Awards & Rankings 08.17.23
Best Lawyers Recognizes 193 Pillsbury Lawyers in Latest Guide
Among the honorees are 8 Lawyers of the Year and 55 Ones to Watch
Source: The Best Lawyers Guides
Stanton D. Wong
Partner
Partner, San Francisco & Silicon Valley
T: +1.415.983.1790
T: +1.650.233.4667
Stan Wong focuses on securities and general corporate law matters.
This includes public offerings, private placements, mergers and acquisitions, securities law compliance, corporate governance and general corporate representation. Stan works with public and private companies, investment banks, and venture capital funds in industries including technology and life sciences. He has represented issuers ranging from startup companies to Fortune 100 companies on a wide variety of corporate and securities law matters, including corporate governance, periodic reporting and disclosure matters, takeover defensive measures, and corporate partnering and technology licensing transactions.
Representative Experience
- Represents issuers, underwriters, placement agents and investors, and has worked on more than 250 public and Rule 144A offerings and numerous private placements of equity and debt.
- Handles initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, and registered direct placements of common and preferred stock, and public, Rule 144A and private offerings of convertible, investment grade and high-yield debt.
- Advises company and investment bank clients with respect to negotiated and unsolicited acquisitions of public and private companies through tender offers, mergers, and asset acquisitions.
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- Has represented investment bank clients with respect to more than 100 fairness opinions.
- Has worked on numerous less traditional equity financings, including:
- representation of investment banks as dealer managers for rights offerings of public companies.
- representation of Rule 144A initial purchasers in connection with the first “going public” convertible debt offering by a privately held issuer.
- Represents issuers, investors, and placement agents in startup, venture capital, mezzanine stage, and PIPE financings and strategic investments.
- Has represented publicly held companies in connection with issuer tender offers for debt and equity, “tracking stock” recapitalizations, and other recapitalization matters.
Professional Highlights
- Best Lawyers (published by BL Rankings LLC), Corporate Law (2006 – 2024); Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2023); Securities/Capital Markets Law (2023 – 2024)
- Contributor to Venture Capital and Public Offering Negotiation (Aspen Law & Business) and has written and lectured in the area of public offerings.
Education
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J.D., University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, 1983
M.B.A., University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, 1983
A.B., University of California, Berkeley, 1979
Admissions
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California