Ropes & Gray Advises Qorvo, Inc. in its Acquisition of Decawave Limited

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April 17, 2020

Ropes & Gray advised Qorvo, Inc. (NASD:  QRVO), a leading RF (radio frequency) semiconductor company, in its acquisition of Decawave Limited, a pioneer in ultra-wideband technology and a provider of UWB solutions for mobile, automotive and IoT applications. The transaction closed on February 24. Financial terms were not disclosed. The press release is here. 

Dublin, Ireland-based-Decawave was founded in 2007 and has deployed more than 8 million chipsets in more than 40 different market verticals – from smartphones to drones. The Decawave team has become the Ultra-Wideband Business Unit within Qorvo Mobile Products. Qorvo serves diverse high-growth segments of large global markets, including advanced wireless devices, wired and wireless networks and defense radar and communications.

The Ropes & Gray team that advised Qorvo included private equity partner Eric Issadore (San Francisco), labor & employment partner Douglas Brayley (both of Boston), tax partner Leo Arnaboldi III (New York) as well as mergers & acquisitions partners Regina Sam Penti (Boston) and Megan Baca (Silicon Valley).