JONATHAN AXELRAD

Associate
 
Corporate Finance
Corporate Law & Governance
Energy & Clean Technology
Entrepreneurial Services
Mergers & Acquisitions
Venture Capital

EXPERIENCE:

Jonathan Axelrad is an attorney in Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's San Francisco office, where his practice focuses on representing emerging growth companies. He also represents venture capital and private equity funds that invest in early-stage companies.

Before joining the firm, Jonathan practiced corporate law in New York and Washington, D.C. He also held legal clerkships with the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Jonathan serves as a vice president of the Northern California chapter of the American Jewish Committee. In addition, he has represented, on a pro bono basis, the Harvard Business School Green Business Alumni Association, Energy Crossroads, and the American Jewish Committee.

Jonathan has given speeches on venture law, new business formation, energy, and environmental issues to a variety of audiences. He speaks French, Japanese, and English.

SELECT CLIENTS:

Representative company clients include:

  • Cleantech Group
  • Cobalt Technologies
  • FlipSwap
  • Imprint Energy
  • Proterra
  • PV Evolution Labs
  • ThinkEco
  • Tioga Energy
  • Urban Green Energy
  • Wasatch Wind
  • WaterSmart Software
  • ZoomCar

Representative investor clients include:

  • Element Partners
  • Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
  • Physic Ventures
  • Rockport Capital Partners
  • Spring Ventures
EDUCATION:
  • J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 2004
    Cum Laude; Member, Georgetown International Law Journal
  • B.A., University of Victoria, British Columbia, 1997
    With Distinction
SELECT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:
  • "Insight into Innovation," Environmental Business Cluster's CEO Roundtable, San Jose, California, April 2012
  • "Startup 101: Legal Issues in Launching a Cleantech Start-Up," Third Annual U.C. Hastings Cleantech Roundtable, San Francisco, California, April 2012
  • "Nuts and Bolts of Managing Your Early-Stage Start-Up through the Initial Valley of Death," MIT Clean Energy Prize, Boston, Massachusetts, March 2012
ADMISSIONS:
  • Bar of the District of Columbia
  • State Bar of California

Contact Information

One Market Plaza
Spear Tower, Suite 3300
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone | 415-947-2052
Fax | 415-947-2099

Email | Jonathan Axelraddjaxelrad@wsgr.com

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