Lawyer Bio : Karl T. Knoll

Karl T. Knoll

Tysons Corner

Karl Knoll’s practice focuses on the representation of technology-oriented companies and government contractors in connection with mergers and acquisitions, leveraged and management buyouts, venture capital and private equity transactions, spin-offs, recapitalizations, restructurings as well as general corporate and securities matters.  In the last five years, he has acted as advisor and de facto general counsel to more than twenty-five technology-oriented emerging growth companies. He has advised clients in more than forty M&A transactions with an aggregate value of more than $5 billion dollars.
 
In addition to his work for issuers, Karl’s practice also focuses on representing some of the nation’s premier venture capital and private equity investors. His experience includes representing venture capital and private equity funds acting individually, through joint ventures and in syndicates in a wide variety of financing and acquisition transactions including financing transactions from the seed stage up through Series F Preferred Stock financings, acquisitions through mergers, stock and asset purchases, auctions, leveraged buyouts, consolidations and structured reorganizations of his client’s portfolio companies.

Representative Matters
 

Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity Transactions:

  • Representation of Boulder Ventures and a syndicate of investors including a new management team in the acquisition of a government contractor from the existing stockholders.
  • Representation of Anystream, Inc. in a stock-for-stock merger of equals with Voxant, Inc.
  • Representation of Anystream, Inc. in the acquisition of the assets constituting the Lectopia business from the University of Western Australia.
  • Representation of Anystream, Inc. in the acquisition of Cauldron Solutions, Inc.
  • Representation of Serenex, Inc. in its sale to Pfizer Inc.
  • Representation of Claraview, Inc. in its sale to publicly-traded Teradata, Inc.
  • Representation of The Health Central Networks, Inc. in the acquisition of the membership interests of Med Track Alert, LLC.
  • Representation of The Health Central Networks, Inc. in the acquisition of Body Health Resources Corporation.
  • Representation of mindSHIFT Technologies, Inc. in the acquisition of Collaboration Online, LLC.
  • Representation of mindSHIFT Technologies, Inc. in the acquisition of Invision.com, Inc.
  • Representation of mindSHIFT Technologies, Inc. in the acquisition of all of the assets of Network Alternatives, Inc.
  • Representation of mindSHIFT Technologies, Inc. in the acquisition of all of the assets of Dynamic Digital Services, Inc. and DDS Connect. Inc.
  • Representation of GlobalLogic, Inc. in the acquisition of Bonus Technology, Inc. and its Ukrainian subsidiary.
  • Representation of SilverStorm Technologies, Inc. in its sale to QLogic, Inc.
  • Representation of Servicebench, Inc. in its sale to N.E.W. Customer Service Companies, Inc.
  • Representation of RealOps, Inc. in its sale to B.M.C. Software, Inc.
  • Representation of Consul Risk Management, Inc. in its sale of its U.S. and Netherlands entities to IBM.
  • Representation of Apptix, Inc., a Norwegian public company, in the acquisition of all of the assets (both in the U.S. and Bulgaria) of WebMessenger, Inc.
  • Representation of Apptix, Inc. in the acquisition of Mi8, Inc.
  • Representation of Apptix, Inc. in the sale of its Indian subsidiary, Apptix Software India Private Limited to Software Consultants, Inc.
  • Representation of Command Information, Inc. (a roll-up vehicle for Carlyle Ventures and Novak Biddle Venture Partners) in the acquisition of the government contracting firm, Anvicom, Inc.
  • Representation of Command Information, Inc. in the acquisition of Digital Harbor, Inc.
  • Representation of publicly-traded MCI Network Services, Inc. in the acquisition of the Interactive Content Factory from TWI Interactive Limited the UK Subsidiary of publicly-traded IMG Worldwide.
 
Venture Capital and other Corporate Transactions:
 
  • Representation of Grab Networks, Inc. (f/k/a Anystream, Inc.) in multiple series of equity, debt and convertible debt financings and in connection with the spin-off of Echo360, Inc.
  • Representation of Novak Biddle Venture Partners in the “flip” of the equity interests of FiberZone, an Israeli operating company, to a newly formed Delaware holding company, Fiberzone Technologies, Inc. in connection with an equity financing. Further representation of Novak Biddle in connection with multiple equity and convertible debt financings of FiberZone Technologies, Inc.
  • Representation of Kajeet, Inc. in multiple series of equity and debt financings including a restructuring of the company’s equity interests.
  • Representation of SilverStorm Technologies, Inc. in connection with equity restructuring and adoption of management carve-out plan as well as Series A and Series B financings.

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Professional Activities

Admitted to bar: 2001, Virginia.

Education

B.S., Finance, 1997, University of Utah, summa cum laude; Field’s Scholar, Beta Gamma Sigma.
 
J.D., 2001, Harvard Law School, cum laude; Journal of Law and Public Policy.

Prior Legal Experience

Associate, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, Reston, VA, 2004-2009; Associate, Kirkland and Ellis International LLP, London, England, 2001-2004.