Lisa Bodensteiner Email & Phone Number

San Jose, California, US

Synaptics (Nasdaq: SYNA) is changing the way humans engage with connected devices and data, engineering exceptional experiences throughout the home, at work, in the car and on the go. Synaptics is the partner of choice for the world’s most innovative intelligent system providers who are integrating multiple experiential technologies into platforms that.

Santa Cruz, California, US

• Chief legal officer of a public company that executes on all Board of Directors, corporate governance and corporate secretary matters, all material mergers, acquisitions, dispositions and financing transactions.
• Senior member of executive team that implemented the strategic turnaround, transformation and sale of Poly to HPQ
• Poly’s share price increased from $19/share to $40 during 2-year tenure
• Led $3.3B enterprise value M&A transaction for the sale of Poly to HP Inc. in an all-cash transaction inclusive of debt during turbulent market conditions arising from the global supply chain crisis and Russia’s.
• Leader of the 30-person global legal and compliance team located in the U.S., MX, Europe and APAC
• Established and led the enterprise wide ESG program, which centralized and established the governance framework for Poly’s Global ESG and compliance program creating enhanced accountability through cross functional.

Privately-owned real estate development and advisory firm that manages and develops residential and commercial projects in the West.

Richmond, California, US

• Member of executive management team leading a $2.5 billion revenue, global, vertically integrated solar power industry business consisting of manufacturing, project development, engineering, procurement and.
• SPWR share price increased from $4 to $30 during tenure with huge growth and expansion
• Business unit leader of the legal and insurance department with 25 attorneys in the US and Europe and 30 contract, compliance, and insurance professionals to provide legal services for SPWR’s rapidly expanding global.
• Legal advisor for unique governance structure with a Board of Directors consisting of the CEO, 3 independent directors and 5 directors from Total S.A., SPWR’s majority shareholder
• Key achievements: sale of the largest solar project in the world to MidAmerican for more than $2 billion; significant M&A, project finance and corporate finance transactions of more than $10 billion across Europe.

Tempe, Arizona, US

• Key member of leadership team that developed, designed, constructed, financed and sold $8 billion, 2.7GW photovoltaic (PV) solar project pipeline, including lead role in negotiating key M&A deals, power purchase.
• Leader responsible for the integration of the OptiSolar assets and people
• Established the development platform
• Led business development function for 9 months
• Led all significant acquisitions, including NextLight Renewables 1.1GW PV project pipeline

Tempe, Arizona, US

First Solar acquired OptiSolar Inc. in April 2009. I joined First Solar as Asst. General Counsel. In October 2009, I accepted the role of Vice President, Business Development for North America on an interim basis and resumed my role as Asst. General Counsel in July 2010 after First Solar acquired NextLight Renewables LLC.

Tempe, Arizona, US

Held the position of Vice President, Business Development for North America until First Solar acquired NextLight Renewables LLC in July 2010 at which time I resumed the role of Assistant General Counsel.

• Privately held, fast-growing startup company founded in 2005 as a vertically integrated solar energy producer, manufacturer of proprietary thin-film photovoltaic solar panels and developer of utility-scale solar farms
• Multiple rounds of private investment raised over $300 million
• Negotiated 1.5GWs of power purchase agreements and developed 2GW PV project development pipeline
• Led negotiation to successfully sell project development business to First Solar, Inc. for several hundred million dollars, returning significant value to investors during the global financial crisis of 2008

Houston, TX, US

• Member of the team that led the IPO for the nation's largest independent energy company to fuel the company's growth from 200 employees and 1MW generation ownership to 4,000 employees and 27,000MWs generating $6B revenue
• Established, led and managed a team of 100+ located in multiple offices handling all legal, contract administration, and compliance matters, as well as a $40 million insurance program for assets valued at $20 billion
• Negotiated the company’s significant acquisitions, mergers, financing and refinancing transactions, including project financings totaling over $7 billion and corporate debt and equity offerings totaling over $11 billion
• Member of the Management Committee, Investment Committee, and the Risk Management Committee, which set strategy, reviewed, and approved the company’s significant business decisions and policies and hedge positions
• Significantly enhanced governance measures within management and the Board of Directors
• Successfully handled numerous, sensitive corporate matters such as SEC comment letters and informal investigations, an accounting restatement, whistleblower claims, regulatory investigations and settlements of actions.

US

• Transactional attorney working with a variety of high tech and other companies primarily negotiating and drafting documents for corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, real estate partnerships.
• Worked exclusively on Calpine Corporation matters for the last several months and was asked by then General Counsel to join Calpine in early 1996

San Jose, California, US

• Transactional attorney performing due diligence, negotiation and drafting documents for corporate transactions with a focus on real estate transactions, financings and environmental matters

Juris Doctor

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Business Administration - Accounting