Michael Soud is a corporate associate in Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s London office, where he focuses on advising U.S. and European technology start-ups and scale-ups through all stages of their corporate life cycle, including incorporation, commercial contracts, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, public listings, and other strategic transactions. Michael is experienced in cross-border M&A and has advised on various U.S. securities law issues and SEC-registered transactions including equity and debt issuance, SPACs, and deSPACs.
Michael also counsels enterprises in the blockchain, cryptoasset and digital assets space in relation to securities law issues and issuances and financing transactions. He has experience with analysis of cryptoassets under securities law and other regulations including in relation to NFTs and stablecoins.
Prior to joining the firm, Michael was an associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in its London and Hong Kong offices. Michael is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and was previously a regular host on a Taiwanese variety TV show.
Michael Soud is a corporate associate in Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s London office, where he focuses on advising U.S. and European technology start-ups and scale-ups through all stages of their corporate life cycle, including incorporation, commercial contracts, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, public listings, and other strategic transactions. Michael is experienced in cross-border M&A and has advised on various U.S. securities law issues and SEC-registered transactions including equity and debt issuance, SPACs, and deSPACs.
Michael also counsels enterprises in the blockchain, cryptoasset and digital assets space in relation to securities law issues and issuances and financing transactions. He has experience with analysis of cryptoassets under securities law and other regulations including in relation to NFTs and stablecoins.
Prior to joining the firm, Michael was an associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in its London and Hong Kong offices. Michael is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and was previously a regular host on a Taiwanese variety TV show.
- Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (PCLL), University of Hong Kong, 2018
- LL.B., University of Sydney, 2017
- B.A., International and Global Studies, University of Sydney, 2016
- Solicitor, England and Wales
- State Bar of New York
- State Bar of New South Wales (Australia)
- Hong Kong
- Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (PCLL), University of Hong Kong, 2018
- LL.B., University of Sydney, 2017
- B.A., International and Global Studies, University of Sydney, 2016
- Solicitor, England and Wales
- State Bar of New York
- State Bar of New South Wales (Australia)
- Hong Kong
QuantWare is the only company that designs, fabricates, and integrates modular quantum processors on an open architecture at an industrial scale. The company is building KiloFab, the world’s largest dedicated quantum open architecture fab, increasing its production capacity by 20x to meet strong global customer demand.
The Wilson Sonsini team that advised QuantWare on the financing included:
Corporate
Daniel Glazer
Michael Labriola
Ashmi Bhagani
Elisa Sielski
Michael Soud
Daniel Jordan
Henry Oates
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