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.
