Andy Shawber Email & Phone Number

I am helping drive technology innovation in the Emerging Company / Venture Capital group at Perkins Coie LLP.

Seattle, Wa

Corporate Governance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities, Public Companies and Offerings, Venture Capital and Corporate Finance, and Startups.Recent Transactions:Mergers and Acquisitions: - Private company - buyout of existing partner in August 2019 - Emergency Reporting - strategic investment by Polaris Growth Fund in April 2019 - Private company - restructuring and buyout of existing partner in March 2019 - Porch.com - acquisition of Kandela in March 2019 - Eastside Distilling - acquisition of Craft Canning + Bottling in January 2019 - Porch.com - acquisition of a California company in November 2018 - WatchGuard - acquisition of HawkEye G business from Hexis Cyber Solutions in June 2016 - Private equity acquisition of Bocada in June 2016 - HealthUnity Corporation - acquisition by ZeOmega in March 2015 - Joan Wellman & Associates - acquisition by Truven Health Analytics in October 2014 - Precision Genome Engineering - acquisition by bluebird bio in June 2014 - Twisted Pair Solutions - acquisition by Motorola Solutions in January 2014 - Makers of ChuckIt! brand pet toys - acquisition by Petmate in December 2012Public Companies/Capital Markets: - Jones Soda - strategic financing in July 2019, ongoing corporate and public reporting matters - Eastside Distilling - follow-on public offering and NASDAQ uplisting in August 2017, and corporate and public reporting matters - SenesTech, Inc. - IPO in December 2016 and corporate and public reporting matters - Taggares Agriculture Corp. - IPO filings in 2014Venture Capital and Corporate Finance: - Commerce Fabric - Convertible Security financing in July 2019 - Numerous Washington legal opinions in connection with large ($500M+) credit finance transactions - LaserMotive - Series Seed financing in March 2017 and extensions in 2018 and 2019 - Rimidi - Series A-1, Series A and convertible note financings in 2014-2018

Seattle, Wa

Corporate Governance, Corporate Finance, Venture Capital, Mergers and Acquisitions, StartupsRepresentative Transactions:Venture Capital: - Julep, Series D financing in May 2012 - EveryMove, Series A financing in January 2012 - SpaceCurve, Series A financing in September 2011 - INRIX, Series D financing in July 2011 - Tier3, Series A financing in March 2011 - Cheezburger, recapitalization and Series A financing in January 2011 - DocuSign, Series C financing in December 2010 - Visible Technologies, several preferred stock and convertible note financings from 2009 to 2012Mergers and Acquisitions: - Visible Technologies, acquisition of Cymfony in April 2012 - adXpose, acquisition by ComScore in August 2011 - SmileBox, acquisition by IncrediMail in August 2011 - 5to1.com, acquisition by Yahoo in May 2011 - Isilon, acquisition by EMC in November 2010 - White Electronics Designs, acquisition by Microsemi in March 2010 - Omniture, acquisition by Adobe in October 2009Public Companies / Capital Markets: - RealNetworks, cash dividend and reverse split in July 2011 - Underwriters in RedPrairie's IPO filing in November 2009 - Omeros, IPO in October 2009 - Underwriters in Dendreon's public offerings in May 2009 and December 2009 - Oncothyreon, follow-on public offerings in May 2009 and August 2009Nonprofits: Representation of the following nonprofits in connection with incorporation and general corporate matters, and applications for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status: Artist Reformation, Lady's Hope Dog Rescue, Lumana, Connecticut Veterans Legal Center, and the Transitioning Offenders Program.

Completed Summer Associate Program. Conducted extensive research for corporate department on securities filings and rescission offers. Participated in the incorporation of a private business. Researched and Drafted motions submitted to CA Courts and NASD Panels. Attended Mediations, Depositions, Case Management Conferences.

Conducted Research on Presidential Secrecy for Gia Lee, Professor of Law at UCLA.

Law, Business Law And Policy Program

Activities and Societies: Student Bar Association, Business Law Association

Jd, Business Law And Policy, Taxation

Social Science

As part of the Global Leadership Program in Prague, Czech Republic.

Bs, Ba, Psychology, Political Science

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Golden Key International Honour Society, Psi Chi.