Jon E. Gavenman joined the firm in 2003 and has a corporate practice emphasizing emerging company transactions. He is a member of the Corporate/VLG Practice Group and is currently Managing Shareholder of the Silicon Valley office.

Experience

Mr. Gavenman represents a wide range of emerging growth technology companies from start-ups to public companies, primarily in the areas of software, semiconductors, telecommunications and Internet services and digital media. His practice focuses on venture capital financings, strategic partnerships, mergers and acquisitions and public offerings, as well as on advising companies on general corporate and securities matters.

Mr. Gavenman has represented both issuers and underwriters in numerous public offerings across these industries, and has substantial experience in both buyer and seller-side merger and acquisition transactions and in both issuer and investor-side venture capital and other private financing transactions. Mr. Gavenman has also worked on complex international and domestic joint venture transactions. His clients have included Access360, Aspect Communications, Bowman Capital LP, Brio Software, CATS Software, Cirrus Logic, CrossWorlds Software, Fibex Systems, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Grouper Networks, Lam Research Corporation, Matrix Partners, META Group, Meta Software, OSA Technologies, Sequoia Capital, Spinner Networks, Unison Software and WebTV Networks. Many of Mr. Gavenman's clients have gone public and/or been sold to companies including Microsoft, Cisco Systems, IBM and AOL.

Mr. Gavenman joined Venture Law Group in July 1996 following a period of five years at a prominent Silicon Valley securities law firm.

Publications

• "How Do I Achieve and Maintain SOX Compliance?"  10.28.2003