Yifeng Yuan, an associate in the firm’s Technology group, concentrates in merger & acquisitions, securities law, and general corporate, and has experience in public and private M&A transactions, de-SPAC transactions, capital market offerings, venture capital financings, SEC compliance and corporate governance. Yifeng has experience advising life science and technology companies through all stages of the corporate life cycle. Yifeng joined Goodwin’s New York office in 2021, worked at Goodwin’s London office from 2022, and returned to New York office in 2023.
Representative Matters
Public M&A
- Representing Zuora, Inc. (“ZUO”) in its $1.7 billion sale to Silver Lake and GIC
- Representing Novo Holdings in its $16.5 billion all-cash acquisition of Catalent, Inc. (‘CTLT”)
- Represented SailPoint Technologies (“SAIL”) in its $6.9 billion sale to Thoma Bravo
- Represented iRobot Corporation (“IRBT”) in its $1.4 billion sale to Amazon
- Represented Berkshire Grey (‘BGRY”) in its rule 13e-3 sale to the SoftBank Group, valued at approximately $375 million
- Represented eMagin Corporation (‘EMAN”) in its acquisition by Samsung Display Co. in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $218 million
- Represented Akili Interactive (“AKLI”) in its acquisition through tender offer by Virtual Therapeutics
- Advised Qatalyst Partners in its role as exclusive financial advisor to Alteryx, Inc. (“AYX”)’s acquisition by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. and Insight Partners in a transaction valued at $4.4 billion
- Represented Gelesis Holdings (“GLS”) in its rule 13e-3 sale to PureTech
Private M&A
- Represented Axon Communications, Inc., a digital marketing agency, in its sale to Relevate Health, an omnichannel marketing agency
- Represented Kambr, Inc., a revenue management system for airlines, in its sale to Amadeus
- Represented A&M Capital Opportunities’ portfolio company in its acquisition of 12 car wash entities and three add-on acquisitions
De-SPAC
- Represented Arrowroot Acquisition Corp. (“ARRW”) of its acquisition of iLearningEngines, Inc., an AI-powered intelligence platform
- Represented Forge Global, Inc. in its business combination with Motive Capital Corp.
- Represented Circle Internet Financial, Inc. in its proposed $9 billion de-SPAC transaction with Concord Acquisition Corp.
Capital Market Offerings
- Advised underwriting syndicate on Lineage’s $5.1 billion initial public offering, the largest REIT IPO in history
- Represented Ocugen, Inc.’s $16.5 million public offering of common stock in a bought offering deal
- Represented TransCode Therapeutics Inc.’s $7 million public offering
- Represented Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. in Blue Apron’s ATM offerings
Company Side
- Engineer.ai Corporation in its Series D financing
- Avenge Bio, Inc. in its Series A financing
- Altan Insights, LLC in its Series Seed financing
- Sentinel BioTherapeutics in its Series Seed financing
Investor Side
- Valar Ventures in its Series A financing of Link Financial
- Left Lane Capital in its Series A financing of Lemonade
- Left Lane Capital in its Series A financing of Perry Health
- Level Equity Management, LLC in its Series A financing of SchoolPass, Inc.
- Greycroft and Acrew in their Series Seed financing of NextData
- LDV Capital in its Series Pre-Seed financing of Burner Page, Inc.
Credentials
Education
JD2021
Harvard Law School
LLB2018
Peking University
Admissions
Bars
- New York