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Michael Glaser

5.0
Rating: 9.0

Licensed for 28 years

Business Lawyer at San Francisco, CA
Practice Areas: Business, Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions

425 Market Street, San Francisco, CA

About Michael

Biography

Practice Areas

3

Practice Areas

Business 34%

General corporate representation of emerging growth companies, with an emphasis in consumer and end-user facing technologies.

29 years

34%
Mergers and Acquisitions 33%

Representation of buyers and sellers in public-private and private-private M&A transactions.

29 years

33%
Venture Capital 33%

Representation of companies in venture capital financing transactions.

29 years

33%

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Licenses

Licensed in California for 28 years

State: California

Acquired: 1997

Active

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Location

Morrison & Foerster LLP

425 Market Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105

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Michael Glaser's Reviews

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Posted by Ali | January 21, 2015 | Licensing

Top Emerging Companies Lawyer in Silicon Valley

Michael has been our lead corporate attorney at my last three startups. He's also the lead at several startups where I'm an advisor or close friends with the founder. I've yet to meet a more solid all-around lawyer in the business. He's taken our companies from zero to acquisition, and been a pa...rtner all along the way. He's not only been excellent with general corporate matters, but also in complicated licensing and distribution deals. He's always been an advocate of the best interests of the company. On top of all of this, he's just an all around great guy. There is nobody else I recommend to startups I advise. You can stop your search for an attorney right here.

Michael Glaser

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Posted by Hardy | January 21, 2015 | Business

Review by H. Myers, CEO AVST

Michael was our lead investor's lawyer for a major fundraising in 2004 and I was so impressed with him that I hired him to be our company's lawyer. Michael has the unique balance of legal knowledge complimented by business practicality - which has made him an indispensable part of our senior team ...and faciliated getting several major transactions completed over the past seven years.

Michael Glaser

Replied last January 21, 2015

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Megan Muir

Business lawyer | Oct 15

Relationship: Opposing Counsel on matter

"Michael and I worked on opposite sides of a convoluted transaction recently. He and a colleague on his team were able to resolve some very convoluted, intertwined legal and business issues and the deal came together in the end. He's talented as a lawyer and has great common sense."

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Experience

Rating:  9.0 (Superb)

Honors

2015

America's Leading Lawyers, Chambers USA

2014

America's Leading Lawyers, Chambers USA

2013

America's Leading Lawyers, Chambers USA

2012

AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

2012

America's Leading Lawyers, Chambers USA

2011

Rising Star, SuperLawyers Magazine

2007

Who's Who of High-Ranking Silicon Valley Executives, Silicon Valley Business Journal

2007

40 Under 40, Silicon Valley Business Journal

Work Experience

2015 - Present

Firmwide Chair, Corporate Practice, Perkins Coie LLP

2005 - 2015

Partner, Emerging Companies & Venture Capital Group, Perkins Coie LLP

1999 - 2004

Associate, Emerging Companies & Venture Capital Group, Perkins Coie LLP

1997 - 1999

Associate, Corporate Securities Group, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

1996 - 1996

Summer Associate, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson

1995 - 1995

Summer Associate, Equity Derivatives Documentation Group, Morgan Stanley

Associations

2006 - Present

National Venture Capital Association, Model Document Working Group

Member

2014 - 2015

Corporations Committee of the Business Section of the State Bar of California

Member

2010 - 2012

ABA Working Group on Legal Opinions

Member

Education

1997

New York University School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1994

State University of New York, Albany

BS - Bachelor of Science

Speaking Engagements

2014

Growth and Exit Strategies for Software and IT Companies

M&A Cage Match

2013

BCLT Privacy Law Forum: Silicon Valley Privacy and the Price of Free

2011

E-Bootcamp Panel on the People

Who's Involved in Your Startup?

2007

Digital Visions Workshop

Non-profit Strategies

2006

TiECON2006

Entrepreneurial Bazaar

2006

The Dealmaker Strategy Series Web 2.0 & The Enterprise

2005

The Dealmaker Strategy Series

Making Acquisitions Work: Keys to Post-Merger Success

2005

Red Herring Fall 2005 Conference

Growth Strategies for Growth Companies

Languages

English

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