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Brandon J. Middleton-Pratt
Partner
Corporate
Austin

D512-338-5406

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  • Representing Emerging Companies

    Brandon has represented innovative companies in various sectors—from start-ups to late-stage companies.

  • M&A and Complex Transactions Experience

    Brandon's practice includes the acquisition and sale of companies through numerous structures, including by merger, stock purchase, asset purchase, and other forms of acquisition, as well as other complex transactions, including majority and minority investments, joint ventures, carve-outs, restructurings, and recapitalizations. 

  • Diverse Industry Experience

    Brandon has worked with clients in a wide range of industries, including software (including SaaS), life sciences, energy and clean technology, fintech, telecommunications, manufacturing, digital media and entertainment, and consumer products, among others.

Brandon J. Middleton-Pratt is a partner in the Austin office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he specializes in representing emerging companies, mergers & acquisitions, private equity and other complex transactions, and venture capital financings. Brandon also provides strategic business advice and counsel to entrepreneurs and start-ups on a broad range of issues, including company formation, capitalization structure, equity compensation arrangements for founders and employees, negotiations with investors and acquirers, and other issues relevant to start-ups and high-growth companies.

Brandon has represented clients across a wide range of industries, including software (including SaaS), life sciences, energy and clean technology, fintech and financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications, digital media and entertainment, consumer products, and other emerging technologies.

Brandon has also worked on numerous pro bono matters and has received the John Wilson Award twice, an annual award given to individual attorneys who have shown remarkable dedication to the firm’s pro bono clients. Additionally, Brandon currently serves as a board member for DivInc, an Austin-based nonprofit.

Prior to joining the firm, Brandon practiced at Goodwin Procter in Boston.

Before attending law school, Brandon worked at Tesoro Corporation (which was known briefly as Andeavor and has since been acquired by Marathon).

Experience

Brandon J. Middleton-Pratt is a partner in the Austin office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he specializes in representing emerging companies, mergers & acquisitions, private equity and other complex transactions, and venture capital financings. Brandon also provides strategic business advice and counsel to entrepreneurs and start-ups on a broad range of issues, including company formation, capitalization structure, equity compensation arrangements for founders and employees, negotiations with investors and acquirers, and other issues relevant to start-ups and high-growth companies.

Brandon has represented clients across a wide range of industries, including software (including SaaS), life sciences, energy and clean technology, fintech and financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications, digital media and entertainment, consumer products, and other emerging technologies.

Brandon has also worked on numerous pro bono matters and has received the John Wilson Award twice, an annual award given to individual attorneys who have shown remarkable dedication to the firm’s pro bono clients. Additionally, Brandon currently serves as a board member for DivInc, an Austin-based nonprofit.

Prior to joining the firm, Brandon practiced at Goodwin Procter in Boston.

Before attending law school, Brandon worked at Tesoro Corporation (which was known briefly as Andeavor and has since been acquired by Marathon).

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On February 26, 2026, Terminus Capital Partners (TCP), a growth‑oriented private equity firm focused on majority investments in B2B software companies, and Eventus, a leading provider of comprehensive, at-scale trade surveillance and financial risk solutions, announced that TCP has acquired majority control in Eventus, positioning the firm for accelerated geographical expansion and growth in its product offerings. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Eventus on the transaction.
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On September 23, 2025, Tito's Handmade Vodka, the brand behind Texas' first legal distillery and the award-winning vodka, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the majority stake in LALO Tequila, one of the fastest-growing tequila brands in the United States. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised LALO on the transaction.  
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