Gavin B. Grover's practice has been focused on the representation of growth companies in a wide variety of transactional matters. He serves as corporate secretary and primary outside counsel to a large number of both private and public emerging and established growth companies and counsels companies from formation through the initial public offering stage and beyond to ultimate sale or merger. He has completed over 200 mergers and acquisition transactions including tender offers, auctions, special committee representations and customary negotiated acquisition structures.

Mr. Grover has handled a number of strategic alliance and joint venture transactions which are an increasingly common alternative to traditional acquisitions. He has also represented numerous companies, underwriters and intermediaries in a wide range of financings and restructurings, including initial public offerings, Rule 144A and other private offerings, debt placements, subordinated and high-yield debt financings, medium-term-note programs, problem loan work-outs and recapitalizations.

Mr. Grover joined the San Francisco office of Morrison & Foerster in 1985, became a partner in 1992 and currently is a co-chair of the firm's Mergers & Acquisitions Group. As the co-head of the Corporate Finance Group, he presided over the rapid expansion of the group from 65 lawyers in 1996 to more than 200 lawyers in 2004.

• Verio, Inc. in its sale to NTT for approximately $6 billion in cash and in its acquisition of approximately 40 Internet companies as well as its initial public offering and numerous other transactions.
• Represented the Board of Directors of VISX, Incorporated in its merger transaction with Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. to create a $3 billion market value leader in optical care.
• Digimarc Corporation in its initial public offering and numerous follow-on transactions including strategic partnerships with Philips, Macrovision and other companies and in its acquisition of the assets of Polaroid's ID Systems Business from the bankruptcy of Polaroid.
• Davide Campari - Milano S.p.A. in its purchase of Skyy Spirits and numerous other financing and transactional matters.
• Creative Technology Ltd. in a large number of transaction matters including the acquisition of 3DLabs Inc. and the assets of Aureal Ltd. and multiple investments and partnering transactions with other companies including Sigmatel Inc. and subsequent initial public offering.