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Sunnyvale, CA Venture capital lawyers

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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: Venture Capital, Corporate & Incorporation, Securities Offerings, Mergers & Acquisitions
Robert Hawn
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Avvo Rating: 10
Licensed since 1984
Practice areas: Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business, Licensing
Gordon Davidson
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Avvo Rating: 9.8
Licensed since 1974
Practice areas: Venture Capital, Corporate & Incorporation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities Offerings
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: Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Licensing, Corporate & Incorporation, Internet
Frederic Adam
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Avvo Rating: 8.6
Licensed since 1993
Practice areas: Venture Capital, International Law, Corporate & Incorporation, Tax
Rebecca Eisenberg
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Avvo Rating: 8.4
Licensed since 1993
Practice areas: Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business, Intellectual Property, Employment & Labor
Matthew Sonsini
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Avvo Rating: 8.6
Licensed since 1992
Practice areas: Venture Capital, Business, Mergers & Acquisitions
Jose Macias
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Avvo Rating: 8.3
Licensed since 1991
Practice areas: Venture Capital, Corporate & Incorporation, Government, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Markets and Services
Mark Stevens
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Avvo Rating: 8.1
Licensed since 1983
Practice areas: Venture Capital, Intellectual Property, Corporate & Incorporation, Mergers & Acquisitions
Julian Zegelman
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Avvo Rating: 8.1
Licensed since 2005
Prior to founding Velton · Zegelman, Julian Zegelman most recently practiced with the Silicon Valley office of Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley, a regional law firm with attorneys across California, Massachusetts and New York. His practice focuses on...
Practice areas: Venture Capital, Corporate & Incorporation, Intellectual Property

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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.