Mr. Gump is located in the New York and San Francisco offices of Pillsbury. He practice focuses on debt and equity finance, corporate governance and general corporate matters.

Mr. Gump regularly represents leading domestic and international financial institutions as well as borrowers in secured and unsecured commercial loans, leveraged and unleveraged equipment leases, structured finance transactions, venture debt facilities, project finance matters, leveraged buyouts, mezzanine loans, syndicated loan facilities, trade finance facilities, and other matters governed by the Uniform Commercial Code, in transactions valued at between $5 million to $800 million. In the area of real estate finance, Mr. Gump represents commercial lenders, pension funds and real estate developers in real property secured loan transactions, including mezzanine, construction and conduit loans.

With respect to equity finance, Mr. Gump is experienced in representing issuers and institutional and corporate venture capital funds in private placements of securities, with special emphasis on the semiconductor and financial services industries, as well as in connection with private resales of restricted stock, mergers, stock and asset purchases, joint ventures and other strategic business arrangements.

Before joining the firm in 1999, Mr. Gump was a member of the corporate finance group at Siemens, A.G. headquarters in Munich, Germany, where his work focused on the business aspects of raising debt and equity financing for new telecommunications ventures in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Far East.

Following law school, Mr. Gump served as judicial law clerk to the Honorable Loren A. Smith, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington, DC. In addition to his clerk duties, Mr. Gump assisted the court in connection with successful law reform efforts which resulted in the passage of federal legislation to consolidate bid protest jurisdiction in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

Mr. Gump was a Primary Contributor with respect to the 2005 Report of the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California, “Legal Opinions in Business Transactions (excluding the Remedies Opinion)”.

Mr. Gump is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and the California State Bar.

Speaking Engagements

“Revised Article 9 of the UCC: A Look Back at the First Two Years,” American Bar Association Annual Meeting, August 10, 2003

“Down Rounds: What you Don't Know Can Cost You in Equity (or in court)”, VC Experts, May 7, 2003

“California Secured Transactions under Revised Division 9 of the California Commercial Code”, Santa Clara Bar Association, May 6, 2003

“Online Banking and Alternative Online Payment Mechanisms,” Fifth Annual Internet Law Institute Practicing Law Institute, July 23, 2001

Education

J.D., University of Michigan Law School, 1992

B.A., Georgetown University, 1989
magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

Admissions

State of California, District of Columbia

Robert Bosch Foundation Fellow, 1995-1996

Robert Bosch Foundation Fellow Alumni Organization

Law Clerk, Chambers of the Honorable Loren A. Smith, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, Washington, DC, 1993-1994

External Publications

California Secured Transactions Under Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code: Forms and Practice Manual, DataTrace Publications, 01-Aug-2003

Down-Round Financing, Venture Capital and Public Offering Negotiation, 01-Aug-2002