Bertrand Nzabandora
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Bertrand Nzabandora

Senior Associate

Email

bertrand.nzabandora@aoshearman.com

Phone

+1 415 796 4166

Offices

San Francisco

V-CARD
Bertrand advises clients on technology transactions, covering matters such as commercial contracts, intellectual property, artificial intelligence, data privacy, cybersecurity, and information technology.

Bertrand advises clients across all transaction types and sizes, including mergers and acquisitions, venture capital investments (e.g., Series A – E), and standalone commercial projects. He also assists clients in a more advisory capacity, including advising on the increasingly complex artificial intelligence regulatory landscape in the United States.

Bertrand also has experience of advising clients in a wide range of sectors, such as sports, gaming, and financial institutions.

Bertrand works with colleagues across the global network and previously spent three years in the London office.

Expertise

Industries

Experience

Representative matters

  • Sanmina Corporation on its $3bn acquisition of the data center infrastructure manufacturing business of ZT Systems from AMD.
  • Savvy Gaming Group on its $1.5bn acquisition and merger of ESL Gaming and FACEIT.
  • IHS Mauritius BR Limited on its $952m sale of its Latin America tower operations to Macquarie Asset Management.
  • CSW Industrials, Inc. on its $650m acquisition of Motors & Armatures Parts.
  • Coherent Corp. on its $400m sale of its aerospace and defense business to Advent International, L.P.
  • Forevision Holdings Limited on its $70m acquisition of a controlling stake in Block Bond Holdings, Inc.
  • Sage Software, Inc. on its acquisition of Criterion Inc.
  • Randstad on its acquisition of Torc.
  • MAI Capital Management on its combination with Evoke Advisors.
  • Specialized mobility investment company on its acquisition of a British electric vehicle engineering and design business focused on ultra-exclusive supercars.
  • U.S. financial services company on a long-term global outsourcing agreement with a British insurance company.

Pro bono

  • Mentoring university students through the Black Aspiring Solicitors Scheme. Advising a multi-disciplinary performance poet and artist on a publishing agreement.
  • Advising a mental health charity on data protection relating to its licensing of one of its mental health applications to a US health insurer.
  • Advising an international children’s charity on a subscription-based framework services agreement for the electronic point of sale software, hardware and support services for the charity’s retail shops.
  • Advising an international work experience enterprise on their website’s privacy policy.

Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations

  • Solicitor, The Law Society of England & Wales

Qualifications

Admissions

Solicitor, England and Wales, 2020

Attorney-at-Law, State of California, USA, 2023

Academic

BA, Law with European Law, University of Oxford, 2016
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.