November 19 2010
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP advised Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Jefferies & Company, Inc. as joint book-running managers in connection with the initial public offering of 7,820,000 shares of common stock of Inphi Corporation. The gross proceeds from the offering were approximately $93.8 million. The common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “IPHI.”
Based in Santa Clara, California, Inphi Corporation is a fabless provider of high-speed analog semiconductor solutions for the communications and computing markets. Inphi’s solutions provide a vital interface between analog signals and digital information in high-performance systems, such as telecommunications transport systems, enterprise networking equipment, enterprise and data center servers, storage platforms, test and measurement equipment and military systems.
The Davis Polk corporate team included partner Bruce K. Dallas and associates Patrick Spencer and Tyler P. Pender. Partner Stephen S. Weiner and associate Jeremy Brodsky provided intellectual property advice. Partner Rachel D. Kleinberg and associate M. Ryan LaRosa provided tax advice. Counsel Cynthia Akard provided employment advice. Counsel Marcie A. Goldstein of the New York office provided FINRA advice. Kimberly Kakade was the legal assistant for the transaction. Except as noted above, all members of the Davis Polk team are based in the Menlo Park office.
