Howard Chao
31st Floor, AIA Central 1 Connaught Road Central
Hong Kong
Phone: +852-3512-2367
Fax: +852-2522-1760
Warren T. Lazarow
2765 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, CA, 94025
Phone: +1 (650) 473-2637
Fax: +1-650-473-2601
Steve Sonne
2765 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, CA, 94025
Phone: +1 (650) 473-2647
Fax: +1-650-473-2601
Sam Zucker
2765 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, CA, 94025
Phone: +1 (650) 473-2638
Fax: +1-650-473-2601
PROFESSIONALS
Alta Partners Apax Partners Bay Partners Berkeley Heartlabs Bessemer Venture Partners Draper Fisher Jurvetson Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers Menlo Ventures New Enterprise Associates New Leaf Venture PArtners Sequoia Capital Sirna Therapeutics U.S. Venture Partners Venrock Associates
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Emerging Technology
An entrepreneur’s idea can spark world-changing technology. From the funding of Fairchild Semiconductor in 1959 to Google’s spectacular IPO in 2005, start-up companies and venture capitalists have propelled the development of innovative products and services that have revolutionized the way we live, interact, and do business. O’Melveny offers venture capitalists and entrepreneurs a unique combination of industry experience, international reach, and expertise in the full suite of legal services relevant to emerging companies. Our venture capital attorneys – many of them working out of our Silicon Valley office on Sand Hill Road – understand the potential of new enterprises competing in an increasingly challenging global market. As our clients and their legal needs evolve, we grow with them, drawing on the skills of our lawyers from other practice areas, such as capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and entertainment, through our offices in New York, Asia, and Europe. For every legal challenge, we provide a solution. From venture financings to day-to-day operations to expansion into international markets to complex exit transactions, O’Melveny’s venture capital practice delivers sophisticated, focused, and efficient representation to companies shaping the business landscape of tomorrow.
Key Facts
- Our venture capital practice serves its clients globally, with more than 80 attorneys in the Silicon Valley, New York, Asia, and Europe.
- Our lawyers are boardroom-level advisors who frequently serve as outside general counsel, advising on and anticipating issues both strategic and day-to-day.
- We work closely with colleagues who have an in-depth knowledge of capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, public company reporting, labor and employment, tax, and securities and commercial litigation.
- Our industry connections run deep; we have a network of contacts with venture capital firms, serial entrepreneurs, and start-up companies in the United States and abroad.
- Our lawyers have received recognition as leading venture capital practitioners in publications such as Forbes Magazine, Time Magazine, California Law Business, Global Counsel, Chambers Global - World’s Leading Business Lawyers, and San Francisco Magazine’s “Super Lawyers.”
- We have been ranked in the Top 5 for three consecutive years by Private Equity Analyst in terms of the number of venture capital and private equity transactions completed in the United States – including a #1 ranking in 2003.
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Capital Markets
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Company Formation
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Entertainment and Media
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Fund Formation
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Intellectual Property Protection and Enforcement
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International Markets (Asia and Europe)
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Mergers and Acquisitions
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Financing
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Riya
Apax Partners
Warburg Pincus Asia LLC
Mindray Medical International Limited
Sirna Therapeutics
Solidcore Systems, Inc
Sprout Group
D.E. Shaw Group, Polaris Venture Partners, and Core Capital Partners
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