Corporate & Securities Services

Entrepreneurial attorneys with a passion for building innovative companies at all stages of growth

Overview

We advise growth-oriented businesses across all industries - from ambitious startups and their founders to well-established corporations - on a wide range of corporate, commercial, and securities needs, leveraging extensive legal and business experience, deep industry knowledge, and a shared love of entrepreneurship to support clients as they scale for growth.

Our Approach

The business-forward approach that defines our corporate practice is inextricably tied to the firm’s origin story. Scale was founded by entrepreneurs and former Silicon Valley GCs with a shared passion for building businesses. We’ve built a team of like-minded attorneys who understand the value of delivering practical advice to help clients thrive, while also managing risk.

Areas of Practice

Our practice is distinguished by the considerable in-house legal experience of many of our attorneys, resulting in a business-forward mindset and a true understanding of what drives growth. We approach issues by first working to understand a client’s operational side - including its culture and processes - and factoring these insights into the solution, which enables us to deliver more practical, efficient, and cost-effective advice. Clients value this experienced business savvy as much as they do our top-tier legal skills and the high quality, innovative results we consistently deliver on matters ranging from:

  • Advertising 
  • Capital Markets
  • Compensation & Benefits
  • Commercial & Strategic Transactions
  • Data Privacy & Security
  • Entity Formation & Corporate Governance
  • ESG & Sustainability
  • Financing & Securities
  • Fund Formation & Investment Management
  • Immigration
  • Intellectual Property
  • International Trade
  • M&A
  • Media & Entertainment
  • Partnerships & Joint Ventures
  • Product Counseling & Operations
  • Regulatory & Compliance
  • Strategy & Risk Management
  • SaaS/Technology & Licensing
  • Tax

What Sets us Apart

Seed to Series B Expertise

Our attorneys have considerable expertise representing startup companies in venture capital financing transactions, with a focus on seed to Series B financing. In fact, a number of Scale attorneys have prior associations with Big Law firms noted for their venture practices, including:

  • Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati P.C.
  • Dentons 
  • Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP
  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • K&L Gates LLP

Meet The Team

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Jason Altieri

Partner

Berkeley, CA

Lindsey Altmeyer

Counsel

Dallas, TX

Julien Apollon

Counsel

Miami, FL; New York, NY

Josh Banerje

Counsel

Los Angeles, CA

Katharine Barreto

Counsel

Oakland, CA

Eric Blatt

Partner, Practice Group Leader

Washington, DC

Alfred Bridi

Counsel

Brooklyn, NY

Trey Calver

Associate

Chicago, IL

James Cashel

Counsel

Morristown, NJ

Henry Ciocca

Counsel

New York Metro Area

Kristen Smith Dayley

Partner and Co-Chair, Pro Bono Programs

Seattle, WA

Brian Detwiler

Counsel

Washington, D.C.

Amy Duvanich

Counsel

Austin, TX

Brian Elliott

Partner, Practice Group Leader

Austin, TX

Steven Forbes

Partner

Chicago, IL and Tampa, FL

Adam Forest

Founding Partner

California

Robert S. “Bob” Gans

Counsel

San Diego, CA

Chris Geyer

Counsel

Washington, D.C,

Christopher Grewe

Partner

Santa Barbara, CA

Chris Jones

Counsel

Los Angeles, CA

Dori V. Karjian

Counsel

Seattle, WA

Paula Kirlin

Partner

San Francisco, CA

Charles R. "Chuck" Kraus

Partner

Fort Worth, TX

Jeff Lord

Counsel

Arlington, VA

David Lundeen

Counsel

Nashville, TN

Justin McAnaney

Partner

Jackson, WY | New York, NY

Brian McEvoy

Partner

Los Angeles, CA

Doug Mitchell

Partner

Sacramento, CA

Samantha Scott

Counsel

Salt Lake City, Utah

Alexander Slafkosky

Counsel

Washington, D.C.

Julie Snyder

Paralegal

South Lake Tahoe, CA

Tom Stine

Senior Counsel

Chicago, IL

Emma Thompson

Counsel

Spokane, WA

T. Aidan Toombs

Partner

San Francisco, CA

Cary Ullman

Partner, Practice Group Leader

New York, NY

Jon Van Loo

Partner

San Francisco, CA

Drew Whiting

Counsel

Erie, PA

Scott Wiegand

Partner

Denver, CO

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