Ed Batts

Partner, Orrick

Ed Batts is Global Co-Head of Orrick’s M&A and Private Equity group. Ed, resident in the firm’s Silicon Valley office, regularly
counsels publicly traded technology companies in complex mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and cyber-security, including the following:

M&A: Fiduciary duty counseling of public boards, cross border transactions, tender offers and going private transactions.

Corporate Governance: Board matters and public reporting obligations, including activist investor situations, stockholder proposals and accounting related issues.

Cyber: Crisis management of significant cyber-security incidents as well as advice on regulators, plaintiffs and law enforcement.

Prior to joining Orrick, Ed was partner and co-chair of DLA Piper’s Northern California Corporate and Finance Practice.