Biography
Hilary Wilders is an associate in Weil’s Technology & IP Transactions practice and is based in San Francisco. Hilary participates in advising clients in matters relating to the licensing, acquisition, development, sale, use and commercial exploitation of technology and intellectual property. She also participates in advising clients regarding privacy and data security issues in the context of corporate transactions.
Prior to joining Weil’s Technology & IP Transactions practice, Hilary was an associate in Weil’s Corporate Department and participated in the representation of public and private companies in a variety of transactional matters, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, equity investments and divestitures.
Hilary has been part of the teams advising:
- ABD Insurance and Financial Services, Inc. in its $1.35 billion merger with Newfront Insurance, Inc.
- Galvanize Climate Solutions in its investment in Ascend Analytics
- Genstar Capital in its acquisitions of Marcone Appliance Parts Center, Inc. and The SEER Group LLC; its sale of Infinite Electronics, Inc.; Marcone Appliance Parts Center, Inc. in its acquisitions of Munch's Supply and Professional Plumbing Group; and Clarience Technologies, LLC (f/k/a Truck-Lite Company LLC) in its acquisition of ECCO Holdings Corp.
- Gores Guggenheim, Inc., a SPAC sponsored by affiliates of The Gores Group and Guggenheim Capital, in its $20 billion business combination with Polestar Performance AB
- Gores Holdings VI, Inc., a SPAC sponsored by The Gores Group, in its $2.9 billion business combination with Matterport, Inc.
- Gores Metropoulos II, Inc., a SPAC sponsored by Gores Metropoulos Sponsor II LLC (an affiliate of The Gores Group and Dean Metropoulos), in its $1.925 billion business combination with Sonder Holdings
- Leafly Holdings, Inc. in its business combination with Merida Merger Corp. I, a SPAC sponsored by Merida Capital Holdings and its issuance of convertible notes to Merida Capital Partners and certain other purchasers
- Founders of Prism Medical Products, LLC in the sale of a 70% interest in Prism to Henry Schein, Inc.
- Sumeru Equity Partners in its $300 million acquisition of beqom SA and beqom SA in its acquisition of PayAnalytics ehf
- SumUp Payments Limited in its $317 million acquisition of Fivestars, Inc.
- TPG Global in its acquisition of preferred stock of Sauce Labs Inc.
- TPG Tech Adjacencies, an affiliate of TPG Capital, in its acquisition of a minority stake in ABC Technologies B.V. (n/k/a Au10tix Technologies B.V.)
Hilary received her J.D., summa cum laude, from Texas Tech University School of Law, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif, and her B.A., cum laude, from Austin College. While in law school, Hilary served as Comment Editor on the Texas Tech Law Review and clerked at the Supreme Court of Texas.