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Sarah C. Waste

Associate

Sarah C. Waste

Associate

Sarah Waste is an associate in the firm’s Chicago office and a member of the Intellectual Property Department, and Technology Transactions, Cybersecurity, and Privacy practice group.

Sarah focuses her practice on advising life science and technology companies on a variety of matters including, the licensing and commercialization of intellectual property and technology assets and intellectual property due diligence for M&A transactions and venture capital financings. Prior to joining Foley Sarah worked at international law firms in Southern California where she advised life science and technology companies on similar technology transaction matters and advised medical device companies on patent strategy, patentability, and patent infringement.

 

May 5, 2026 Deals and Wins

Foley Represents Mirantis in Sale to IREN for $625 Million in IREN Stock

Foley & Lardner LLP recently represented Mirantis, a provider of cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes-based orchestration, and enterprise support services, in the negotiation of a definitive agreement to be acquired by IREN Limited.
April 28, 2026 Deals and Wins

Foley Represents OpenLight in $50M Series A-1 Round 

Foley & Lardner LLP represented OpenLight Photonics, the world leader in custom Photonic Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (PASIC) design, in their $50 million Series A-1 fundraising round.
April 10, 2026 Deals and Wins

Foley Advises Valencia Technologies in Acquisition by Boston Scientific

Foley & Lardner LLP served as legal advisor to Valencia Technologies Corporation, a privately held medical technology company focused on developing and commercializing innovative solutions to treat bladder dysfunction, in its acquisition by global medical technology leader Boston Scientific Corporation.
March 25, 2026 Deals and Wins

Foley Represents Samsung Catalyst as Lead Investor in $50M Funding Round for Normal Computing

Foley & Lardner LLP represented Samsung Catalyst as a lead investor in the $50 million funding round for Normal Computing. Additional investors include Galvanize, Brevan Howard Macro Venture Fund, and ArcTern Ventures, alongside existing investors Celesta Capital, Drive Capital, Eric Schmidt's First Spark Ventures, and Micron Ventures.
January 26, 2026 Deals and Wins

Foley Represents Blockstream in Acquisition of Elysium Lab and European Expansion

Foley & Lardner LLP represented Blockstream, the global leader in Bitcoin-powered financial infrastructure, in the acquisition of Lugano-based digital asset company Elysium Lab.
January 15, 2026 Deals and Wins

Foley Advises Rivet Health in Acquisition by Zelis

Foley & Lardner LLP served as legal advisor to Rivet Health Inc., a leader in revenue cycle analytics, in its acquisition by leading health care technology solutions provider Zelis.