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Acquired: 1997
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425 Market Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105
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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...
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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 ...
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"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."
Corporate and incorporation lawyer
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
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
2006 - Present
National Venture Capital Association, Model Document Working GroupMember
2014 - 2015
Corporations Committee of the Business Section of the State Bar of CaliforniaMember
2010 - 2012
ABA Working Group on Legal OpinionsMember
1997
JD - Juris Doctor
1994
BS - Bachelor of Science
2014
M&A Cage Match
2013
2013
2011
Who's Involved in Your Startup?
2007
Non-profit Strategies
2006
Entrepreneurial Bazaar
2006
2005
Making Acquisitions Work: Keys to Post-Merger Success
2005
Growth Strategies for Growth Companies
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