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Matthew Macdonald
Partner
Matthew Macdonald focuses on high-stakes litigation in federal and state courts across the country, with experience defending clients in cutting-edge disputes in technology, life sciences, intellectual property, and other areas.
Samantha Alexandria-Booth Machock
Partner
Samantha Machock is a partner in the San Diego office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she is a member of the internet strategy and litigation group. Samantha’s practice focuses on representing technology and healthcare companies in complex, high-stakes consumer class and mass actions, particularly those involving cutting-edge consumer protection, false advertising, privacy, and cybersecurity-related claims. She has secured victories for her clients on a wide range of dispositive motions and class action issues: Recent victories include dismissal of claims against a generative AI service for allegedly misleading users, dismissal of a putative TCPA class action, and dismissal of claims seeking to create novel privacy rights for drivers under California’s Unfair Competition Law. Samantha is currently lead counsel for YouTube and Google in hundreds of cases alleging youth addiction and other harms as a result of YouTube’s design.
Jose F. Macias
Partner
Jose represents clients in a broad range of corporate law and transactional matters.
Brendan Ripley Mahan
Partner
Brendan Ripley Mahan is a partner in Wilson Sonsini’s mergers and acquisitions group. He advises public and private companies, boards of directors, and senior management teams on strategic transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, carve-outs, joint ventures, and minority and controlling investments. His work spans domestic and cross-border matters in North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. Brendan primarily represents clients in the technology and life sciences sectors and also advises companies in the fintech, enterprise software, e-commerce, cybersecurity, and semiconductor industries, among others.
John Mao
Partner
John represents clients in corporate transactional matters and complex debt financings.
Austin March
Partner
Austin March is a partner in the Austin office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. His practice focuses on corporate and securities matters for both public and late-stage private companies, as well as for financial institutions, venture capital firms, and other investors. Austin has represented clients across a wide range of industries, including energy and cleantech, autonomous vehicles, fintech, software, life sciences, medical technology, manufacturing, hospitality, and logistics. Austin works with public and private companies on a range of transactions, including financings, initial public offerings, and mergers and acquisitions. He also advises clients on matters such as general corporate law, fiduciary duties, and governance and public company disclosure, as well as reporting with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Katharine A. Martin
Partner
Katie represents clients in corporate transactional and governance matters.
Matthew D. McDonald
Partner
Matt represents companies in antitrust matters, including M&A clearance.
Phillip S. McGill
Partner
Phillip (Phil) McGill is a partner in the San Diego office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he represents clients on corporate and securities law matters in the life sciences and technology sectors. His practice is focused on being a strategic partner to companies throughout each phase of the corporate life cycle, with an emphasis on guiding companies through late-stage financings and exits, as well as post-IPO public company representation. He has particular expertise collaborating with venture capital firms and universities as counsel to companies formed through their discovery engine and incubator programs.
Jennifer M. McGrew
Partner
Jennifer helps innovative clients complete strategic technology transactions.
Scott A. McKinney
Partner
Scott focuses on complex commercial and technology transactions and frequently advises companies with new and emerging technologies.
Laurie K. McNamara
Partner
Dr. Laurie McNamara is a partner in the San Diego and San Francisco offices of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she focuses her practice on matters related to intellectual property and patent prosecution strategy for early-stage through clinical-stage therapeutics companies. She counsels clients on matters related to global patent portfolio development and strategy, non-infringement, patentability, and freedom-to-operate studies. She advises company clients in connection with major financial transactions such as collaboration agreements, venture financings, merger & acquisitions, and public offerings. In addition to company-side representation, Laurie works with top venture capital firms related to IP diligence of target companies for financings. Laurie has represented venBio, OrbiMed, Logos Capital, Venrock, Foresight Capital, Novo Holdings, Vida Ventures, Avalon BioVentures, Two Bear Capital, and Samsara BioCapital in connection with financings of target companies developing biologics therapeutic programs.
Brandon J. Middleton-Pratt
Partner
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.