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Megan J. Baier
Partner
Megan Baier has spent her career advising founders, boards, and public companies through the moments that define them: first financings, public offerings, and the governance decisions that follow. A partner in Wilson Sonsini's New York corporate group, she combines deep technical command of securities law with the judgment and steadiness clients need when the stakes are high.
Jonathan Chan
Partner
Jonathan represents technology-driven clients in corporate and transactional matters.
Salil Gandhi
Partner
Salil Gandhi is a partner in the New York office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and a co-leader of the firm’s emerging companies practice. Salil focuses on corporate and securities law and specializes in the representation of emerging growth companies throughout their lifecycles, particularly in the life sciences and technology sectors. He also counsels venture capital funds and other private equity funds on structuring and executing investment transactions ranging from angel to control investments, as well as portfolio dispositions.
Daniel Glazer
Partner
Daniel counsels UK and European tech and life sciences companies on U.S. expansion and fundraising.
Gary R. Greenstein
Partner
Gary represents companies in transactions with record labels, music publishers, and program suppliers focusing on intellectual property, licensing, and commercial transactions.
Stephen R. Heifetz
Partner
Stephen advises clients on laws and policies at the intersection of international business and national security. He previously served in the U.S. government on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.
Seth J. Helfgott
Partner
Seth focuses on corporate and securities law, including start-ups, venture capital transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance matters.
Aaron D. Hendelman
Partner
Aaron heads the firm's trademark and advertising practice, focusing on the areas of trademark, advertising, unfair competition, copyright, retail, rights of publicity, social media, and consumer law.
Jeana S. Kim
Partner
Jeana’s practice focuses on corporate and securities law matters for emerging growth companies, venture capital firms, and public companies.
Michael C. Labriola
Partner
Michael Labriola is a partner with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he counsels public and private technology, life sciences, and emerging growth companies through all stages of their growth. Michael has particular experience with Wilson Sonsini’s clients across the U.S. East Coast and Europe. He has a particular focus on supporting companies that undertake transformative events, such as growth financings, IPOs, acquisitions, and exit sales. Michael counsels clients in matters ranging from formation and early-stage venture financing to listings of publicly traded securities on U.S. and foreign exchanges to seasoned public offerings and private and public company acquisitions. He also has considerable experience in counseling publicly held companies on disclosure matters, SEC compliance, Nasdaq and NYSE listing matters, and other securities laws issues. In addition, Michael frequently represents investment banks, venture capital funds, and private equity firms in a broad range of investment transactions.
J. Matthew (Matt) Lyons
Partner
J. Matthew (Matt) Lyons is a corporate partner in the Austin office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where his practice focuses on the representation of companies and their investors in the emerging companies ecosystem. For the past 25 years, he has been a leading attorney in the Texas market, advising public and private companies, venture and private equity funds, and entrepreneurs on new entity formation, venture financings, public and private offerings, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, and issues related to corporate governance and executive compensation. Matt’s clients include companies in the technology, life sciences, healthcare, retail and CPG, and media and communications industries.
Scott A. McKinney
Partner
Scott focuses on complex commercial and technology transactions and frequently advises companies with new and emerging technologies.
Rezwan D. Pavri
Partner
Rezwan works with private and public technology and life sciences companies at all stages of growth, as well as investment banks, VC firms, and private equity firms.
Jeffrey D. Saper
Partner
Jeff advises on public and private financings of technology and other emerging growth companies, as well as the representation of leading investment banks and corporate issuers in public offerings and M&A transactions.
Lisa L. Stimmell
Partner
Lisa practices corporate and securities law with a focus on advising public companies and larger enterprise clients on complex corporate governance, SEC compliance, and 1934 Act disclosure matters.
Robert Suffoletta
Partner
Rob works with emerging growth and technology companies, both public and private, as well as investment banks and venture capital funds.
Yoichiro (Yokum) Taku
Partner
Yokum focuses on helping technology and growth companies at all stages of development.
Damien M. Weiss
Partner
Damien Weiss is a partner in the San Francisco office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he helps start-ups and unicorns raise capital.
Libby J. Weingarten
Partner
Libby Weingarten is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she advises companies on a broad range of U.S. and international privacy, consumer protection, and data security issues. She has extensive experience defending major corporations facing investigations by the FTC and other federal and state regulators. She has defended retailers, software companies, advertising technology companies, mobile app developers, and ed-tech companies against regulatory investigations into privacy and data security practices, and she has assisted them in conducting internal investigations in high-profile data security breaches.
David F. Wickwire
Partner
David focuses on representing fast-growing technology, software, digital media, and clean technology companies, as well as several early-stage venture capital firms.
Charles A. Gelinas
Partner
Charles (CJ) Gelinas is a partner in the New York office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. CJ represents issuers, underwriters, lenders, and borrowers in all aspects of asset-backed securities and other structured products, with experience spanning warehouse transactions, asset-based financings, master repurchase (repo) agreements, structured and traditional warehouse transactions, and other complex financing structures. His recent work includes rehypothecation, back-to-back repo, and repledge facilities involving assets as diverse as residential and commercial mortgage loans, credit risk transfer (CRT) securities and securities, as well as securitizations of nontraditional assets such as student income-share agreements; income-based repayment loans; name, image, and likeness (NIL) contracts; and home equity appreciation instruments.
Rob H. Rosenblum
Partner Emeritus
Rob represents companies in sophisticated regulatory, transactional, and product development projects, advising them on federal securities laws and related financial services laws and regulations.
Michael McDonald
Of Counsel
Michael McDonald is Of Counsel at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. He is knowledgeable about the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, and FINRA rules and regulation, and regularly provides regulatory counseling services to clients in these industries.
Alice Cao
Associate
Alice Cao is an associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she advises companies in the fintech and financial services spaces on transactional and regulatory matters involving securities and commodities laws.
Alex Dubose
Associate
Alex Dubose is an associate in the New York office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where his practice focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions. Alex advises both public and private companies, private equity funds, financial sponsors, and strategic investors in a variety of transactional matters, including mergers, carve-outs, acquisitions, divestitures, leveraged buyouts, stock purchases, asset acquisitions, tender offers, and other strategic corporate transactions.
Ben Ho
Associate
Ben Ho is an associate in the New York office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he focuses on advising private companies, venture capital firms, and institutional investors on a broad range of transactions, including early-stage venture financings, mergers and acquisitions, token launches, and day-to-day corporate governance matters. Ben earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2023, where he served as co-president of the Harvard Law Entrepreneurship Project (HLEP) and as the founder and host of the HLEP Podcast, a resource he launched to help introduce law students and startup founders to legal issues in the emerging companies and venture capital space.