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About the Role
Join a nationally ranked Capital Markets group at an AmLaw 100 firm, focusing on technology and life sciences clients. This role involves leading and supporting registered equity offerings, including IPOs and follow-on offerings, and advising public companies on reporting and governance.
Responsibilities
- Lead and support registered equity offerings, including IPOs and follow-on offerings, for technology and life sciences issuers.
- Work closely with issuers and underwriters on the full underwriting process, including drafting and reviewing registration statements, prospectuses, comfort letters, legal opinions, and related offering documents.
- Advise public company clients on ongoing reporting and corporate governance matters.
- Coordinate across offices with colleagues in corporate, technology, life sciences, and fund practices on capital markets and strategic transactions.
Requirements
- J.D. from a top law school.
- 3–6 years of Capital Markets experience at a sophisticated law firm.
- Hands-on experience with public company reporting and registered equity offerings, including IPOs and follow-on offerings.
- Familiarity with the underwriting process, including comfort letters, opinions, negative assurance, and closing mechanics.
- Strong drafting skills.
- Comfort running workstreams with clients, banks, and auditors.
- California bar admission, or clear eligibility to obtain it promptly.
- Ability to manage multiple offerings and ongoing company matters simultaneously.
- Confidence navigating the intersection of private company history, late-stage financings, and the public markets.
- A practical, execution-focused mindset with solid judgment around risk and disclosure.
Skills
- Capital Markets
- Public company reporting
- Registered equity offerings
- IPOs
- Follow-on offerings
- Underwriting process
- Drafting
- Workstream management
- Risk assessment
- Disclosure judgment
Location
- Silicon Valley
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Mid-level
Education Level
- J.D. from a top law school
Benefits
- Formal training around IPO readiness, capital markets trends, and public company practice.
- Day-to-day mentoring from partners recognized in Chambers USA and Chambers Global for Capital Markets and related work.
About the Company
- An AmLaw 100 client nationally ranked for Capital Markets and Startups & Emerging Companies work.
- A go-to advisor for high-growth companies and their investors across the full company lifecycle, including IPOs and follow-on offerings.
- Advises venture-backed and late-stage tech and life sciences companies, investors, and underwriters on market-moving transactions and public company matters.
- Strong track record in U.S. equity capital markets and cross-border work.
- Consistently ranked among the leading firms for startups, emerging companies, and life sciences work.
- Represents market-shaping technology and biotech companies in significant IPOs and public transactions.
- Operates an integrated West Coast platform with offices in Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, New York, and key global locations.
- Offers a busy, sophisticated, and collaborative practice with a clear path to increased responsibility on deals and client relationships.