Jose F. Macias

Jose F. Macias

Partner

Substantial Experience Representing Public Companies

Jose has extensive experience representing public company clients in a broad range of corporate matters, including public offerings, corporate governance and compliance matters, and other transactional areas.
Peer Recognition

Jose has been recognized in rankings based on evaluations offered by peer legal practitioners.

Jose Macias is a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he practices corporate and securities law. Jose has extensive experience in representing public companies. His practice includes all aspects of company representation, including public offerings, corporate governance counseling, complex securities laws issues, disclosure matters, SEC compliance, 1934 Act issues, private placements, takeover defensive measures, and mergers and acquisitions. He also has represented underwriters in public offerings and issuers and investors in private equity financings.

Experience

Education

J.D., Stanford Law School, 1991Executive Editor, Stanford Law Review
B.A., Political Science, Stanford University, 1988With Distinction

Associations and Memberships

Member, American Bar Association

Honors

Named in the 2006 edition of Northern California Super Lawyers

Admissions

State Bar of California

Credentials

Education

J.D., Stanford Law School, 1991Executive Editor, Stanford Law Review
B.A., Political Science, Stanford University, 1988With Distinction

Associations and Memberships

Member, American Bar Association

Honors

Named in the 2006 edition of Northern California Super Lawyers

Admissions

State Bar of California

Select Clients

Advent Software, Inc.
Atmel Corporation
Box, Inc.
Coherent, Inc.
Fabrinet
Informatica Corporation
Polycom, Inc.
Taleo Corporation

Clients

Select Clients

Advent Software, Inc.
Atmel Corporation
Box, Inc.
Coherent, Inc.
Fabrinet
Informatica Corporation
Polycom, Inc.
Taleo Corporation

Recent Insights

Alerts

On May 19, 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC or Commission) announced proposed rule and form amendments that would streamline the existing filer status framework and extend many of today’s scaled disclosure requirements and accommodations to a significantly larger portion of reporting companies. The proposal is intended to better align disclosure and compliance obligations with issuer size and maturity while preserving core investor protections. The Commission estimates that approximately 81 percent of reporting companies would qualify for scaled disclosure under the proposal, although large accelerated filers would continue to represent the majority of the U.S. equity market capitalization.

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Alerts

On May 5, 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC or Commission) issued proposed rule and form amendments that would, if adopted as proposed, allow public companies to file a semiannual report on new Form 10-S in lieu of three quarterly reports on Form 10-Q each fiscal year. The proposal would amend Rules 13a-13 and 15d-13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act) and make a series of conforming amendments across SEC rules and forms to enable existing public companies and companies going public to elect semiannual reporting.

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