Chiara has experience in a broad range of corporate law matters, including group reorganisations across multiple jurisdictions as well as acquisitions and corporate governance.
Ayshan Ibrahim focuses her practice on public finance matters with emphasis on tax-exempt bond financing and serves as counsel in various roles such as bond counsel, disclosure counsel, underwriter's counsel, lender's counsel, developer's counsel and borrower's counsel on an assortment of tax-exempt and taxable financing transactions. Ayshan has experience providing general counsel services for special districts in Colorado.
Blake brings a unique and invaluable mix of in-house, entrepreneurial, and law firm experience, having served as General Counsel and senior executive of a software company and two biotech companies (co-founding one of them), as well as outside corporate counsel in elite AmLawGlobal 100 law firms.
Blake’s experience spans multiple industries, including life sciences, software, hardware, mobile, fintech, cybersecurity, advanced manufacturing, clean energy, and retail. He has counseled fast-growing companies on hundreds of venture capital financings and M&A transactions, numerous public offerings, as well as service as a trusted advisor to management teams and Boards on both strategic and day-to-day matters.
Blake is proud to have worked with a variety of technology and life science companies, venture capital firms and investment banks, including AppSheet (acquired by Google; Nasdaq: GOOGL), Arris Composites, Barclays, Cloudhopper (acquired by Twitter; NYSE: TWTR), Critical Insight, Coatue Management, fatfoogoo (acquired by Digital River; Nasdaq: DRIV), Ikaria, IronPort Systems (acquired by Cisco; Nasdaq: CSCO), Kineta (Nasdaq: KA), Lighter Capital, Oculus (Nasdaq: FB), OncoSenX, PATH, Qpass (acquired by Amdocs; NYSE: DOX), Varian Medical (NYSE: VAR), Xcimer Energy, and Zipwhip (acquired by Twilio; NYSE: TWLO).
Prior to his legal career, Blake served with distinction in the U.S. Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer, Fire Control Officer, and Air Warfare Coordinator, including two combat deployments to the Persian Gulf, where he was decorated for his performance during Operations Southern Watch and Desert Strike.
Scott leverages his technical experience as a member of research teams at Genentech (Virology R&D) and the NASA Ames Research Center (Advanced Displays Lab) to provide a unique business and legal perspective to companies commercializing disruptive solutions in technology and healthcare. In recognition for such work, The Recorder named Scott one of its “Lawyers on the Fast Track.”
Scott has represented a majority of such companies from inception, with many of the companies founded by leading entrepreneurs and scientists at University of California, Stanford University and Harvard University. He also works with non-profit entities, including the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Bay Area. Scott’s practice has included representation of numerous high growth companies, including:
Technology
Facebook
Instagram
Nervana Systems
Planet Labs
ResearchGate
Life Science/Healthcare
Cortexyme
CyberHeart
EpiBone
GRO Bioscience
Virta Health
Stemming from his experience and deep knowledge in the life sciences and technology industries, Scott is a frequently sought after advisor, speaker and author on technology companies. He routinely volunteers his time with entrepreneur groups and frequently lectures at forums such as the National Cancer Institute, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford Technology Venture Program, the University of California, Los Angeles and the California Life Sciences Association.
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