Brian Covotta

Brian helps his clients’ management and boards of directors shape and execute their business strategies. Drawing on his extensive experience, he also provides counsel on legal issues ranging from day-to-day corporate and regulatory matters to corporate governance and other mission-critical initiatives, including acquisitions and capital market strategies.

• Represented Udacity, Inc., in its sale of Series C Preferred Stock.
• Represented Skorpios Technologies, Inc., in its sale of Series D Preferred Stock.
• Provided representation in public securities offerings ranging in size from US$40.0 million to more than US$1.0 billion for issuers or underwriters in a variety of industries, including flash memory, internet, networking, semiconductor, software, and telecommunications.
• Represented acquirers and targets in merger and acquisition transactions ranging in size from less than US$1.0 million to more than US$1.0 billion, including multi-jurisdictional transactions in a variety of industries such as biotechnology, clean technology, electronic design automation (EDA), flash memory, internet, gaming, media, medical devices, mobile, networking, security, semiconductor, software, and telecommunications.
• Represented issuers in PIPE transactions ranging in size from US$4.5 million to US$125 million in a variety of industries, including biotechnology, medical devices, software, telecommunications, and retail.
• Represented companies and venture capitalists in more than 350 venture investments ranging in size from less than US$100,000 to more than US$2.2 billion, including multi-jurisdictional transactions in a variety of industries such as biotechnology, clean technology, electronic design automation (EDA), flash memory, internet, gaming, media, medical devices, mobile, networking, security, semiconductor, software and, telecommunications.