John F. Maselli

Partner
Vice-Chair, Northern California Corporate & Securities Practice
San Francisco
About

John F. Maselli focuses his practice on representing companies at all stages of growth, and private investment funds, in connection with planning and executing domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, de-SPACs, minority and growth equity investments, and other strategic and complementary transactions. John also regularly counsels public and private companies in connection with their capital raising activities, securities law compliance and day-to-day commercial operations. With a practical and collaborative approach, John helps clients close their most important transactions and successfully navigate complex commercial landscapes.

John has experience across a wide range of industries, including software, semiconductor, emerging automotive and other technology, telecommunications, consumer products, media, healthcare, cloud and enterprise IT, cybersecurity, travel and leisure, fintech, life sciences and real estate.

Areas of FocusCorporateEmerging Growth and Venture CapitalMergers and AcquisitionsPrivate Equity
Bar admissionsCalifornia

EXPERIENCE

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
  • Notion Labs in its acquisition of:
    • Automate IO
    • Cron
    • Skiff
    and the workforce of:
    • Flowdash
    • Campsite
    • Aquarium
  • Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) in various corporate and transactional matters
  • Figma in its acquisition of Clover Software and other transactional and commercial matters
  • Holcim (SWX: HOLN) in its investments into:
    • Sublime Systems
    • StruxHub
    • Travertine
    • Electrified Thermal Solutions
  • KMD Brands (NZSE: KMD) in its acquisitions of:
    • Oboz Footwear
    • Rip Curl
  • Zendesk in its acquisitions of:
    • Smooch
    • Future Simple
    • We Are Cloud
    • Outbound.io
  • UpHealth, in the sale of its subsidiary:
    • Innovations Group, Inc., including its compounding pharmacy subsidiary, Medquest Pharmacy, to Belmar Pharma Solutions, a portfolio company of Webster Equity Partners, for approximately $56 million in cash
    • Cloudbreak Health to GTCR for approximately $180 million in cash
  • NetNumber in its sale to Abry Partners
  • Titanium Software Holdings in its spin-off from NetNumber, and subsequent sale to Lumine Group
  • Trajan Group Holdings Limited (ASX: TRJ) in its acquisition of Neoteryx
  • Intrepid Travel in its acquisition of Wildland Trekking
  • Lenthor Engineering in its sale to Fralock Holdings, a portfolio company of Arsenal Capital Partners
  • Navitas Semiconductor (NASDAQ: NVTS) in its $1.04 billion de-SPAC with Live Oak Acquisition Corp. II
  • Twilio (NYSE: TWLO) in its acquisition of Ionic Security
  • GigCapital2 (NYSE: GIX) in its $1.35 billion de-SPAC with UpHealth Holdings and Cloudbreak Health, to form a combined entity named UpHealth, Inc. listed on the NYSE
  • GigCapital3 (NYSE: GIK) in its $540 million de-SPAC with Lightning Systems, Inc.
  • GigCapital4 (NASDAQ: GIG) in its $1.38 billion de-SPAC with BigBear.ai
  • AEye (NASDAQ: LIDR) in its $1.52 billion de-SPAC with CF Finance Acquisition Corp. III
  • Zipari in connection with a strategic growth investment from Thoma Bravo
  • Rasmussen University, a portfolio company of Renovus Capital, in its sale to American Public Education, Inc. (NASDAQ: APEI) for $329 million of cash and stock

Pro Bono

On a pro bono basis, John has represented petitioners in guardianship matters, and non-profit organizations in connection with reviewing petitions for actual innocence and commercial contract matters, as well as various other engagements.

Education
  • J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School
  • B.A., University of Southern California

Seminars

  • "Venture Capital Nuts and Bolts: Exit Strategies," Practicing Law Institute (PLI), 2021 – 2022
  • "Things That Make Buyers Go Hmmmm: Traps to Avoid During the M&A/Growth Equity Legal Due Diligence Process," StartOut Growth Lab, 2020 – 2022

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Prior Experience

In prior positions, John served as of counsel with a leading law firm, where he was based in San Francisco, and as corporate counsel at an American multinational company based in Seattle, where he supported the company's core ecommerce business. Prior to that, John held associate positions in law firms in Silicon Valley and Los Angeles.

My latest insights

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DLA Piper advises GigCapital5 in the closing of its business combination with QT Imaging

11 March 2024 .3 minute read

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DLA Piper advises Custom Health in its business combination with Berenson Acquisition Corp

23 January 2024 .2 minute read

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DLA Piper advises UpHealth in sale of Cloudbreak Health business for US$180 Million

20 November 2023 .2 minute read

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(Work, San Francisco)