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Congress has passed, and President Trump signed into law on July 4, 2025, H.R.1, the so-called One, Big, Beautiful Bill (“OBBB”), containing several sweeping U.S. federal tax changes relevant to the venture capital and emerging company sector

In a partnership with Searchlight Capital Partners, Rêv Worldwide enters into a definitive agreement to acquire the Netspend consumer business from Global Payments in an all-cash transaction valued at $1 billion. 

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act) was signed into law on March 27, 2020. Included in this economic stabilization package are several business tax related provisions, including:

• A payroll tax credit for employers affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic;
• A payroll tax deferral for all employers for the rest of 2020;
• An expansion of the use of net operating losses;
• An acceleration of refunds for unused corporate alternative minimum tax (AMT) credits;
• A temporary increase on business interest deductions; and
• Bonus deprecation status for qualified improvement property.

Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP represented Andersen Group Inc. (NYSE: ANDG), a leading provider of independent tax, valuation and financial advisory services to individuals and family offices, businesses and funds in the United States, in its initial public offering of 12,650,000 shares of its Class A common stock, at a public offering price of $16 per share.

neptune.ai announces its definitive agreement to be acquired by OpenAI, marking Gunderson’s second this year representing a company in its sale to OpenAI, following Statsig’s $1.1 billion acquisition

Veza, a leading AI-native identity security platform, announces its acquisition by ServiceNow, the AI control tower for business reinvention, extending the capabilities of ServiceNow’s Security and Risk portfolios into Identity Security

Gunderson Dettmer provides a range of its recent fund formation deals that were closed. 

Gunderson Dettmer was recognized as a winner in the 15^th Annual Mergers and Acquisitions Top Middle-Market Deals of the Year for its representation of Foresight Sports in its acquisition by Vista Outdoor and The Athletic in its acquisition by The New York Times, two out of the thirteen winning deals for the categories Media and Consumer Products and Outdoor Recreation.

Gunderson Dettmer earned "Deal of the Year for Asia," "Best M&A Deal in Asia" and "Best India Deal" in FinanceAsia’s Achievement Awards 2018 for its work in the US$16 billion acquisition of Flipkart Group by Walmart Inc. Gunderson served as international and M&A counsel to Flipkart Group, one of India’s largest e-commerce marketplaces, in the deal that made Walmart Inc. its largest shareholder. With the completion of the investment, Walmart now holds approximately 77 percent of Flipkart and the deal is reported to be the most highly-valued e-commerce deal in history.