Ms. Leopold Tilley focuses on the representation of technology companies in securities and venture capital transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, private placements, public offerings, venture funds and joint ventures. She has significant experience representing acquirers and target companies. Ms. Leopold Tilley is co-leader of the firm's Emerging Growth & Technology practice, leader of the Silicon Valley Business and Technology Group and co-leader of the Southeast Asia team.

Ms. Leopold Tilley has represented a wide variety of companies ranging from start-ups and emerging growth companies to Fortune 500 companies, private equity firms, venture capital firms and other clients. Her securities and general corporate representation includes work with a number of public and private companies including: WebEx, Inc., Atheros Communications, SiRF Technology, SYNNEX Corporation, mBlox, Attune Systems, Liberato, Inphi, Neterion Technologies, Sona Systems, Nokeena Networks, Xambala, Hellosoft and Agility Design Solutions Inc. Ms. Leopold Tilley's venture fund representation includes work with a number of VC funds, including: Walden International, Crimson, The Mayfield Fund, Accel Partners, Foundation Capital, NewPath Ventures, FBR CoMotion Venture Capital, Zap Ventures, and Granite Global Ventures.

Ms. Leopold Tilley has also been involved in numerous merger and acquisition transactions, representing both sellers and purchasers. Representative transactions include: the sale of WebEx to Cisco; the sale of PortalPlayer to NVIDIA; the acquisition of Centrality by SiRF; the acquisition of u-Nav by Atheros; Telsima in its acquisition of the Velocity business from Intel; Jareva in its merger with Veritas; Teralogic in its merger with Oak; Yago in its merger with Cabletron; Acclaim Communications in its merger with Level One; and numerous mergers for InterMedia Partners.

In 2003 Ms. Leopold Tilley was named one of the top 20 lawyers under age 40 in California by the Daily Journal. Ms. Leopold Tilley is a member and former Co-Chair of the Advisory Board for the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs & Executives.

Education

J.D., University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, 1988
Associate Editor, Ecology Law Quarterly

B.A., University of California, Davis, 1985
with honors

Admissions

State of California

Affiliations

American Bar Association, Bar Association of Santa Clara

Notable Press Mentions

Daily Journal - "Here's Our Formula for Success - 20 under 40"
San Jose Magazine – “Top 300 Lawyers in Silicon Valley”
Bay Area Law & Politics – “Super Lawyer”