In 2020 and 2021, Don founded and served as CEO of Joinder, a SaaS engagement platform that provides a system of record for legal projects and files/documents, which was acquired by Brightflag.
Prior to founding Joinder, Don spent his legal career as a corporate partner at Orrick and Venture law Group advising high growth technology companies, public companies, venture capital firms and investment banks. He advised clients on more than 60 public offerings, 75 acquisition transactions and several hundred venture financings.
Chambers USA recognized Don for his work, noting he is "valued for his knowledge of venture capital firms and his strength in advising technology companies on public offerings, acquisition transactions and venture financings. One client insists that 'I would not dream of starting a company without him as my outside counsel.'"
Don held many leadership positions at Orrick. Don most recently led Orrick’s Technology Sector, which is one of the three focus areas (along with energy and finance) for the firm. Don is a former member of Orrick’s Board of Directors, served as head of the firm’s global corporate practice, served as head of the firm’s Silicon Valley Office and served as co-head of the firm's diversity efforts.
Don also previously served for many years on the Executive Committee of Venture Law Group.
Don recently represented companies being sold in the following transactions: Wavefront to VMware; Nervana to Intel; TOA to Oracle; Altiscale to SAP; Sailthru to Campaign Monitor; Twin Prime to Salesforce; 3Scale to Red Hat; Vendavo to Francisco Partners; FoodyDirect to Goldbelly; Yieldex to AppNexus; and LS9 to Renewable Energy Group.
Don led transactions for Google (Nasdaq GS: GOOG), Oracle (Nasdaq GS: ORCL), Tibco (Nasdaq GS: TIBX), Adaptec (Nasdaq GS: ADPT), Shutterfly (Nasdaq GS: SFLY), Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (NYSE:MSO), Sum Total Systems (Nasdaq GS: SUMT) and Rambus (Nasdaq GS: RMBS). Don also represented many investment banking clients in public offering transactions, including representing Goldman, Sachs & Co. in offerings for many issuers.
Don also is a past member of the Board of Overseers of Boston College Law School.
Arielle has briefed multiple cases before the United States Supreme Court, as well as nearly every federal appellate court across the country. She has argued appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth, Sixth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and D.C. Circuits.
Prior to joining Orrick, Arielle was an appellate attorney in the Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, where she represented the United States and its agencies in dozens of cases involving challenges to the legality of federal laws, actions, and programs. Her experience included litigating cutting-edge matters involving federal energy policy, the Clean Water Act, the Appointments Clause, the Endangered Species Act, and the Administrative Procedure Act.
Before joining DOJ, Arielle served as a law clerk for the Honorable R. Guy Cole of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Dan has a general business and corporate law practice, representing both emerging and public companies in a variety of matters, including corporate and securities law, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, de-SPAC transactions, day-to-day general corporate matters, structured liquidity programs, public offerings, Securities and Exchange Commission reporting and compliance and corporate governance.
Dan began his legal career in Silicon Valley and works with a significant number of clients in Southern California, the San Francisco Bay Area and around the world. Dan is also an Adjunct Professor at Loyola Law School.
Dan’s current and former representations include:
Beyond Meat
Ceradyne
Compellent Technologies
GitHub
Luminar Technologies
Momentus
Outward
Pinterest
Planet Labs
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals
ZestFinance
Dan also has represented numerous venture capital and private equity investors including Founders Fund, Kapor Capital, Storm Ventures, Warburg Pincus, Wicklow Capital and many others.
Liz advises companies throughout their lifecycle, including in formation, general corporate matters, venture capital financings, and secondary transactions. In addition to advising high-growth technology companies, Liz represents leading venture capital firms in connection with their investments in private companies.
Alexis advises high growth technology companies in general formation, venture capital and private equity financings, capital markets and mergers and acquisitions transactions.
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