Representative Experience

• Pipe Technologies in connection with its Series 1 Financing and related strategic transactions
• Tegus, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of a software company and multiple rounds of venture financing
• Vascular Medcure, Inc. in connection with its sale to Medtronic
• Dexcom Ventures in connection with its investments into several emerging growth companies
• Nexon in connection with its investments into certain venture capital funds and investments into portfolio companies
• Plexo Capital in connection with its investments into certain venture capital funds
• Bonfire Ventures in connection with investments into Skael, Integry and Tourial
• Cleave Therapeutics in connection with an investment and strategic collaboration with CASI
• Aircam in connection with its Series A Financing from Upfront Ventures and Bonfire Ventures
• Involve.Ai in connection with its Series A Financing led by Sapphire Ventures, with participation from Bonfire Ventures, Greycroft, Launch Capital, BDMI
• Spekit in connection with its Series A Financing led by Foundry Group
• Mahzi Therapeutics in connection with its Series A Financing led by Venrock
• Santen Pharmaceuticals Co., a Japanese pharmaceutical company focused on ophthalmology, in connection with strategic investments and collaborations with several life science businesses including jCyte Inc., Regenerative Patch Technologies and Glaukos Corporation
• Deckers Outdoor Corporation, a footwear designer and distributor, in various strategic transactions, including the investment and subsequent acquisition of Hoka One One, and its asset acquisition of the Sanuk brand, an action sport and adventure footwear brand
• Mythic Therapeutics, a biotechnology company focused on groundbreaking antibody therapies for cancer, in its $17M Series A financing
• Levels Health, a biowearable system that provides feedback on metabolism, in its $12M series seed financing led by Andreessen Horowitz
• ThinkIQ, a digital manufacturing SaaS business, in its $11.6M Series A financing led by Ecosystem Integrity Fund (EIF) with participation from Hitachi Ventures, ArcTern Ventures, Bonfire Ventures and Sino Capital
• Umbra Labs, a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) microsatellite company, in its $33M Series A financing
• Seek Thermal, a B2C infrared thermal imaging camera company, in securing in excess of $45M through multiple rounds of venture capital financing
• Blavity, an American internet media company created by and for black millennials, in multiple rounds of financings with venture capital funds, including Google Ventures and Comcast Ventures
• Investment Group of Santa Barbara (IGSB) in its venture investments for a number of portfolio companies, including AppFolio and Facebook
• RightScale in its sale to Flexera
• Evolus in its acquisition by Strathspey Crown Holdings and in its exclusive licensing deal with Daewoong Pharmaceutical
• Be Green Packaging in its acquisition by the Riverside Company
• Anchovi Labs (a Caltech spin-out) in connection with its sale to Dropbox
• A private investment group in connection with Facebook’s initial public offering and certain private sale transactions
• MaC Venture Capital and Cross Culture Ventures in their venture investments for a number of portfolio companies, including Everywhere Apparel, Bridgefy, Purestream Trading Technologies, Mayvenn, Airspace Technologies, Wonderschool, droplet, Firefly, Mahmee, mSurvey, Ready Responders and Stampede
• Cool Planet in its Series C venture capital financing, with investments by Google Ventures, ConocoPhillips, GE Capital, NRG Energy, Constellation Energy, British Petroleum and North Bridge Venture Partners
• Okapi Ventures in its venture investments for a number of portfolio companies
• Powerhouse Capital in its investment into Wondery

* Includes work from a previous firm

Speaking Engagements

• “Cutting Edge Issues on Private Equity and VC Legal Opinions,” American Bar Association, Business Law Section Meeting, April 2021 (speaker)
• “Intellectual Property Strategy for Startups,” Cal Poly Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, November 2020 (speaker)
• “Mergers & Acquisitions: Process and Negotiations,” UCLA Anderson School of Management, April 2020 (speaker)
• “M&A in Silicon Beach,” UCLA School of Law, Lowell Milken Institute, November 2019 (speaker)
• “Everything You Need to Know (From a Legal Perspective) to Create a High Growth Business,” UCLA School of Engineering, May 2019 (speaker)
• “Lowell Milken Institute Sandler Prize for New Entrepreneurs,” UCLA School of Law, June 2018 (Judge)
• “The Legal Framework Required to Create a High Growth Business,” UCLA School of Engineering, May 2018 (speaker)
• “Annual Survey of Judicial Developments Pertaining to Private Equity and Venture Capital, ABA Business Law Section Annual Meeting,” American Bar Association, Business Law Section Meeting, April 2018 (speaker)
• “Consulting Drives Innovation,” USC Marshall Center for Global Innovation, January 2018 (moderator)
• “Five Important Ethical Issues Impacting In-House Counsel,” Corporate Counsel Roundtable, January 2017 (speaker)