Emerging Companies & Venture Capital Practice at Perkins Coie Gets Boost
11/01/16
Emerging Companies & Venture Capital Practice at Perkins Coie Gets Boost
Summary: The Emerging Companies & Venture Capital practice at Perkins Coie added a new partner to their team in Palo Alto.
Perkins Coie added a new partner to their Emerging Companies & Venture Capital practice (ECVC) in Palo Alto. Troy Foster is joining from TrueCar, Inc. where he was the Chief Legal and Compliance Officer. He also spent 14 years at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in their corporate practice.
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Co-Chair of the ECVC practice Buddy Arnheim said, “The attorneys at Perkins Coie’s national ECVC practice provide sophisticated counsel to a growing and robust roster of promising startup companies. Troy’s substantive experience in private practice and in-house counsel seamlessly fuses with Perkins Coie’s established reputation as a go-to legal resource for a broad range of emerging companies.”
Foster will focus his work assisting corporate and entrepreneurial clients such as emerging growth companies, public companies, venture capital firms, and investment banks. His counsel to clients in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate law and governance, and venture capital issues will provide valuable knowledge. He has hands-on experience with securities class action and high-stakes corporate litigation.
Office Managing Partner of the Palo Alto office, Lowell Ness said, “Troy is well regarded and admired in the Bay Area legal community for his deep knowledge of the region’s evolving and complex venture capital and startup environment. His familiarity and substantial roots in the startup community enhance Perkins Coie’s national ECVC practice and the top-tier counsel we offer our clients. We are delighted to welcome Troy to the firm.”
Foster earned his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law where he was also the Senior Editor of the Columbia Law Review. He earned his B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles. He served as a law clerk to Honorable Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He is also an adjunct lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.
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Emerging Companies & Venture Capital Practice at Perkins Coie Gets Boost
Summary: The Emerging Companies & Venture Capital practice at Perkins Coie added a new partner to their team in Palo Alto.
Perkins Coie added a new partner to their Emerging Companies & Venture Capital practice (ECVC) in Palo Alto. Troy Foster is joining from TrueCar, Inc. where he was the Chief Legal and Compliance Officer. He also spent 14 years at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in their corporate practice.
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Co-Chair of the ECVC practice Buddy Arnheim said, “The attorneys at Perkins Coie’s national ECVC practice provide sophisticated counsel to a growing and robust roster of promising startup companies. Troy’s substantive experience in private practice and in-house counsel seamlessly fuses with Perkins Coie’s established reputation as a go-to legal resource for a broad range of emerging companies.”
Foster will focus his work assisting corporate and entrepreneurial clients such as emerging growth companies, public companies, venture capital firms, and investment banks. His counsel to clients in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate law and governance, and venture capital issues will provide valuable knowledge. He has hands-on experience with securities class action and high-stakes corporate litigation.
Office Managing Partner of the Palo Alto office, Lowell Ness said, “Troy is well regarded and admired in the Bay Area legal community for his deep knowledge of the region’s evolving and complex venture capital and startup environment. His familiarity and substantial roots in the startup community enhance Perkins Coie’s national ECVC practice and the top-tier counsel we offer our clients. We are delighted to welcome Troy to the firm.”
Foster earned his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law where he was also the Senior Editor of the Columbia Law Review. He earned his B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles. He served as a law clerk to Honorable Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He is also an adjunct lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.
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