Robert Sanchez is a corporate and securities partner in Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's Washington, D.C., office. Bob's practice focuses primarily on the representation of technology and other emerging growth companies throughout the United States and internationally. These companies range from start-ups to large public companies as well as sources of capital for such companies. Specifically, Bob represents:

Public and private companies in merger and acquisition transactions;
Issuers, investors, and underwriters in public and private financings; and
Public and private companies with respect to corporate governance matters related to strategic transactions and special situations, as well as in ongoing corporate and securities law matters.

Representative engagements include:

Acquisitions, dispositions, and other strategic transactions by numerous public and private companies, including 3Com Corporation, Agilent Technologies, Inc., Amkor Technology, Inc., Broderbund, CitySearch, Evergreen Solar, Inc., Gartner, Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company, Netflix, Inc., Nuance Communications, Inc., Palm, Inc., Simplex Solutions, Sun Microsystems, Inc., TD Ameritrade, Inc., and TIBCO Software, Inc.
Issuer-side public offerings by various issuers, including Agilent Technologies Inc., Amkor Technology, Inc., Evergreen Solar, Inc., Gartner, Inc., NeoMagic Corporation, Netflix, Inc., Nuance Communications, Inc., Simplex Solutions, and Smart Modular Technologies, Inc.
Corporate, securities, and governance representation of numerous public and private issuers, including Amkor Technology, Inc., Evergreen Solar, Inc., FirstRain, Inc., Gartner, Inc., Netflix, Inc., Nuance Communications, Inc., Paxfire, Inc., Simplex Solutions, and Telecruz Technology, Inc.
Representation of underwriters in numerous equity public offerings, including Goldman Sachs & Co., Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, and Robertson Stephens.
Private equity and related transactions on behalf of issuers and private equity funds.