Michael A. Brown
Partner
Corporate
Michael A.
Brown
Michael A.
Brown
Partner
Corporate
Throughout his career, Michael has advised emerging and established companies on some of the most high-profile transactions in the technology sector.
He provides strategic counseling in a wide variety of corporate transactions, including venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, initial and follow-on public offerings, direct listings, debt financings and corporate reorganizations.
His experience in structuring a wide range of complex capital markets transactions includes representation of Coinbase on its 2021 direct listing, the first major crypto company to go public and the first technology direct listing on Nasdaq. In 2022, Michael was named an American Lawyer “Dealmaker of the Year” for his role advising Coinbase in this transaction.
Michael has received numerous accolades and has been consistently recognized as a leading lawyer to technology companies and their investors by publications including Law360, Legal 500, Super Lawyers and LMG Life Sciences.
Brown provides the kind of top-shelf, business-focused lawyering essential for game-changing technology innovators—from startups to mature market leaders—as well as leading venture capital firms and key incubators that help to finance these companies’ efforts.”
The Los Angeles Business Journal
2019 Leaders in Law Finalists: Corporate Attorney of the Year
- Multiple financings for Databricks, including its $1.6B Series H, $1B Series G, $400M Series F, $250M Series E and $140M Series D financings
- Multiple financings for Relativity Space, including its $650M Series E, $500M Series D and $140M Series C financings
- Multiple financings for Tanium, including over $600M in common stock financings and its $120M Series G financing
- Multiple financings for Carta, including its $500M Series G, $180M Series F, $300M Series E and $80M Series D financings
- Multiple financings for Illumio, including its $225M Series F, $65M Series E, $125M Series D and $100M Series C financings
- Multiple financings for Side, including its $150M Series D financing and additional $50M financing
- Multiple financings for Bolt, including its $393M Series D, $120M Series C and $68M Series B financings
- Multiple financings for Dragos, including its $200M Series D and $110M Series C financings
- Multiple financings for Uber, including its publicly-announced $3.5B investment by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and Series F, Series E and Series D financings
- Multiple financings for Airbnb, including its publicly-announced $1.5B Series E and $475M Series D financings
- Multiple financings for Doctor on Demand, including its $75M Series D and $74M Series C financings
- Securonix in its $1B+ financing led by Vista
- AvantStay in its $160M Series B financing
- MOLOCO in its $150M Series C financing
- Nylas in its $120M Series C financing
- Anyscale in its $100M Series C financing
- Multiple investments representing Agilent Technologies, Alpha Edison and Fidelity Investments:
- Agilent Technologies in its $80M investment in and $105M acquisition of Lasergen, in its investment in Mission Bio’s $30M Series B and Purigen’s $26M Series B
- Alpha Edison in multiple deals, including Alto’s $40M Series B, Kin’s $35M Series B, Parsley Health's $26M Series B, DoltHub’s $16M Series B and United Dwelling's $10M Series B financings
- Fidelity Investments in connection with 50+ investments, including Epic’s $1.78B and $1B late-stage financings, ThoughtWorks’ $720M growth round, Stripe's $600M Series H, Lime’s $523M financing raise, Bowery Farming's $300M Series C, Sonder’s $170M Series E and Inscripta’s $150M Series E
- Multiple financings for Databricks, including its $1.6B Series H, $1B Series G, $400M Series F, $250M Series E and $140M Series D financings
- Multiple financings for Relativity Space, including its $650M Series E, $500M Series D and $140M Series C financings
- Multiple financings for Tanium, including over $600M in common stock financings and its $120M Series G financing
- Multiple financings for Carta, including its $500M Series G, $180M Series F, $300M Series E and $80M Series D financings
- Multiple financings for Illumio, including its $225M Series F, $65M Series E, $125M Series D and $100M Series C financings
- Multiple financings for Side, including its $150M Series D financing and additional $50M financing
- Multiple financings for Bolt, including its $393M Series D, $120M Series C and $68M Series B financings
- Multiple financings for Dragos, including its $200M Series D and $110M Series C financings
- Multiple financings for Uber, including its publicly-announced $3.5B investment by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and Series F, Series E and Series D financings
- Multiple financings for Airbnb, including its publicly-announced $1.5B Series E and $475M Series D financings
- Multiple financings for Doctor on Demand, including its $75M Series D and $74M Series C financings
- Securonix in its $1B+ financing led by Vista
- AvantStay in its $160M Series B financing
- MOLOCO in its $150M Series C financing
- Nylas in its $120M Series C financing
- Anyscale in its $100M Series C financing
- Multiple investments representing Agilent Technologies, Alpha Edison and Fidelity Investments:
- Agilent Technologies in its $80M investment in and $105M acquisition of Lasergen, in its investment in Mission Bio’s $30M Series B and Purigen’s $26M Series B
- Alpha Edison in multiple deals, including Alto’s $40M Series B, Kin’s $35M Series B, Parsley Health's $26M Series B, DoltHub’s $16M Series B and United Dwelling's $10M Series B financings
- Fidelity Investments in connection with 50+ investments, including Epic’s $1.78B and $1B late-stage financings, ThoughtWorks’ $720M growth round, Stripe's $600M Series H, Lime’s $523M financing raise, Bowery Farming's $300M Series C, Sonder’s $170M Series E and Inscripta’s $150M Series E
- Cepheid sale to Danaher ($4B)
- Multiple acquisitions for Cisco Systems, including its acquisition of WebEx Communications ($3.2B)
- Data Domain sale to EMC ($2.4B)
- Opsware sale to Hewlett-Packard ($1.6B)
- ArcSight sale to Hewlett-Packard ($1.5B)
- Dermira sale to Eli Lilly ($1.1B)
- OpenDNS sale to Cisco Systems ($635M)
- ScoutRFP sale to Workday ($540M)
- ThousandEyes sale to Cisco Systems
- Doctor On Demand in its merger with Grand Rounds to form Included Health
- Kareo in its merger with PatientPop to form Tebra
- Voyage Auto sale to Cruise
- Reaction Commerce sale to Mailchimp
- Chubbies sale to Solo Brands
- Invoca acquisition of DialogTech
- Coinbase acquisitions of Cipher Browser, Keystone Capital, Earn.com, Memo.AI, Paradex and Tagomi
- Alteryx acquisitions of ClearStory Data, Lore IO, Semanta, Trifacta and Yhat
- Airship acquisitions of Accengage, Apptimize, Gummicube and ReplyBuy
- Carta acquisitions of Yearend, Preferred Return, MarketGrid and Kik Interactive
- Cepheid sale to Danaher ($4B)
- Multiple acquisitions for Cisco Systems, including its acquisition of WebEx Communications ($3.2B)
- Data Domain sale to EMC ($2.4B)
- Opsware sale to Hewlett-Packard ($1.6B)
- ArcSight sale to Hewlett-Packard ($1.5B)
- Dermira sale to Eli Lilly ($1.1B)
- OpenDNS sale to Cisco Systems ($635M)
- ScoutRFP sale to Workday ($540M)
- ThousandEyes sale to Cisco Systems
- Doctor On Demand in its merger with Grand Rounds to form Included Health
- Kareo in its merger with PatientPop to form Tebra
- Voyage Auto sale to Cruise
- Reaction Commerce sale to Mailchimp
- Chubbies sale to Solo Brands
- Invoca acquisition of DialogTech
- Coinbase acquisitions of Cipher Browser, Keystone Capital, Earn.com, Memo.AI, Paradex and Tagomi
- Alteryx acquisitions of ClearStory Data, Lore IO, Semanta, Trifacta and Yhat
- Airship acquisitions of Accengage, Apptimize, Gummicube and ReplyBuy
- Carta acquisitions of Yearend, Preferred Return, MarketGrid and Kik Interactive
- Informatica initial public offering (underwriters’ counsel)
- Coinbase direct listing and convertible senior notes offering
- Nurix Therapeutics initial public offering and follow-on public offering
- Alteryx initial public offering and follow-on public offering
- Dermira initial public offering and multiple follow-on public offerings
- Marin Software initial public offering and at-the-market offerings
- Silver Spring Networks initial public offering
- ArcSight initial public offering
- Dexcom multiple follow-on public offerings
- Glu Mobile follow-on public offering
- Alteryx, Cepheid, Coinbase, Dermira and Dexcom convertible debt offerings pursuant to Rule 144A
- Informatica initial public offering (underwriters’ counsel)
- Coinbase direct listing and convertible senior notes offering
- Nurix Therapeutics initial public offering and follow-on public offering
- Alteryx initial public offering and follow-on public offering
- Dermira initial public offering and multiple follow-on public offerings
- Marin Software initial public offering and at-the-market offerings
- Silver Spring Networks initial public offering
- ArcSight initial public offering
- Dexcom multiple follow-on public offerings
- Glu Mobile follow-on public offering
- Alteryx, Cepheid, Coinbase, Dermira and Dexcom convertible debt offerings pursuant to Rule 144A
- Agilent Technologies
- Airbnb
- Airship
- Alpha Edison
- Alteryx
- Andreessen Horowitz
- Anyscale
- Bellhop
- Bolt Financial
- Bugcrowd
- Carta
- Cobalt Robotics
- Coinbase
- Databricks
- Dexcom
- DISQO
- Dragos
- Espressive
- Fidelity Investments
- Goldman Sachs
- Illumio
- Invoca
- Kentik
- Matroid
- Modern Animal
- Moloco
- Narvar
- Nava
- New Enterprise Associates
- Nurix Therapeutics
- Nylas
- Relativity Space
- Ruggable
- Scopely
- Side Real Estate
- Simbe Robotics
- Sonar Software
- Tanium
- Tebra
- Ursa Major
- Wealthfront
- Agilent Technologies
- Airbnb
- Airship
- Alpha Edison
- Alteryx
- Andreessen Horowitz
- Anyscale
- Bellhop
- Bolt Financial
- Bugcrowd
- Carta
- Cobalt Robotics
- Coinbase
- Databricks
- Dexcom
- DISQO
- Dragos
- Espressive
- Fidelity Investments
- Goldman Sachs
- Illumio
- Invoca
- Kentik
- Matroid
- Modern Animal
- Moloco
- Narvar
- Nava
- New Enterprise Associates
- Nurix Therapeutics
- Nylas
- Relativity Space
- Ruggable
- Scopely
- Side Real Estate
- Simbe Robotics
- Sonar Software
- Tanium
- Tebra
- Ursa Major
- Wealthfront
...a jack of all trades in the technology sphere."
Law360
Recognition Recognition Recognition
Recognition Recognition Recognition
American Lawyer
2022
Named Michael "Dealmaker of the Year" for his role advising Coinbase on its pioneering Nasdaq direct listing.
The Legal 500
2022
Recognized Michael among the United States’ leading lawyers for venture capital and emerging companies as well as for companies in the fintech industry.
The Los Angeles Business Journal
2019
Recognized Michael among just five other finalists for Corporate Attorney of the Year, honoring his contributions to the Los Angeles business community.
LMG Life Sciences
2022
Named Michael a leading lawyer for life sciences work.
- Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2015-2019
- Rising Star, Law360, 2014
American Lawyer
2022
Named Michael "Dealmaker of the Year" for his role advising Coinbase on its pioneering Nasdaq direct listing.
The Legal 500
2022
Recognized Michael among the United States’ leading lawyers for venture capital and emerging companies as well as for companies in the fintech industry.
The Los Angeles Business Journal
2019
Recognized Michael among just five other finalists for Corporate Attorney of the Year, honoring his contributions to the Los Angeles business community.
LMG Life Sciences
2022
Named Michael a leading lawyer for life sciences work.