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Craig E. Sherman
Partner
Corporate
Seattle

D206-883-2510

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  • The Experience and Relationships Emerging Companies Need and Value

    Craig has over 35 years of business and legal advisory experience representing growing companies. This experience, along with longstanding relationships with the investment community, has earned him and the Seattle team a dominant market share of the venture financings in the Pacific Northwest.

  • U.S. and International Clients

    Craig has represented clients in the Pacific Northwest, throughout the U.S., and internationally, including in the U.K., Canada, India, China, Mexico, Colombia, and, in particular, Brazil.

  • Multilingual Capabilities

    Craig is fluent in French and knowledgeable in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Korean.

Craig Sherman is a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he focuses on corporate and securities laws, representing companies, venture capital firms, and investment banks in private placements and public offerings. Craig also has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, technology licensing, and domestic and international joint ventures.

Craig began private practice in 1989 with Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York and Paris, and joined Perkins Coie in Seattle in January 1995. He became a director in the Kirkland office of Venture Law Group in December 1996 and was managing director of the Kirkland office from May 2000 until August 2002, when he joined Wilson Sonsini. He has been a member of the firm's Policy Committee, Compensation Committee, Nominating Committee, and Finance Committee.

In addition to English, Craig is fluent in French and knowledgeable in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Korean.

Experience

Craig Sherman is a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he focuses on corporate and securities laws, representing companies, venture capital firms, and investment banks in private placements and public offerings. Craig also has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, technology licensing, and domestic and international joint ventures.

Craig began private practice in 1989 with Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York and Paris, and joined Perkins Coie in Seattle in January 1995. He became a director in the Kirkland office of Venture Law Group in December 1996 and was managing director of the Kirkland office from May 2000 until August 2002, when he joined Wilson Sonsini. He has been a member of the firm's Policy Committee, Compensation Committee, Nominating Committee, and Finance Committee.

In addition to English, Craig is fluent in French and knowledgeable in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Korean.

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Wilson Sonsini Practices, Attorneys Recognized in 2026 Chambers USA Guide
The 2026 Chambers USA guide has recognized Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati as a leading law firm in 44 geography-specific practice categories and named 87 Wilson Sonsini attorneys among the best in their fields. This year, the firm received four new practice area rankings, including in the nationwide National Security and Capital Markets: Convertible Debt categories, and three improved practice area rankings.
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Wilson Sonsini Advises Griptape on Acquisition by Foundry
On February 18, 2026, Foundry, a leading developer of creative software for the media and entertainment industry, announced the completion of its acquisition of Griptape, a pioneer in enterprise-grade AI orchestration. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Griptape on the transaction.

As described by Foundry, the acquisition accelerates Foundry's AI strategy, adding critical orchestration capabilities to complement the AI-powered features in Foundry's product portfolio. It represents the next evolution of this strategy, enabling studios to orchestrate multiple AI models and agents within secure, professional workflows that connect seamlessly with Foundry's existing creative toolsets. As studios shift from experimentation to everyday production use, the need for better control of AI models has become critical. Griptape enables controlled access to rapidly evolving open-source and commercial AI models in a user-friendly framework, while balancing the strict security and traceability required by major production environments.
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Seattle Flow Startup Day 2026
Wilson Sonsini is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the Seattle Flow Startup Day 2026, the biggest conference for tech founders in the Pacific Northwest. Hosted by Seattle Flow, 400+ founders will gather for peer-to-peer learning, Startup Fair, co-founder matching, and more. 
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Science-based Growth Industries: Commercially Viable Fusion and Space Exploration
With the various opportunities and challenges presented by the world's growing population and the need for resources, science-based industries present an interesting and unique aperture into the future. Two such industries are the burgeoning areas of Nuclear Fusion and Space Exploration. Both industries are based on decades of public R&D and are recently gaining ground in the private sector. While they focus on different areas, they share commonalities including the need for a dynamic regulatory structure, the right balancing between present and future ROI, and the spawning of an ecosystem to support discovery, production, and commercial viability.
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