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    Peter Jones

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    Palo Alto +1-650-461-5600
    jonesp@sullcrom.com
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    Peter Jones is a partner in Sullivan & Cromwell’s M&A, Technology, Digital Infrastructure and Private Equity Groups and is resident in the Firm’s Palo Alto office. Peter represents clients across a range of corporate transactions with a particular focus on private equity, financial sponsors and high-growth and established technology clients.

    Peter is ranked in Chambers USA: Corporate/M&A, was awarded Dealmaker of the Year (2026) by the Daily Journal, was named a “Rising Star” in Technology by Law360, was selected to Bloomberg’s “They’ve Got Next: The 40 Under 40” and Daily Journal’s “40 Under 40” and sits on Law360’s M&A editorial board.

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    Experience

    Experience

    • Elon Musk, X and xAI
      • xAI in its $250 billion sale to SpaceX, creating a combined company valued at $1.25 trillion, the largest private company merger in history
      • Elon Musk, xAI and X on the $113 billion merger of xAI and X
      • Elon Musk in his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, Inc.*
      • Elon Musk and xAI on their investment in the AI Infrastructure Partnership (AIP) and participation in AIP's $40 billion acquisition of Aligned Data Centers
      • xAI on various matters, including in its $20 billion and $5.5 billion equity fundraisings, $5 billion debt financing and in connection with the Apollo-led $3.5 billion capital solution for Valor Compute Infrastructure

    • Tesla
      • Tesla in its $2 billion acquisition of an AI hardware company
      • Tesla on various corporate, corporate governance, compliance and disclosure matters, including in Elon Musk's $1 trillion compensation award
    • Broadcom on a various matters, including the establishment of the AI XPV Platform, designed to enable more than 20 GW of AI compute capacity and its initial $35 billion capital commitment led by Apollo in partnership with Blackstone
    • Ansys in its $35 billion sale to Synopsys
    • LiveRamp in its $2.6 billion pending acquisition by Publicis Groupe
    • Splunk Inc. in its $28 billion acquisition by Cisco Systems, Inc.*
    • Livongo in its $18.5 billion acquisition by Teladoc Health*
    • Winbond Electronics Corporation in its pending $1.12 billion acquisition of the NOR Flash and F-RAM business of Infineon Technologies
    • Sixth Street on its $1 Billion Preferred Stock Investment in BridgeBio Pharma
    • Agilent Technologies on various maters including in its $950 million acquisition of Biocare Medical from an investor group led by Excellere Partners and GHO Capital Partners
    • The Cari Network on various matters, including in its strategic partnership with Tassat to accelerate the development of Cari's tokenized deposit network and strategic investment from a consortium of banks
    • SpotHero in its acquisition by Uber Technologies
    • Tien Tzuo, majority shareholder and CEO of Zuora, Inc., in connection with Zuora, Inc.'s $1.7 billion acquisition by Silver Lake and Mr. Tzuo's rollover and ongoing governance and employment arrangements
    • Julia Hartz, controlling shareholder, founder and CEO of Eventbrite, in its $500 million acquisition by Bending Spoons
    • F5 Networks in a number of matters, including its $1 billion acquisition of Shape Security*, $440 million acquisition of Volterra*, acquisition of Threat Stack*, acquisition of LeakSignal, acquisition of Insight Engines and acquisition of Mantis Networks
    • Good World Management and its owner Brandon Creed in its strategic investment from and long-term partnership with Initial Group, a portfolio company of TPG
    • Board of Covariant on its strategic transaction with Amazon
    • Character.AI on its strategic transaction with Google
    • SoftBank Vision Fund 2, as lead investor, in Terabase Energy's Series C financing round
    • GIC in its $14 billion acquisition of STORE Capital Corporation, alongside Oak Street and the related equity financing arrangements*
    • Proofpoint in its $12.3 billion sale to Thoma Bravo*
    • SK Hynix in its $9 billion acquisition of Intel’s memory business*
    • HPS Investment Partners in its investment in Authentic Brands Group at a valuation of $12.7 billion*
    • Coherent in its initially announced $5.7 billion sale to Lumentum, followed by Coherent's subsequent responses to competing acquisition proposals from MKS Instruments, II-VI and Lumentum in a three-party bidding war culminating in Coherent's $7 billion sale to II-VI*
    • Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. in its $14.3 billion acquisition by affiliates of Digital Colony Partners and the EQT Infrastructure IV fund, the largest media and communications leveraged buyout since the 2008 financial crisis*
    • Xperi Corporation in its $3 billion merger with TiVo Corporation*
    • LIXIL Corporation in its $3 billion acquisition of GROHE*
    • ORIX Corporation in its €2 billion acquisition of Robeco from Rabobank*
    • a large Asian corporation on a $1 billion joint venture in southeast Asia*
    • ETF Securities Limited on the equity, U.S. and debt financing aspects of the $611 million sale of its European exchange-traded commodity, currency and short-and-leveraged business to WisdomTree Investments, Inc.*
    • a sovereign wealth fund on minority investments in various U.S. technology companies*
    • Transaction Services Group (TSG) in Calera Capital's sale of a majority stake in TSG to Advent International Corporation*
    • LINE Corporation and its group companies on a number of matters, including the establishment of a cryptocurrency-focused fund in Hong Kong; the acquisition of all assets comprising the music streaming business MixRadio from Microsoft Corporation; investments into funds in various jurisdictions; minority investments in various jurisdictions; and strategic joint ventures in various jurisdictions*
    • The Culture Trip Ltd. on its investment from its founder and funds managed by PPF N.V.*
    • Montagu Private Equity LLP in its acquisition of Open International*
    • a large Asian corporation in its acquisition of a leading messaging platform*
    • a U.S. hedge fund on its technology joint venture in China*

     *Denotes representations undertaken prior to joining S&C.

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    Rankings and Recognitions

    Rankings and Recognitions

    • Daily Journal: Dealmaker of the Year (2026)
    • Chambers USA: Corporate/M&A
    • Bloomberg Law: “They’ve Got Next: The 40 Under 40” (2026)
    • Law360: Rising Star in Technology (2025)
    • Daily Journal: 40 Under 40 (2025)
    • Lawdragon: 500 Leading Dealmakers in America (2026)
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    News

    News

    • S&C Advises Winbond on $1.12 Billion Acquisition of Infineon’s NOR Flash and F-RAM Business

      Client Highlights September 18, 2026
    • S&C Advises The Cari Network on Strategic Investment from Consortium of Banks

      Client Highlights September 3, 2026
    • S&C Advises Sixth Street on $1 Billion Preferred Stock Investment in BridgeBio Pharma

      Client Highlights July 1, 2026
    • S&C Advises Broadcom on $35 Billion Capital Solution with Apollo and Blackstone to Accelerate AI Compute for Anthropic

      Client Highlights June 9, 2026
    • S&C Advises LiveRamp on $2.6 Billion Acquisition by Publicis

      Client Highlights May 18, 2026
    • S&C Advises The Cari Network on Strategic Partnership with Tassat

      Client Highlights May 1, 2026
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    Publications, Videos and Podcasts

    Publications, Videos and Podcasts

    • Mid-Year Report: Capital Solutions

      Newsletters July 7, 2026
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    Credentials

    Credentials

    Education

    • College of Law, London, Legal Practice Course, 2010
    • College of Law, London, Diploma in Law, 2009
    • University of St. Andrews, M.A., 2008

    Bar Admissions

    • California
    • England and Wales
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    Related Practices

    Related Practices

    • General Practice
    • Corporate Governance
    • Digital Infrastructure
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Private Equity
    • Shareholder Activism
    • Technology
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