Derek Liu is an M&A Partner at Baker McKenzie in San Francisco, where he represents large serial acquirers including Google, Salesforce, ServiceNow, and Atlassian on programmatic acquisitions, alongside startups and public companies on both sides of the table. He has personally signed over $110 billion in transactions across his career at Wachtell Lipton, Wilson Sonsini, and Baker McKenzie.
Baker McKenzie's Derek Liu breaks down how to structure, diligence, and retain talent in acquihire deals now that AI is driving billion-dollar price tags.