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Ashley Schmidt
Associate
Corporate
aschmidt@wsgr.com

D206-883-2539

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Ashley Schmidt is a senior corporate associate who specializes in providing strategic counsel and business advice to multi-national clients as they evolve from early-stage start-ups to large public companies. With more than ten years of experience, Ashley has extensive transactional experience in venture financings, capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance. She has successfully structured, negotiated, and closed transactions totaling tens of billions of dollars.

Ashley’s practice focuses on the representation of clients in the health and wellness, consumer products, technology, logistics, life sciences, and healthcare industries. In addition, she also represents financial investors in both minority and majority equity investments in high-growth companies.  

She is intimately familiar with the nuanced demands and idiosyncratic needs of founders, and builds relationships of trust with her clients, encouraging collaboration in a business-friendly, pragmatic way.

Ashley is admitted in Washington and Tennessee. She is practicing virtually from Tennessee.

Experience

Ashley Schmidt is a senior corporate associate who specializes in providing strategic counsel and business advice to multi-national clients as they evolve from early-stage start-ups to large public companies. With more than ten years of experience, Ashley has extensive transactional experience in venture financings, capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance. She has successfully structured, negotiated, and closed transactions totaling tens of billions of dollars.

Ashley’s practice focuses on the representation of clients in the health and wellness, consumer products, technology, logistics, life sciences, and healthcare industries. In addition, she also represents financial investors in both minority and majority equity investments in high-growth companies.  

She is intimately familiar with the nuanced demands and idiosyncratic needs of founders, and builds relationships of trust with her clients, encouraging collaboration in a business-friendly, pragmatic way.

Ashley is admitted in Washington and Tennessee. She is practicing virtually from Tennessee.

Education
  • J.D., University of Washington School of LawSpecialization in Law, Business, and Entrepreneurship; Member, Entrepreneurial Law Clinic
  • B.A., English and Political Science, University of Washington
Associations and Memberships
  • Member, Washington State Bar Association
Admissions
  • State Bar of Tennessee
  • State Bar of Washington
Credentials
Education
  • J.D., University of Washington School of LawSpecialization in Law, Business, and Entrepreneurship; Member, Entrepreneurial Law Clinic
  • B.A., English and Political Science, University of Washington
Associations and Memberships
  • Member, Washington State Bar Association
Admissions
  • State Bar of Tennessee
  • State Bar of Washington

Select Transactions

  • Battle Road Digital on its acquisition by Onebrief
  • Armada Acquisition Corp II on its business combination with Evernorth Holdings
  • Qventus on its $105 million Series D
  • Recursion on various transactions, including its IPO, $239 million Series D, and agreement with Exscientia
  • Zipline on its $250 million financing
  • REVOLVE on its IPO
  • Zenput in its sale to CrunchTime!
Matters

Select Transactions

  • Battle Road Digital on its acquisition by Onebrief
  • Armada Acquisition Corp II on its business combination with Evernorth Holdings
  • Qventus on its $105 million Series D
  • Recursion on various transactions, including its IPO, $239 million Series D, and agreement with Exscientia
  • Zipline on its $250 million financing
  • REVOLVE on its IPO
  • Zenput in its sale to CrunchTime!
Focus Areas
  • Corporate
  • Emerging Companies and Venture Capital
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
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Wilson Sonsini Advises Battle Road Digital on Acquisition by Onebrief
On January 13, 2026, Onebrief, the operating system for modern command, announced that it has acquired Battle Road Digital, a leading defense innovation company applying best-in-class gaming technology to defense and national security challenges. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Battle Road Digital on the transaction.
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Wilson Sonsini Advises Armada Acquisition Corp. II on $1 Billion Business Combination with Evernorth Holdings
On October 20, 2025, Armada Acquisition Corp II (Armada II), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, and Evernorth Holdings Inc. (Evernorth), a newly formed Nevada corporation focused on enabling institutional-scale adoption of XRP, announced that they have entered into a definitive business combination agreement through which Evernorth will become a publicly listed company. The transaction is expected to raise more than $1 billion in gross proceeds, establishing Evernorth as the largest public XRP-treasury company and a first-of-its-kind institutional vehicle built to accelerate XRP adoption. Investors include SBI, Ripple, Rippleworks, and leading digital-asset and fintech investors such as Pantera Capital, Kraken, and GSR, with participation from Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen. Upon closing, the combined company will operate under the Evernorth name and is expected to trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “XRPN,” subject to applicable listing requirements and other customary closing conditions.
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