Mark Medearis

What I do:
I advise emerging growth and public companies on private financings, public offerings, strategic partnerships, and mergers and acquisitions. I’ve also worked with a lot of venture capital firms on their investments in emerging growth companies, as well as with investment banks in initial and follow-on offerings.

What my clients value:
I’ve spent my entire legal career working with startup companies, and it’s been thrilling. My clients appreciate that my advice is personalized, experienced and tailored to where the company is in its life cycle. We work together to create products and services that change people’s lives and make the world better and more fun.

Some of my clients:
I work exclusively with technology and media companies. My current client base is focused primarily in the data/cloud/mobile (DCM), social media/games, and payment/finance spaces. Representative clients include Airespace (sold to Cisco), Baya Systems (funding by Matrix, Intel Capital), BlueFlag Security (funding by Maverick, Ten Eleven), Celona (funding by Norwest, Lightspeed), Composite Software (sold to Cisco), Mist Systems (sold to Juniper), MobileIron (initial public offering), oneNav (funding by Norwest, GSR Ventures, GV), Openprise (funding by Morgan Stanley), and Trigo Technologies (sold to IBM).

I root for:
Success for my clients – and also for the San Francisco Giants and Stanford football and basketball. (Sorry, Cal folks, but I’ll still provide you with great representation!)

Likes:
I run or bike every day. I like to play golf – I keep trying, but it remains a “good walk ruined.” My wife and I have three sons, so we’ve lived in a locker room for a long time. And I have a chocolate lab, the nicest dog in the world.

Great reads:
For me, nothing beats “The Great Gatsby” or “The Sun Also Rises.”