George Pothoulakis

Partner

Boston

George, a partner in Orrick's Technology Companies Group, represents emerging companies and investors across the globe. Based in the Boston office, George acts as a bridge to all strategic markets in the venture capital ecosystem, with extensive experience in cross-border transactions across key verticals.     

George is specialized in all areas of general corporate/securities law and in a wide variety of transactions (ex. venture financings, secondary offerings, redomestications, M&A and public offerings). His practice spans the entire corporate lifecycle, from inception to exit/liquidity, and includes the representation of companies and investors from various industries (ex. life sciences, health tech, energy tech, A.I, machine learning, robotics and blockchain). 

In addition to his extensive experience in private practice, George previously served as the lead lawyer of Boehringer Ingelheim's U.S.-based venture fund, where he oversaw and supported all legal aspects of the venture fund's investment activities in the United States and Canada.  During his time there, George also supported the venture fund's parent pharma company as lead counsel in several global financing and M&A transactions.

  • During law school, George was the Executive Editor of the Washington University Law Review and also served the Honorable Kim McLane Wardlaw at the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.