Lester Ang represents private and start-up companies in matters ranging from incorporation and initial capitalization to venture capital and debt financing and board fiduciary duties. He also represents public companies in securities offerings, M&A transactions, SEC reporting, and corporate governance matters. Lester works with private and public technology and life sciences companies through all stages of growth, as well as with investment banks, venture capital firms, and private equity firms.
Lester has been with Wilson Sonsini since September 2015. Prior to joining the firm, Lester was a senior tax associate at PwC, where he provided audit defense and corporate tax consulting services to private and public companies.
Lester Ang represents private and start-up companies in matters ranging from incorporation and initial capitalization to venture capital and debt financing and board fiduciary duties. He also represents public companies in securities offerings, M&A transactions, SEC reporting, and corporate governance matters. Lester works with private and public technology and life sciences companies through all stages of growth, as well as with investment banks, venture capital firms, and private equity firms.
Lester has been with Wilson Sonsini since September 2015. Prior to joining the firm, Lester was a senior tax associate at PwC, where he provided audit defense and corporate tax consulting services to private and public companies.
- J.D., UC Davis School of Law, 2013
- B.A., Business Economics, University of California, Irvine, 2010
- State Bar of California
- J.D., UC Davis School of Law, 2013
- B.A., Business Economics, University of California, Irvine, 2010
- State Bar of California
Select Transactions
- Lyft in its $2.6 billion initial public offering
- Upstart in its initial public offering, follow-on offering and convertible notes offering
- ForgeRock in its initial public offering
- Zynga in its convertible notes offering and acquisition by Take-Two
- Couchbase in its initial public offering
- Sumo Logic in initial public offering
- J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs in the initial public offering and follow-on offerings of Cambium Networks
- Barracuda Networks in its acquisition by Thoma Bravo
- LifeLock in its acquisition by Symantec
Lester has represented numerous private companies in venture capital and strategic financings, including Lyft, ForgeRock, Plume Design, Podium and Viz.ai. He has also represented venture capital firms, including CapitalG and Cota Capital.
Select Transactions
- Lyft in its $2.6 billion initial public offering
- Upstart in its initial public offering, follow-on offering and convertible notes offering
- ForgeRock in its initial public offering
- Zynga in its convertible notes offering and acquisition by Take-Two
- Couchbase in its initial public offering
- Sumo Logic in initial public offering
- J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs in the initial public offering and follow-on offerings of Cambium Networks
- Barracuda Networks in its acquisition by Thoma Bravo
- LifeLock in its acquisition by Symantec
Lester has represented numerous private companies in venture capital and strategic financings, including Lyft, ForgeRock, Plume Design, Podium and Viz.ai. He has also represented venture capital firms, including CapitalG and Cota Capital.
Treehouse’s mission is to simplify electrification through software-enabled Installation-as-a-Service, empowering people to live more sustainable lives and accelerating the decarbonization of the places we live and work. The funds from the round will be used to expand Treehouse's Installation-as-a-Service offering to more than 30 states in the next 12 months, while investing in software that can expand the offering to other electrification products.
The Wilson Sonsini team that advises Treehouse on the transaction includes Rezwan Pavri, Lester Ang, Helen Qi, and Sean Mihaljevich.