Areas of Practice
Corporate finance, securities, private placements, mergers and acquisitions, licensing, corporate governance and general corporate law for traditional businesses and emerging companies

Energy finance transactions, with a focus on renewable energy projects

Representative Experience
Represent public and private companies in equity and debt offerings under the Securities Act

Represent Venture capital firms and other investment enterprises in venture capital financing transactions

Represent emerging growth companies in all aspects of the corporate cycle, including incorporation, venture financing, general corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions

Represent secondary direct funds in stock acquisition and sale transactions

Negotiate power purchase agreements for renewable power producers

Represent energy project developers in all aspects of private equity financings, including entity formation and structuring

Represented OnFiber Communications, Inc., in its $110,000,000 acquisition by Qwest Communications

Represented project developer in private equity financing of 120 MW geothermal project located near Bend, Oregon

Prior Experience
Associate, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, San Francisco, CA

Associate, Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP, Menlo Park, CA

Memberships and Activities
California State Bar

San Francisco Bar Association

Education
J.D., University Of California, Hastings College of the Law

B.A., with high honors, University of California at Berkeley