in its distribution arrangements with DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.
• Altice USA in the sale of 49.9% if its Lightpath Fiber Business to Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners.
• Discovery Communications LLC in connection with the separation of its UKTV joint venture with BBC Studios
• A prominent media and broadcasting company in connection in connection with joint ventures and partnerships for the creation, distribution and exploitation of digital content

Sports

• Fenway Sports Group in its acquisition of a controlling interest in the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League
• New England Sports Ventures (the parent company of the Boston Red Sox) in its acquisition of Liverpool Football Club of the English Premier League
• A prominent Mexican soccer team in LigaMX in connection with a broadcasting agreement with Univision Communications and a marketing agreement with Major League Soccer.
• Fenway Sports Group in connection with several trademark license and technology service agreements relating to its entry into a joint venture with Roush Racing, a leading race team whose drivers compete in NASCAR’s three premier series.
• Renaissance Sports & Entertainment, LLC in connection with its purchase of the Phoenix Coyotes franchise from the National Hockey League

Air and Space

• Raytheon Company in its merger of equals with United Technologies Corporation’s Aerospace Business – 2020 Deal of the Year Award and 2020 Energy & Industrials Deal of the Year Award, The Deal
• JetBlue Airways in the sale of its live in-flight entertainment and connectivity business to Thales Avionics.
• B/E Aerospace in its $6.4 billion acquisition by Rockwell Collins
• Aabar Investments PJSC in its acquisition of an equity interest in Virgin Galactic, an entity launched by the Virgin Group in 2004 to develop vehicles for space tourism.
• Raytheon on the sale of its Military Airborne Radios business to BAE Systems

Energy

• Ecopetrol in connection with its joint venture with Occidental Petroleum Corporation
• General Electric Company in its merger of the GE Oil and Gas Business with Baker Hughes – M&A Deal of the Year Award, IFLR
• General Electric Company in connection with the licensing of proprietary battery technology for GE’s “Durathon” battery to Chaowei Lvna, a Chinese company, for the production and sale of such battery.
• OMERS Infrastructure Management in various transactions, including the acquisition of Navisun, the acquisition of the development business of First Solar, Inc. and sale of interests in Vento II wind portfolio

Industrials

• American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. in connection with (i) its $1.6 billion cash and stock acquisition of Metaldyne Performance Group Inc.; and (ii) establishing a joint venture in China for the development of automotive technologies.
• Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. in the dissolution of its global alliance with The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
• Corning Incorporated (i) in its acquisition of 3M Company's global Fiber and Copper Connectivity Solutions Business; (ii) in its acquisition of Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc.; and (iii) in its acquisition of Axygen BioScience, Inc.
• Lafarge SA in the sale of its North American Gypsum business to an affiliate of Lone Star Funds
• Daimler AG in its sale of the automotive and financial services business of the Chrysler Group to Cerberus Capital Management
• Textron Inc. in the sale of its Tools and Test Business to Emerson Electric Co.
• Dover Corporation in its acquisition of JK Group S.p.A. from Wise SGR S.p.A. and Alcedo SGR S.p.A.
• Wausau Paper Corp. in its acquisition by Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget
• Ardagh Group in connection with (i) its combination of its Food & Specialty Metal Packaging business with Exal Corporation; and (ii) its purchase from Ball Corporation and Rexam PLC of certain metal beverage can manufacturing assets for an enterprise value of $3.42 billion

Consumer Products

• CVS Health Corporation in its $69 billion acquisition of Aetna Inc. – 2018 M&A Deal of the Year Award, American Lawyer
• Chipita S.A. on the sale of its business to Mondelēz International, Inc. for approximately $2 billion - CEE Legal Matters Deal of the Year Award 2021
• Prairie Farms in connection with its acquisition of select assets and IP rights from Dean Foods
• Sonic Corp. in its $2.3 billion sale to Inspire Brands
• Tata Tea Ltd. in its acquisition of an equity interest in Glacéau, the maker of Vitaminwater
• Shiseido Company Limited in the sale of its subsidiary, Zotos International Inc., to Henkel Corporation

Awards & Accolades

• Recognized as a “Top Intellectual Property Lawyers in North America” by MergerLinks (2019)
• “Recommended” by IAM Patent 1000 (2019, 2020, and 2021)
• Recognized for Technology: Transactions by Legal 500 US 2016
• Shearman & Sterling ranked in Top 10 for Advising on Private Technology Transactions in PrivCo’s list of Top Legal Advisors in Tech (2015)

Publications

• Co-Author, “INSIGHT: Registering Immoral, Scandalous Trademarks Following Brunetti,” Bloomberg Law, Sept. 2019
• Co-Author, “Safe Secrets: Dealing with Data Privacy Issues in M&A,” Mergermarket, Mar. 2017
• Co-Author, “License to Leak: The DTSA and the Risks of Immunity,” Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal, Oct. 2016
• Co-Author, “The Mega Scale of Meso Scale,” Intellectual Property Magazine, Sept. 2015
• Co-Author, “Prioritizing Patents for Stem Cell Inventions,” LAW360, Feb. 11, 2009
• Co-Author, “On Shaky Ground (an analysis of Propat v. Rpost),” Patent World, May 2007