DANIEL DOROSIN, New Entity Formation and Organization, Start Up Company Counseling, Venture Capital Financing, Strategic Partnering and Technology Licensing, Mergers and Acquisitions : Fenwick & West LLP

DANIEL DOROSIN

Emphasis

		New Entity Formation and Organization
		Start Up Company Counseling
		Venture Capital Financing
		Strategic Partnering and Technology Licensing
		Mergers and Acquisitions

Profile

Mr. Dorosin has over 15 years of experience in counseling emerging growth companies in all aspects of their business, both as outside counsel and as a corporate executive. He focuses on the representation of start-up companies and venture capital firms in their investments in portfolio companies. He has a particular expertise in guiding start-ups and investors through complex commercial negotiations and financing transactions, joint ventures, strategic partnerships and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Dorosin has recently represented his venture capital financed company clients in acquisitions by Comcast, QUALCOMM, Google, Qlogic and KLA-Tencor and regularly represents his clients in their acquisitions.

Education

University of California, Los Angeles, J.D., 1986

Stanford University, B.A. with distinction in economics, 1982

Admitted to Practice

Member of the State Bar of California

Additional Information

Previously, Mr. Dorosin was Vice President, Corporate Development and General Counsel at Instill Corporation. Prior to Instill, Mr. Dorosin was Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Cidco Incorporated (NASDAQ: CDCO) and was Senior Vice President, Business Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary of Crystal Dynamics. Mr. Dorosin began his career at the Palo Alto law firm of Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich, where he was elected partner in the corporate group in 1993.

Mr. Dorosin, who is a frequent lecturer at continuing education courses, graduated from Stanford University in 1982 with a BA in Economics with Distinction and received his JD from UCLA in 1986. He lives in Palo Alto with his wife Fern and their son and daughter.

Representative Clients

		Caring, Inc.
		CMEA Capital
		Confluent Software
		Digital Fountain, Inc.
		Experience Project, Inc.
		Granite Ventures LLC
		iSuppli Corporation
		Matrix Partners
		Mohr, Davidow Ventures
		Pixazza, Inc.
		PostPath, Inc.
		Shop It To Me, Inc.
		Shutterfly, Inc.
		Siperian, Inc.
		SPG Solar, Inc.
		Sutter Hill Ventures
		The Carlyle Group
		Venturi Wireless
		Vizu Corporation

DANIEL DOROSIN

Partner,
Corporate Group

P: 650.335.7174
F: 650.938.5200

ddorosin@fenwick.com

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