Simpson Thacher represented the underwriters, led by Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, in connection with the initial public offering of Astera Labs, Inc. (“Astera Labs”). A total of 22,770,000 shares of common stock were sold in the offering consisting of 19,758,903 shares sold by the Company, inclusive of the underwriters’ full exercise of their option to purchase 2,970,000 additional shares, and 3,011,097 shares sold by the selling stockholders. The offering raised $819.7 million in gross proceeds. Shares of Astera Labs are now listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “ALAB.” The initial public offering closed on March 22, 2024.
Based in Santa Clara, California, Astera Labs’ mission is to innovate, design, and deliver semiconductor-based connectivity solutions that are purpose-built to unleash the full potential of cloud and AI infrastructure. Astera Labs is only the third venture-backed company to go public since 2021.
The Simpson Thacher team included Heidi Mayon, Karen Reyes, Anna LeGrett, Sarika Pandrangi and Julia Gleason (Capital Markets); Corina Holland (Intellectual Property); Tristan Brown, Ryan Kenny and Guanxiong Xu (Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits); Jonathan Cantor, Preston Irace and Michael Leitner (Tax); Jennie Getsin (Blue Sky); and Jeanne Annarumma (ERISA).