Find the best Venture Capital lawyer in Palo Alto, CA

Inna Efimchik
5.0 stars 2 reviews
Avvo Rating: 9.5
Licensed since 2005
Inna Efimchik has a corporate and securities practice, focusing on emerging growth companies and angel and venture capital investors. Her practice includes general corporate counseling and securities advising, venture capital financings, debt tran...
Practice areas & skills: Venture Capital, Contracts & Agreements, Corporate & Incorporation, Business, Mergers & Acquisitions
Yoichiro Taku
Not yet reviewed
Avvo Rating: 10
Licensed since 1994
Yoichiro (Yokum) Taku represents technology and growth companies at all stages of development, through private financings, strategic transactions, public offerings, and mergers and acquisitions. He also represents investors in venture capital fina...
Practice areas & skills: Venture Capital, Securities Offerings, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate & Incorporation
Louis Lehot
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Avvo Rating: 10
Licensed since 2001
My practice focuses on advising public and private companies and their financial sponsors and investment banks in capital raising transactions, public offerings and private placements of equity, equity-linked and debt securities, M&A transactions,...
Practice areas & skills: Venture Capital, Corporate & Incorporation, Securities Offerings, Mergers & Acquisitions
Adit Khorana
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Avvo Rating: 9.8
Licensed since 1994
Adit Khorana is a partner in WilmerHale's technology transactions and emerging growth practice groups, and leads WilmerHale's west coast technology transactions practice, focusing on the representation of technology companies, from start-ups to Fo...
Practice areas & skills: Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Licensing, Corporate & Incorporation, Internet
Gordon Davidson
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Avvo Rating: 9.8
Licensed since 1974
Practice areas & skills: Venture Capital, Corporate & Incorporation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities Offerings
Martin Waters
5.0 stars 2 reviews
Avvo Rating: 8.6
Licensed since 1992
Review: “Marty is a great Lawyer but better business partner. I can not adequetly express how much I have gained from knowing amrty professionally.”
Practice areas & skills: Venture Capital, Corporate & Incorporation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities Offerings
Jonathan Axelrad
Not yet reviewed
Avvo Rating: 9.2
Licensed since 1988
Areas of Practice Jonathan Axelrad is a partner in the firm’s Business Law Department and a member of the Private Investment Funds Practice. He joined Goodwin Procter in 2007. Work for Clients Mr. Axelrad specializes in all aspects of the...
Practice areas & skills: Venture Capital, Tax, Limited Liability Company (LLC), Financial Markets and Services
Steven Bochner
Not yet reviewed
Avvo Rating: 9.1
Licensed since 1981
Practice areas & skills: Venture Capital, Corporate & Incorporation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Public Finance & Tax Exempt Finance
Ralph Arnheim
5.0 stars 1 review
Avvo Rating: 8.0
Licensed since 1992
Review: “I have worked with Buddy for over 15 years. He consistently provides top notch legal services, great business insights and is well connected to help with business development.”
Practice areas & skills: Venture Capital, Business, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities Offerings, Intellectual Property
John Dado
Not yet reviewed
Avvo Rating: 8.7
Licensed since 1990
Practice areas & skills: Venture Capital

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Venture capital

New businesses that need money often rely on investors whose focus is loaning money to start-up businesses. Venture capital attorneys help negotiate and document the terms of the investment, including what the investors get for their money, and how the business will be run after the investment. The investors usually want shares in the business and the right to have some input into the company's business strategies. Structuring this kind of deal can be very complicated; venture capital lawyers know what terms are standard and what terms are negotiable. If you are starting a business and need financing, a venture capital lawyer will provide advice about how to attract and negotiate with venture capital investors.