Our tech-focused advisors help founders and funders alike navigate legal complexities with a commercial-first mindset.
Over the past 20 years my consistent passion has been to advise and support high-growth tech companies and investors throughout their life cycle, from incubation to exit, and across different geographies and sectors. I have overseen hundreds of deals involving leading tech and fintech players in the UK, Europe, North America, and Asia, leveraging my deep industry knowledge, market insight, and relentless commitment to their success. I have also been recognized as a leading individual in several legal directories, including Legal 500, for my expertise and excellence in venture capital, M&A, emerging markets, and fintech.
Clients I've worked with: Scoro | Rossum | Many Pets | Salesforce Ventures | Bessemer Venture Partners
I represent early and growth stage companies as well as investors and venture capital funds on a wide range of corporate transactions, with a particular focus on venture capital and growth equity. I am passionate about working with innovators and investors to provide commercially focused advice to drive growth and success.
Clients I've worked with: Atomico | Scalapay | Floww | Stage 2 Capital | C-Capture
I help founders and investors successfully raise capital and build their business from inception through exit. I help companies see around corners, not just a legal advisor, but as a business partner that always looks to strike the right balance and find the ideal commercial approach to achieve their goals.
Clients I've worked with: K Health | Dataiku | Merama | Warby Parker | Betterment
Based in New York, I advise tech companies from formation to exit as well as venture capital investors. Many of my clients are based in Europe (particularly France and Switzerland) and I work regularly with my colleagues in Germany, UK and France. Prior to joining the tech companies group, I practiced general corporate and M&A law and even worked in-house for a tech company for one year.
Clients I've worked with: PhotoRoom | Gorgias | Noveon Magnetics | Auterion
My practice focuses on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, advising companies on formation and equity financings, and corporate governance matters—a little bit of everything in the corporate world. I approach every transaction with enthusiasm and work to serve as both a trusted advisor and friendly face for each client. I love a puzzle and consider myself a problem solver and creative thinker.
Clients I've worked with: Shopify | Workday | Squarespace | Trimble | Catalyst Biosciences
I work with some of the most innovative thinkers in the world. I take legal pain-points for entrepreneurs- like negotiating with VCs, getting team equity right and protecting your IP - and make them easy at every stage.
Clients I've worked with: Anthropic | Appsheet | Go1 | Life360 | SoFi
I started my career as a technology companies lawyer, but soon joined the startup world and began a 20+ year journey as a business leader running go-to-market, product development and business operations for a series of companies including Yahoo!, Demandforce, Intuit, Logikcull and Zenoti. During that time I led teams through good times and bad, raised money, bought and sold companies. Recently I returned to the firm to lead our Greenhouse program, which provides free personalized business coaching for our seed stage clients.
Clients I've worked with: Logikcull | XP News | Vala
I am a lawyer and trusted advisor to companies. I am also a co-founder of two YC-backed companies. I am passionate about scaling transformative ideas. I’ve been working with emerging companies and their investors for more than 30 years.
Clients I've worked with: Coatue | Dataiku | Numerous Y Combinator-backed companies | Solugen | Stripe | Twist Bioscience | Weights & Biases
I advise start-up and emerging growth companies, as well as a number of leading venture capital, growth equity, and private equity firms, in all areas of general corporate/securities law and in a variety of different transactions (ex. venture financings, growth equity financings, control transactions). My practice spans the entire corporate lifecycle, from inception to exit/liquidity, and includes work across a variety of industries, including biotech, pharma, AI, clean tech and software. In my prior legal life, I advised private equity, venture capital and hedge funds on all aspects of their fund operations, as well as institutional fund investors on their private fund and direct investments. My experience spans the entire private capital ecosystem, which allows me to understand the specific wants, needs, concerns and goals of all of the players operating in the ecosystem.
Clients I've worked with: Aledade | Deel | Warburg Pincus | Fifth Wall | Spiritus Technologies
I advise technology companies and venture capital firms on a broad range of corporate matters including venture capital and growth equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions as well as day to day corporate advice. My primary focus is venture capital work, and I have considerable experience working with early stage companies as well as with investors and VCs.
Clients I've worked with: Dream Games | Stripe | PayPal | Coatue | Warburg Pincus
Knowledgeable and practical advisor to venture capital firms and emerging growth technology companies from formation through exit on a variety of issues, including formation, venture capital financings, mergers & acquisitions, IPOs and other corporate and securities law matters.
Clients I've worked with: Contentful Global | Weave Communications | Stripe | Kapor Capital | All Raise
I'm a startup and VC lawyer focusing on venture financings and corporate governance matters, and also have experience counseling clients on M&A and technology transactions. I am committed to understanding my clients' business needs and providing practical advice tailored to their situation and goals. I sit on the board and am currently president of the Los Angeles Venture Association, and enjoy speaking on fundraising essentials and other educational topics, with a particular affinity for supporting the women founders community.
Clients I've worked with: ZeroTier | Inspectify | Moving Analytics | Morpheus Ventures
I am an Associate in Orrick's Technology Companies Group and have experience working with companies of all stages, as well as venture capital funds and investors, on a broad range of corporate matters including venture capital, mergers & acquisitions and day-to-day corporate advice. I trained at Orrick, during which time I also gained experience in Orrick's Banking & Finance and Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity teams.
Clients I've worked with: ManyPets | Bessemer Venture Partners | Infogrid | Terrapay | ABN AMRO Ventures
My favorite part about coaching has always been the people I work with. High performance athletes love what they do, have a passion for growth, and are always pursuing the best version of themselves. In Orrick's TCG group, I get to work with people who share all of those qualities. As a lawyer, I get to advise clients as they build something new, solve creative problems, and constantly pursue excellence. They make showing up for work every day exciting and inspiring!
Keen about tech, I work with start-ups and scale-ups from incorporation to M&A exit, through financing rounds and other growth opportunities. I also work alongside Italian and international venture capital firms in their investments across a variety of tech industries.
Clients I've worked with: Futura S.p.A. | 1000Farmacie S.p.A. | Safety21 | Healthware Group
With a trajectory spanning from Apple to the vibrant (and crazy) world of venture capital, my passion lies in fostering the growth of innovative ideas and ushering them into the market. Today, my role involves championing founders and investors by facilitating their access to best legal and tech advisors within our firm. From London to Paris, Milan, Düsseldorf and across the entire European tech scene, I connect the dots between key players and our partners, ensuring our continuous support and engagement as the leader in our market.
Clients I've worked with: Atomico | Graphcore | Interstellar | Eurazeo | HSBC Innovation Banking
I advise high-growth technology companies and VC investors in general formation, venture capital financings, and corporate governance matters as a member of the TCG team in the Seattle office. I work with companies across various industries, including entertainment and digital media, SaaS, and AI.
Clients I've worked with: All Raise | FlutterFlow | Jasper AI | Watershed | Workday
I am a corporate lawyer and a member of the Technology Companies Group at Orrick. We advise emerging and established tech-companies, and those who invest in them, in their growth and realisation of value.
Clients I've worked with: Truelayer | Shop Circle | Tide | Infogrid | Helloself
I'm a thinker and a doer. I love to wrestle with problems big and small and devise action plans focused on practical solutions. I bring more than 25 years of experience in the high-growth tech ecosystem. My approach is driven by my experiences as both company founder and consumer of legal services, by my early years as a litigator, and by diverse experiences advising businesses at every stage, along with the executives, investors and advisors involved in those businesses. And at the end of the day, my goal is to deliver solutions at the intersection of good business judgment, common sense and the law. I am passionate about working with clients striving to make a positive impact in the world.
Clients I've worked with: Watershed | Certa | Mitra Chem | Sierra Space | Eversight | Threshold Ventures | iNovia Capital | TDK Ventures | Valor Equity Partners | Emerson Collective
I am a strategic advisor to founders and investors in the world's most valuable private technology companies. Working closely with their teams from the earliest stages, I have advised numerous tech unicorns on matters ranging from daily operations to commercial strategy to fundraising and growth. I leverage a unique professional background and skill set as well as the premiere, full suite of services of a global law firm to devise creative, business-minded solutions for my clients.
Clients I've worked with: Clutter | Upstart | Nest Labs | Founders Fund | Andreessen Horowitz
I work with high-growth companies and investors who love to invest in them. On the company-side, I aim to support entrepreneurs and their teams implement and scale their vision, with a healthy amount of linebacking to anticipate and counsel the various challenges that regularly arise as companies are doing big and bold things. I particularly enjoy teams and investors that are positively transforming how the world works.
Clients I've worked with: CelLink | NfX | Perfect Day | Noya | New Frontier Foods/Ocean’s Halo
I advise emerging tech companies and venture capital funds on a variety of corporate and governance matters. As a US-qualified attorney based in Orrick's London office, I have a particular focus on cross-border venture capital financing transactions.
Clients I've worked with: Good Nature Agro | UltiHash | ZenML | GIC
I've spent the last 25 years helping tech entrepreneurs, business leaders and financial sponsors advance their businesses. I am a deal junkie, problem solver and fixer. I love getting stuff done with a team.
Clients I've worked with: Workday | Apple | Trimble | Bayer | Zynga | Marvell
I advise startup companies of all sizes with respect to incorporation, day-to-day corporate governance matters, venture capital financings, and exit transactions. I also represent venture capital, growth equity and private equity investors in a variety of different transactions. My clients span a wide range of industries, including consumer services, AI, blockchain, life sciences and edtech.
Clients I've worked with: Crossbeam | Volley | Coatue | Trail Mix Ventures
Initially, I made my way into the fields of M&A and private equity. However, captivated by transformative power of technology, I turned also to venture capital law, where I now assist technology companies in their growth and financing stages. With a keen eye for detail and a passion for innovation, I enjoy providing tailored legal solutions to support clients in their most strategic transactions.
Clients I've worked with: CERBA Healthcare | Healthware Group | Panakes
I head Orrick's German technology companies group. With a dual background in business and law and the experiences from literally hundreds of start-up financings I guides technology companies of all stages and their financial sponsors through transformational transactions. These deals include venture capital financings, technology acquisitions, buy-out M&A of technology companies and strategic cross-border joint ventures.
Clients I've worked with: GIC | Energy Impact Partners | Coatue | Haniel | Kärcher
I help entrepreneurs and investors drive technological innovation throughout Europe. For more than three decades, I have been advising companies in venture capital transactions, public offerings and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. I also advises high-growth companies, investment banks, and venture capital firms on fundraising, international business operations and transactions.
Clients I've worked with: Graphcore | Terrapay | TopHat
I work with companies in all stages of their life cycles, from start-ups to public companies, and in a variety of industries including, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, digital health services, software, hardware, information services, financial services, financial technology, consumer goods, fashion, media, and energy. I advise these companies in many facets of their businesses including financings, corporate governance, employment matters, acquisitions, divestitures, licensing and distribution arrangements, and joint ventures and strategic partnerships. I also represent venture capital firms in connection with their investments in early and later-stage operating companies.
Clients I've worked with: Vanda Pharmaceuticals | Partner Therapeutics | Win Reality, Inc. | Third Rock Ventures | RA Capital
Since 2005, I've represented tech startups on just about every kind of problem, transaction or opportunity that a high-growth company encounters on its journey.
Clients I've worked with: Betterment | Confluent | HashiCorp | Nest | Pinterest
I am a venture capital lawyer and work with startups, investors and other stakeholders in the German and international VC ecosystem on a daily basis. We support our clients from their formation through the various financing rounds (Angel, (Pre-)Seed, Series A, B, C etc.) to a successful exit, but also advise on employee participation/incentive programs, the leap into the United States (e.g., by flip or incorporation of subsidiaries) and generally act as a sparring partner for founders in the realization of their ideas.
Clients I've worked with: Haniel | Blossom Capital | Voltfang | Energy Impact Partners
I represent early and growth stage companies as well as investors and venture capital funds on a wide range of corporate transactions throughout their life cycle. I am passionate about helping founders and investors at the forefront of technology drive innovation, and to support them by providing commercially focused advice at the crucial moment as well as every-day moments of their startup journey.
Clients I've worked with: Butternut Box | Connexin | Vitruvian Partners | Sonantic | 9fin
I've spent my career working for and with startups of all stages beginning with my time selling solid state electric meters in the APAC region, and my role as an associate at a Swiss-based venture fund, before practicing law in the Silicon Valley. My representation of high growth companies and their investors leans on this experience to apply market context to sophisticated financing, acquisition and commercial transactions globally. I also work with some of the world's most important technology companies to help guide their early stage investment processes.
Clients I've worked with: Go1 | Logikcull (acquired by Reveal) | Syllable | Microsoft | Workday
Having practiced transactional law for almost 35 years, I've developed 2 different areas of expertise in the tech and life sciences ecosystem - (i) venture debt and (ii) VC fund formation. In terms of venture debt, I've been assisting tech and life sciences companies at all different stages of growth with venture debt transactions since the late 1990's when venture debt first become available to start-up companies. Over the years, I worked on hundreds (if not thousands) of such financing transactions. In terms of VC fund formation, I've been assisting sponsors of VC funds - and in particular emerging managers - in connection with VC fund formation for over 15 years. I really enjoy working with founders and venture capitalists because it allows me to be more than just a technical lawyer. Instead, it allows me be also be a trusted advisor which is very rewarding. If you're looking for a trusted advisor to assist you with either venture debt or VC fund formation, then I'm your guy!
Clients I've worked with: Facebook | Coinbase | Luminar | UpStart | Pathbreaker Ventures | Fifty Years | Mindset Ventures | K5
I work on a variety of corporate transactions; my practice focuses on capital markets transactions, but I also work with early-stage companies and founders. My main passion is people. I love getting to know my clients and being a friendly face while helping them solve problems so they can focus on what matters most to them: their business.
I represent startup companies through all aspects of their life cycle. I also advise both financial and strategic venture capital investors. Over the course of my career, I have helped to form and grow hundreds of technology companies including multiple unicorns.
I help founders and funds advance innovation around the world – I’ve done a deal on every continent except Antarctica! I’ve spent my entire career as a builder, business advisor and investor in the innovation economy. I’m not a lawyer, but rather work with Orrick’s legal teams to help our clients grow their businesses through connections, relationships and other resources. Before I joined Orrick, I led a global team in support of world-class founders and investors at Silicon Valley Bank. I’ve also been a founder and worked at several VC firms.
Enabling clients to meet and exceed their goals, while working alongside incredible teams, is the foundation of my practice. With a background in professional motorsports, I specialize in transformational, complex transactions that fuel entrepreneurs, business leaders and financial sponsors to advance their businesses.
Clients I've worked with: Turn/River Capital I Toyota | Workday | Trimble | Bayer | Zynga
I love working with entrepreneurs and innovators, because - like me - they are not afraid to tackle big problems and forge new paths. I relate strongly to this mindset, because I forged a non-traditional path to where I am now, having served as a US naval officer, as a lawyer in both boutique and large international law firms, and as an in-house lawyer and executive at a software and two different biotech companies (co-founding one of them). This experience - especially having been a “consumer of legal services” myself - gives me a unique, practical perspective that my startup clients seem to value.
Clients I've worked with: AppSheet (acquired by Google; Nasdaq: GOOGL) | Arris Composites | GlassPoint | Kineta (Nasdaq: KA) | Lighter Capital | Xcimer Energy | Zipwhip (acquired by Twilio; NYSE: TWLO)
I provide strategic legal business solutions for high growth technology and life science companies and have led clients through hundreds of financings and numerous mergers, acquisitions, public offerings and partnering transactions. I leverage my technical experience as a member of research teams at Genentech and the NASA Ames Research Center to provide a unique business perspective when working with founders, companies, and their investors.
Clients I've worked with: 64X Bio | CytoVale | Instagram | Mosaic ML | Virta Health
As a financial services regulatory lawyer, I help regulated companies achieve their goals while complying with regulation. I work with companies throughout their life-cycle, helping structure products and apply for authorisation with the regulator as well as assisting on exits and wind-downs.
Clients I've worked with: Wirex | NerdWallet | TerraPay | Plim
I lead Orrick's UK financial services regulatory practice. With a focus on FinTech, I advise the full spectrum of financial services firms. My team covers the full lifecycle of regulated firms including licensing obligations, ongoing compliance, reg due diligence, changes of control and responses to regulatory investigations.
Clients I've worked with: TerraPay | Wirex | Ziglu | EY | Ego Death Capital
I give legal advice, training and tech support to the London corporate group to assist my colleagues in providing a great service to clients. I started my career working as a transactional lawyer doing corporate and capital markets deals and have also worked in-house as a sole legal counsel in a manufacturing company.
For over 25 years, I’ve been coaching founders and investors in reaching their potential, from formation through a wide array of complicated partnerships, financings (equity and debt) and M&A transactions. As I’ve coached inner-city wrestlers up to the top of Half-Dome many times and other youth sports for over 25 years, I’ve also counseled many clients through complicated cross-border transactions involving transactions with investors or businesses in Asia, Europe, Africa and the Unites States. While I love working with entrepreneurs focused on education services and technology, my clients span industries from AI, semiconductors, robotics, (SAAS) software, ecommerce, life science (biotech), media, food, retail and even government. I have also been active in the Bay Area community - from starting a nonprofit focused on youth development, Beat the Streets Bay Area, to serving on a number of educational nonprofits boards of directors.
Clients I've worked with: Applied Ventures | eGym Gmbh | IAC (Interactive Corporation) | Semafor | Sol-ti | Yellowbrick | University Ventures
I help tech companies thrive in all stages of their life cycle, from pre-formation to exit, and I work in the trenches with founders to help wrestle with diverse problems and devise practical, business-oriented solutions.
Clients I've worked with: Flashbots | Nexa3D | Row 7 Seed | Terra Kaffe | Dyania Health
I am a strategic advisor and legal counsel to emerging technology companies as well as venture capital and strategic investors. I combine my engineering background and years of legal experience to provide practical, business-focused advice to my clients as they continue to grow their business.
Clients I've worked with: Aether Biomachines | Beacon Platforms | Mitra Chem | Nexa3D | Transcend
I advise disruptive technology companies at all stages of their life cycles as well as the investors and acquirers who invest in and acquire these companies. I do whatever it takes (within the law of course!) to help my clients achieve their objectives and I view myself as successful when my clients are successful. I counsel my clients on venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, formations, public offerings, corporate governance, SEC reporting and compliance and other strategic matters. I represent both public and private companies in a wide range of industries, including autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, software, consumer products, fintech, cryptocurrency, space, cleantech, life sciences, and digital media. I began my legal career in the high growth tech ecosystem almost 20 years ago in Silicon Valley and I'm fortunate enough to work with innovative clients in SoCal, Silicon Valley and all around the world.
Clients I've worked with: Luminar Technologies | Beyond Meat | Planet Labs | Pinterest
I leverage my business operator experience to partner with high-growth technology companies of all sizes, their founders, and the investors that support them and help each navigate the startup life cycle to see their goals materialize. I have been fortunate to work closely with some of the most disruptive thinkers, dedicated builders and successful VCs in the Bay Area, Southern Cal, Midwest and globally, helping them grow and protect their vision in a variety of industries, including space tech, life sciences, digital platforms and software services, transport, artificial intelligence, health and lifestyle and sports tech, among others.
Clients I've worked with: Go1 | SentiLink | Veriff | Crosslink Capital | SafeRide
Tech and space enthusiast. I've counseled investors and emerging growth companies on financings and corporate matters for 14 years across all major industries, from SaaS to digital media to defense. Most recently, I was general counsel of Relativity Space, an orbital launch company valued at $4.2 billion that 3D prints rockets and just launched it's first rocket this year.
Clients I've worked with: Vast Space | Tiger Global | Flipkart | Vox Media | Relativity Space
I represent early-stage and high-growth companies primarily in the technology sector on a range of corporate matters including venture capital and growth equity transactions.
Clients I've worked with: Butternut Box | Stripe | Connexin | ABN AMRO Ventures
I love connecting the promising innovators and the most daring investors to one another, the best match legal resources, sources of capital and the others in the ecosystem all with an overarching goal to helping advance technological innovation globally.
Clients I've worked with: Instacart | Lux Capital | Lightspeed | Obvious Ventures
I’ve always had a soft spot for technology, since when I was a junior M&A and Private Equity lawyer. In my 20-plus-year career, I’ve advised standout technology companies and their founders in all stages of their life cycle, as well as venture capital firms in their investments in Italy and Europe. I am a strategic partner to companies and private equity funds in their most relevant business transactions. I am also the proud leader of an amazing team of enthusiastic Italian tech lawyers.
Clients I've worked with: Atempo | HAT Technology & Innovation | Kreos Capital | Safety21 | Scalapay | ShopCircle
I work with Orrick's marketing & sales team. I help connect emerging tech companies to sources of capital, experienced legal and business advisers, and more. I leverage my network of companies, investors and entrepreneurs to identify fund raising and commercial opportunities, and advise on financing and business strategy.
Clients I've worked with: Seed - through growth-stage companies and investors across technology, life sciences & healthcare, energy & infrastructure and finance
I represent a diverse range of clients, from startups to established enterprises in IP-rich sectors, along with active venture capital funds and savvy investors. My passion lies in disruptive technologies, innovation, and entrepreneurship, with a notable track record in FinTech and AI investments, both in the UK and internationally. Leveraging deep expertise and market insights, I provide clear, concise guidance on corporate matters. I specialise in guiding high-growth tech companies from startup to successful exit and everything in-between. Your venture, in safe hands!
Clients I've worked with: Butternut Box | 9Fin | Connexin | TransferGo | Sonantic
My dedication lies in fueling entrepreneurial innovation. I have a genuine enthusiasm for delving into the intricate world of the tech industry, both as an educator and as an advisor. With my extensive knowledge of taxation (being an Italian Certified Accountant and Statutory Auditor), and my "business-forward" mindset, I discover fulfillment in facilitating venture capital investments and M&A transactions within the tech sphere. These endeavors often demand a substantial arsenal of creative problem-solving skills.
Clients I've worked with: Invitalia SpA | Keyless Technologies Ltd | Medical Microelectronics Inc | Redev Enterprises Ltd | Translated Srl
For forty years I have been helping founders start and grow companies in the life science space. I have extensive experience with spin-outs, angel and venture financings, drug development project funding, strategic collaborations, technology licensing, acquisitions, and public offerings. I enjoy solving complex problems by coming up with innovative solutions combining business judgment developed over the years with awareness of key legal issues.
Clients I've worked with: Cassava Sciences | Auris Surgical (acquired by J&J) | SFJ Pharmaceuticals | Blackstone Life Sciences | Lux Ventures | Illumina
I represent start-up founders and high-growth technology companies, as well as venture capital and other private equity funds. I have broad experience working closely with clients building and investing in a wide range of technology sectors and supporting these clients on core corporate and transactional matters, including financings, mergers and acquisitions and corporate formation and governance matters.
I co-lead the firm's Energy Tech Team and help technology companies navigate investments, acquisitions and exits. I focus on supporting companies and investors developing technologies for nascent industries like energy storage, alternative fuels, carbon capture, hydrogen, agtech and digital infrastructure. I'm passionate about developing innovative technology solutions and adopting AI tools to enhance legal services.
Clients I've worked with: Warburg Pincus | Casetext | Toyota | Photon Marine | Gap
As a tech lawyer, I see my role as a catalyst for growth and prosperity by viewing businesses through the lens of technology. It's the ability to integrate tech perspectives that transforms any enterprise, making it part of the upcoming economic revolution. I advise early and late-stage companies on investment rounds, secondaries, bridge financing, LBOs, buyouts, and other exit strategies, as well as mergers and corporate restructurings. Guiding high-growth tech companies and investors through intricate deals allows me to contribute to the dynamic landscape of innovation, where every legal challenge becomes an opportunity for advancement.
Clients I've worked with: HAT Technology & Innovation | Safety21 | CERBA Healthcare
I help companies develop innovative and comprehensive legal strategies to achieve their goals of bringing to market disruptive and transformative technologies. From DAO and NFT creation, general corporate and fundraising strategies in the venture capital space, to navigating complex and changing regulatory regimes, I serve as an advisor for companies in the blockchain and virtual currency ecosystem. I also lead Orrick's international Technology Companies practice connecting Silicon Valley with Japan, representing a number of technology companies and investors based in Japan, bringing his Silicon Valley experiences to assist founders and corporate venture capital funds.
Clients I've worked with: Compound Labs | Flashbots | Ondo Finance | Rakuten | ZeroEx
I'm an experienced corporate lawyer focusing on strategic counseling to emerging startups and high-growth technology, life sciences and energy tech companies with an emphasis on venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, securities law compliance and corporate governance. I provide practical and thoughtful advice to help solve complex business and legal issues, and assist in structuring, negotiating and closing business transactions quickly and effectively. My practice also includes advising venture capital firms and strategic corporate investors in their investments into technology, energy tech and life sciences companies. Dual qualified in California and Israel and bilingual (English/Hebrew).
Clients I've worked with: Global Thermostat | OpenGov | Alviere/Mezu | Waterplan | CapStack
I am a Senior Associate in Orrick's Technology Companies Group advising on a wide variety of corporate law issues affecting early to late-stage technology companies and those who invest in them.
Clients I've worked with: Coatue | Paypal | Salesforce Ventures | VNV, ManyPets
I advise high-growth technology companies and venture capital firms in formations, governance, debt and equity financings and M&A transactions. I'm fortunate and grateful to work with some of the smartest and most driven founders and investors in the world.
Clients I've worked with: Coatue | Crexi | Dave | Deel | Grow Therapy | Stripe
I provide timely, targeted advice to help companies navigate corporate formation and governance issues and sell equity in compliance with US federal and state regulations.
Clients I've worked with: NFX | Stripe | StyleRow | Radiant Industries | Long Term Stock Exchange
I advise start-up, emerging growth and public companies, as well as a number of leading venture capital firms, in all areas of general corporate/securities law and in a variety of different transactions (ex. venture financings, M&A and public offerings). My practice spans the entire corporate lifecycle, from inception to exit/liquidity, and includes the representation of companies from various industries (ex. biotech, pharma, digital health, consumer internet and software).
Clients I've worked with: Grow Care, (dba Grow Therapy) | PowerUs Inc. | RA Capital | Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund USA
I advise VC firms on all aspects of formation, operations and investment activities of venture capital funds. I also represent institutional investors regarding their fund investments.
Clients I've worked with: FUSE | K5 Global | ego death | Anti Fund
I'm a corporate lawyer specializing in venture capital, private equity, and M&A deals and I'm proud to work within the very dynamic landscape of technology companies. In assisting both companies and national/international investors I have a problem-solving attitude and the ability to maintain a comprehensive view of the entire transaction and its mechanisms. I see my work as as an intricate puzzle, where finding effective solutions to challenges and complex legal issues is both a skill and a passion.
Clients I've worked with: Safety21 | CERBA Healthcare | ShopFully | Buddyfit | 14Peaks Capital
I am a trusted strategic advisor to some of the world's most disruptive founders and innovative investors. My practice spans the entire corporate lifecycle, from inception to exit, encompassing operations, governance, financings, and other key transactions. I work across various industries, including blockchain, artificial intelligence, sports, fintech, software, and digital media.
Clients I've worked with: Pantera Capital | Bright Machines | Fuse Venture Partners | Ondo Finance | Kleiner Perkins | Nexusbird, (dba Motion)
I work with growth companies on structuring and negotiating debt financing transactions. Achieving successful results in this area requires a thorough understanding of the operational and financial aspects of my clients’ businesses. The opportunity to learn about the architecture and strategy behind each client, and then apply that knowledge to negotiations in order to fit the needs of the business, is something that I find enjoyable and satisfying on a daily basis.
Clients I've worked with: Athletic Greens | Juniper Networks | Oportun | CareRev | Industrious
I'm a startup lawyer, gamer, and lifelong technology enthusiast. I help founders and investors get the legal details right so they can spend their attention on building cool products. I represent companies across multiple industries, but take special pride in working with video game developers and other interactive media companies.
Clients I've worked with: Volley | Cloud9 Esports | Null Games | Getaround | CytoVale
I advise high growth technology companies in general formation, venture capital and private equity financings, capital markets and mergers and acquisitions transactions.
Clients I've worked with: Dataiku | Jasper AI | Watershed | Sourcegraph | Casetext
Having grown up in Fort Kent, Maine, a town of ~3,000 at the top of the continental US (and end of Route 1), I never dreamt I'd be working with entrepreneurs and investors—it wasn't even something we were tangentially aware of. Years later, after graduating from University of Maine and later Vanderbilt Law School, I returned to the closest city to my family and friends in Maine, landing in Boston. My experience has covered a wide array of sectors and practices, from capital markets, lending, private equity and venture backed financings, to first-in-kind renewables, energy and infrastructure deals. It's an opportunity every day to be working with entrepreneurs and investors to bridge gaps and help usher in positive, progressive outcomes across sectors.
Clients I've worked with: Aledade | Dusty Robotics | Noya PBC | Ladder Financial | Fifth Wall
I am a transactional attorney with a passion for innovation. I provide clients with contractual solutions for their key IP and technology assets at all stages in the IP life cycle, but in particular in connection with complex corporate transactions/M&A where IP is a key value driver.
Clients I've worked with: Turn/River | Workday | Aptean | Pitney Bowes | Zynga
I counsel startups and venture capital investors on financings, corporate governance and various other transactions. For our start-up clients, I act as an outside general counsel and work with our Orrick teams to provide guidance on many other topics including employment issues, compensation, privacy, intellectual property and more. I work with clients across industries and growth stages, with significant experience working with artificial intelligence companies.
Clients I've worked with: Anthropic | Taut AI | Mux | KloudFuse | Marcy Venture Partners
I'm a Life Sciences lawyer who provides strategic guidance on transactions involving public and private mergers, acquisitions, collaborations, strategic alliances, licenses, capital markets, royalty and revenue-sharing and other financings for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and financial sponsors. I'm based in Washington, DC and, at my prior firm, was based in London, England.
Clients I've worked with: Ferring Pharmaceuticals (Switzerland) | BioAtla (USA) | Sosei Heptares (Japan and UK) | Adocia (France) | Cornerstone Pharmaceuticals (USA)
I advise on venture capital transactions, as well as founders in all phases of development. When working with clients, I pay special attention to providing them with efficient and pragmatic advice that offers them appropriate support at all stages of growth. I have special experience in spin-offs from the university environment, restructurings and employee-ownership programs (ESOPs, VSOPs).
Clients I've worked with: Voltfang | ANTICIPATE | United Manufacturing Hub | Fusion Energy Startup (Germany) | BioThrust
I represent high-growth companies and investors across a broad range of industries, including AI, consumer internet, software, edtech, fintech, space, and healthtech. Before joining Orrick, I served as the Associate General Counsel at MasterClass, where I provided legal and strategic counsel on corporate and equity matters, BD and partnerships, product development, content and production, marketing, IP, and data privacy. Leveraging a unique professional background, I am a trusted advisor to founders and the “first call” as outside general counsel to startups, from formation to exit.
I advise growth stage companies and investors on early-stage financing rounds and related exits. In addition to straight equity financings, I frequently work on convertible instruments and venture debt warrants, which I find particularly interesting due to their technical nature.
Clients I've worked with: Atomico | Warburg Pincus | Investec | Griffin Bank Ltd | 9Fin Limited
I am a TCG Partner in Orrick's Dusseldorf office in Germany. I have a special focus on cross-border tech M&A (buy- and sell-side), complex corporate reorganizations (including mergers, spin-offs and company transformations) as well as late-stage VC and growth equity financings.
Clients I've worked with: Coatue Management | Deel, Inc. | Luxempart
I am a highly regarded strategic advisor, acting across private equity investing and specialising in venture and growth capital transactions for both companies and later-stage investors, including a full range of related exits.
Clinets I've worked with: Vitruvian Partners | Currency Cloud | MFS Africa | Hopin | Warburg Pincus
As a Fintech regulatory lawyer, one of the things I love most about my job is getting to work with new innovative Fintech businesses on how best to launch their business in the UK. Each day is different as I advise across a broad range of regulatory and financial crime issues. I have particular focus on retail financial services, including advising on consumer credit, payments, crypto, insurance and financial crime issues.
Clients I've worked with: TerraPay | Paysend | Ego Death Capital | Dawn Wallet
I advise high-growth technology companies (and the investors who support them) at all stages of their life-cycle - that ranges from equity financings to M&A activity and exit events, as well as the day-to-day matters and broader commercial transactions that companies encounter as they scale.
Clients I've worked with: Atomico | Systemiq Capital | Headline | TopHat | TerraPay
I help startups and their investors across a variety industries — cleantech, information technology, consumer products, software, gaming, life sciences and business services. In addition to working with them on formation and helping with financings, I work with our teams here at Orrick to assist with employment, incentive equity, licensing, trademark matters and just about everything else that startups need, including counseling on business issues that often come up.
Clients I've worked with: Neptune Flood Incorporated | Quidnet Energy | Tempo Interactive | Marcy Venture Partners | Griffin Gaming Partners
I specialise in working with companies looking to build exciting new businesses and the investors that back them. I'm focused on providing innovative and pragmatic advice to my clients, adding strategic perspectives on top of market leading leading advice.
Clients I've worked with: Stripe | Butternut Box | Graphcore | Salesforce Ventures | ABN AMRO Ventures
I provide strategic legal advice to mission-driven companies and investors seeking to address critical environmental and social challenges. I enjoy collaboratively working with clients to proactively design solutions.
Clients I've worked with: BlueMark | Atlas Materials | Wholechain | DRK Foundation | Colorful Capital
I am a counselor to companies and entrepreneurs, helping them navigate issues around company formation, governance, financing and strategic transactions. My academic background is in biology and I enjoy working with companies in life sciences and medical technologies, but I'm also a geek at heart and enjoy working with companies in other areas, like quantum computing and AI. Technology companies always have ups and downs, and I bring a common sense approach and years of experience to help clients reach their goals.
Clients I've worked with: Catalyst Biosciences | Hinge Bio | Neuspera Medical | Aledade
I advise companies from early to late-stage and venture capital investors on a broad range of corporate matters, including venture capital and growth equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, formation and corporate governance and ongoing corporate matters.
I'm a corporate lawyer in Orrick's Technology Companies Group with experience advising investors and technology companies of all stages through formations, financings, and general corporate governance matters. I work closely with both American and European clients and am bilingual in English and French.
Clients I've worked with: Betterment | K Health | Grow Therapy | Waterplan
I advise companies on technology transactions and other strategic and commercial matters and help maximize their intellectual property portfolios. I work with both mature and emerging companies in a variety of industries, including in SaaS, software, AI and hardware.
Clients I've worked with: Microsoft | Zillow | Airtable | Verisk | Sourcegraph
I am a lawyer and member of the Technology Companies Group at Orrick. I support start-ups and scale-ups during their foundation, financing rounds and growth phases.
Clients I've worked with: Korelya Capital
I am a perceptive and knowledgeable venture capital and M&A lawyer. My passion lies in fostering the growth of the Italian tech & innovation environment and its integration within the international tech market. I advise investors and companies on a broad range of venture capital, corporate venture capital and tech M&A transactions. Investor-side, I advise venture capital firms, having dealt with some of the most significant late-stage venture capital deals in Italy. Furthermore, I have a broad expertise in advising large corporates transitioning towards innovative business models by means of open innovation investments and acquisition of high-tech companies. Company-side, I support founders and high-growth tech companies, operating in a variety of sectors, in dealing with investors.
Clients I've worked with: NEVA SGR | GG1978 | IntesaSanpaolo Innovation Center | Mondadori | MorganTecnica | AdKaora
I thrive on solving complex problems and working with clients in new sectors or industries. I work with public and private companies, SPACs, SPAC sponsors, venture capital firms and investment banks focused on the life sciences and high-growth technology sectors. I'm involved in a broad range of corporate legal engagements for high growth technology companies, including IPOs, follow-on public offerings, private and public company securities law compliance matters, public company disclosure obligations, de-SPAC transactions, SPAC IPOs, venture financings and mergers and acquisitions. I also regularly advises public and private companies and their boards of directors on corporate governance issues.
Clients I've worked with: Local Bounti | Fisker | Dave | Medicxi Ventures | Squadra Ventures
I provide practical and solution-oriented business advice and counseling to founders, executives, and investors in leading high growth technology companies. I care about the people and teams I work with.
Clients I've worked with: Anthropic AI | Asana | Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | WETA Digital
I focus on helping startups fundraise and scale. My background in venture capital, private placements, startup operations, advisory, and M&A spans multiple sectors including impact, fintech, education, IT, industrial, advanced materials, and life sciences. I was a former investment banker at Salomon Smith Barney, a Venture Capitalist at NJTC Venture Fund, led a spin out of the Blackstone Group called iLevel Solutions, a VP at JPMorgan, and I am a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of an impact investment group called CAЯBON. I consult numerous startups on deal structuring, syndication, strategic development, and alternative financing.
Clients I've worked with: Bristol Superlight | STABLE | Nanotronics
I focus on advising young technology companies and their investors. I advise start-ups from their incorporation through their first financing rounds into the growth phase, as well as on internationalization projects. I work with venture capital, as well as corporate venture capital investors on start-up financing projects.
Clients I've worked with: Fusion Energy Startup (Germany) | Coatue | Haniel
After many years as a conventional corporate M&A and private equity lawyer, I encountered a chance to embark on a fresh professional journey in venture capital and technology companies. I discovered a vibrant and thrilling world full of people with lots of enthusiasm looking for guidance in navigating the legal complexities of doing business from a start-up. By combining my extensive experience in M&A and private equity with my passion for continuous learning, I have acquired an extensive expertise in financing techniques in venture capital. I regularly assist tech companies at any stage of development and investors in investment transactions, bridge investment rounds, exits and corporate reorganizations, as well as advising companies on corporate governance issues and on the day-to-day management of their businesses.
Clients I've worked with: Shopfully | Healthware Group | Panakes | Fondo italiano d'Investimento "Fitech" | Coatue
I help companies with everything from incorporation to exit, including day-to-day matters, fundraising, and the difficult scenarios that require trusted advisors. My focus is on providing practical and risk-adjusted solutions, often to issues of first impression. I have broad experience across the startup ecosystem with companies and investors, and my practice primarily focuses on FinTech and blockchain companies.
Clients I've worked with: Felix Pago | Illusory Systems (Nomad) | Daemon Ventures
I was born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas and enlisted in the U.S. Air Force at the age of 21. Stationed in Anchorage, Alaska and working as a C-17 crew chief at night, I completed my undergraduate degree by going to school full time during the day and during each summer. After graduating from The University of Texas School of Law, where I participated in Texas Venture Labs and worked part-time as a fund formation law clerk, I began working with startups and venture capital firms on early stage corporate transactions. My practice focuses on early stage companies and VCs in Texas, the Bay Area, LatAm and beyond.
Clients I've worked with: Solugen | Coatue | Diamond Foundry | Merama | Trust Ventures
I advise tech start ups and venture capital investors on corporate governance matters and transactions, such as venture capital financings. I act as outside general counsel for our start-up clients, and provide advice and assistance on a variety of of topics, including intellectual property, equity compensation, tech transactions and employment matters.
Clients I've worked with: Athletic Greens | Go1 | Botkeeper | Fuse Venture Partners | Grow Care
I advise tech and life sciences startup founders, high-growth companies, and investors from formation, operations and governance to financings, M&A, IPOs, and other key transactions. I focus on delivering strategic and practical guidance to help my clients navigate the distinct challenges and opportunities within their industries as they grow and scale.
Clients I've worked with: Docker | GitLab | Carta | Streamlit | LTK
I advise tech companies and I have significant experience with venture capital financings, debt financings, public offerings, mergers & acquisitions and technology transactions.
Clients I've worked with: Beyond Meat | DevRev | Goodreads | OkCupid | SentiLink | TypeFace | Yelp