New York
As a partner in Orrick’s top 5 ranked Technology Companies Group, Josh Beser is the first call for high-growth company and venture investor clients. Focused on guiding startups from seed stage through late-stage financings and strategic exits, he brings the perspective of a former general counsel who has scaled e-commerce businesses from the inside. This includes helping Away, for whom he continues to serve as primary outside corporate counsel, raise over $200 million and achieve a $1.4 billion valuation.
Josh is particularly passionate about building high-growth companies in regulated environments, helping his clients synthesize a wide range of potential legal and regulatory issues to drive growth, product innovation, fundraising, expansion, and M&A, while navigating founder transitions and board dynamics.
In doing so, he draws on his Orrick colleagues' deep regulatory expertise across AI, digital health/healthtech, fintech, consumer and retail innovation, energy and infrastructure, gaming, space, life sciences and other verticals.
Josh works closely with founders, executives and boards in:
- Digital Health and Health Tech – Partnering with Orrick’s healthtech regulatory team, Josh is primary outside counsel to digital health and healthtech startups at all stages, including telehealth platforms, AI/ML in diagnostics, and care delivery innovation.
- Consumer Brands and Retail Innovation – As a former high-growth consumer brand General Counsel, Josh is uniquely positioned to understand and support high growth brands and the platforms supporting them across retail, logistics and fulfillment, such as Away, Studs, Skims, Blueland and Packsmith.
- Fintech – Partnering with Orrick’s fintech and financial advisory team, Josh is primary outside counsel to high-growth fintech companies in areas such as consumer finance and embedded payments.
Josh also regularly advises leading VCs and strategic investors active in these markets.
“Working with Josh is different because it really feels like he has my back. I know I’m getting great, practical advice from someone who’s been there.”
— General Counsel, Late-stage consumer brand
Operator Insight. Founder-Focused.
Before joining Orrick, Josh served as General Counsel at two high-growth, late-stage startups where he built and led legal, compliance, people and operations functions. This hands-on experience gives him a deep understanding of startup dynamics and what it takes to scale responsibly.
He has served as a key leadership voice during periods of hypergrowth, board transitions, crisis response, and internal investigations — bringing valuable market-wide perspective and judgment to fast-moving situations.
- Advised 25m Health on incubations, investments and strategic projects, including a joint venture in the consumer wellness/medical aesthetics space.
- Advised Ataraxis AI, an AI-powered personalized medicine startup, since inception, including on its Series Seed and Series A financings and commercial and regulatory matters.
- Provided product and corporate counsel to Alan Meds, a scaling telehealth company, including equity and debt financing matters.
- Provided corporate counsel to SimpliFed, a scaling digital health company focused on virtual lactation consulting and women’s health.
- Advised Cape, a privacy-first mobile carrier, on its $100 million Series C financing, as well as corporate and commercial matters.
- Advised Rochefort Asset Management in its lead investment in Divergent Technologies’ $290 million financing round.
- Advised Misfits Market, a late-stage grocery and food logistics company, in growth equity and debt financings and M&A matters.
- Represented Studs, a late-stage piercings and jewelry brand, in growth equity and debt financings and strategic growth initiatives.
- Supported Crossbeam in its Series C financing and its merger with Reveal to build a cross-border go-to-market data platform.
- Advised Modern Treasury, a late-stage fintech, on its acquisition of Beam.
- Represented a late-stage fintech company on its role in the largest prepaid card program in the United States, as well as corporate and financing matters.
- Represented Meadow, an education fintech, since inception, including in its Series Seed and Series A financings and commercial and regulatory matters.
Leadership & Community
Josh is active in New York’s tech and venture ecosystem as a mentor, panelist and investor. He is a frequent speaker on topics ranging from digital health innovation to scaling the legal function as a business driver.