Holden has over 29 years of experience in business, corporate and securities law. He has broad experience in mergers and acquisitions, complex commercial transactions, entity formation and structuring, employment matters, entity reorganization including shareholder and partner buy-outs, negotiating and drafting complex commercial transactions and agreements, real property transactions, commercial leasing, and general business matters in a wide range of industries.

Holden has formed numerous businesses, ranging from international joint ventures, private equity funds, multi-national holding companies, to single-owner California entities. Holden also acts as outside general counsel for companies advising them on all legal matters. Holden has represented buyers, sellers, and other stakeholders in mergers and acquisitions, and advised clients in debt and equity offerings on both the company-side and investor-side. Holden also represents business owner clients coming in and out of their businesses in reorganizations and so-called “business divorces.”

Holden is the former Chair of the Partnership and Limited Liability Company Committee of the Business Law Section of the California State Bar and has served as a mentor for young attorneys in the Mentorship Program of the Business Law Section. Holden is also an adjunct professor of Business Law in the Business and Technology department of Chabot College in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Prior to joining Scale, Holden was a partner at Fathom Law where he served on the firm’s management committee.  

Outside of work, Holden, a Bay Area native, enjoys skiing, taking in local culture, live sporting events, classic cars, playing in the Berkeley Men’s Softball league, and traveling both near and far.  He lives in Oakland with his wife, Elena.