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Key Developments in MedTech M&A: Momentum Despite Macroeconomic Uncertainty

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2024 was a challenging year for M&A activity in the medical technology (“MedTech”) industry. Although some sectors experienced a...

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2024 was a challenging year for M&A activity in the medical technology (“MedTech”) industry. Although some sectors experienced a rebound in deal volume, MedTech dealmakers were disproportionately affected by a difficult regulatory environment, elevated interest rates, and deflated valuations.Read the <a href="https://lifesciences.mofo.com/topics/key-developments-in-medtech-m-a-momentum-despite-macroeconomic-uncertainty" target="_blank">full blog post</a>.

Key Developments in MedTech M&A: Momentum Despite Macroeconomic Uncertainty

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Dustin represents clients in a variety of corporate and securities matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, securities and capital transactions and complex corporate governance matters. Dustin has extensive M&A experience representing U.S.- and global-based public and private entities in complex transactions, including domestic and cross-border mergers, De-SPAC transactions, stock sales, asset sales, leveraged buyouts, divestitures and recapitalizations. Dustin has advised a broad range of clients across numerous industries, including technology, healthcare/life sciences, financial services, consumer products and private equity.Dustin earned his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, where he was the recipient of the Dean’s Fellowship merit scholarship. While attending he also served as the President of the Native American Law Students Association, and the Senior Articles Editor for the Berkeley Journal of Entertainment and Sports Law. Dustin holds a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley and is a member of the Kiowa tribe.

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Shai Kalansky focuses his practice on corporate and transactional matters, including mergers, acquisitions, venture capital financings, and securities offerings, for public and private companies. His clients are U.S. and non-U.S. entities in the climate tech, life sciences, healthcare, hospitality, and technology industries. Shai has extensive experience representing startup to late-stage private companies in the climate tech and sustainability space. He provides corporate and finance advice in connection with equity and convertible debt financings, mergers, acquisitions, asset purchases and sales, reorganizations, and joint ventures. He has extensive experience working with sustainable infrastructure companies throughout their lifecycle. Shai regularly advises investors on investments, acquisitions, and dispositions of climate tech companies.Shai has a robust life sciences practice advising innovative and disruptive companies across numerous subsectors. His clients include medical device, genetic testing, plant-based therapeutics, bio-marker-derived diagnostic solutions, laboratory consumables, and immunotherapy cancer treatment companies. His experience in the sector enables him to successfully advise his clients across various transactions.Shai acts as companies’ outside general counsel, in which capacity he advises clients with respect to licensing matters, commercial contracts, and employment issues.Shai was recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2023-2024 for Corporate, M&A, and Venture Capital. He was also ranked as Up and Coming for Venture Capital by Chambers USA 2024. His venture capital clients interviewed by Chambers USA mentioned Shai is very “responsive and thoughtful” and “knowledgeable and pragmatic.”Shai is a member of MoFo’s Sustainability + Corporate Responsibility Steering Committee and is also the Environmental Sustainability Firmwide Committee attorney co-chair.He is fluent in Hebrew and conversant in Spanish.