Chantele Karim focuses her practice on general corporate matters, including capital markets, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, and securities law compliance.

Chantele works with a variety of public and private clients, including tech companies and startups, primarily in the semiconductor, life sciences, health care, fintech, artificial intelligence and IoT sectors.

Representative Experience

  • Represented EMCORE Corporation in connection with its merger with Velocity One.
  • Represented Identiv Inc. in connection with the $145 million sale of its physical security, access card and identity reader operations and assets to Vitaprotech.
  • Represented Quantum Corporation in connection with the restructuring of its outstanding term debt held by Dialectic Technology SPV and certain other lenders.

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  • Representative Mergers & Acquisitions Experience
    • Represented BIOLASE, Inc. in connection with the sale of substantially all assets to MegaGen Implant Co., Ltd. through a chapter 11 Section 363 process in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware; this deal was honored as one of the 2025 Distressed Investment Deals of the Year by Turnaround Atlas Awards and as 2025 Corporate/Strategic Deal of the Year ($10 million to $25 million) by the M&A Advisor.
    • Represented Taulia Inc. in connection with its acquisition by SAP SE.
    • Represented YourMechanic in connection with its acquisition by Wrench.
    • Represented Clinscience, subsidiary of Poland-based pharmaceutical distributor NEUCA Group, in connection with its investment agreement to acquire 51% of shares in Agati Systems.
    • Represented Mobiveil in connection with its acquisition by GlobalLogic.
  • Representative Securities Offerings Experience
    • Represented a semiconductor company in connection with its initial public offering.
    • Represented Pixelworks Inc. in connection with its $10 million ATM equity offering.
    • Represented Acer Therapeutics Inc. in connection with its $2.675 million ATM equity offering.

Professional Highlights

  • During law school, Chantele served as senior notes editor for the Hastings Law Journal. She was also a student associate for UC Hastings’ Startup Legal Garage program, providing pro bono legal services to emerging technology companies.

Education

  • J.D., University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 2021
    cum laude

    B.S., Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, 2017

Admissions

  • California

Languages

  • Assyrian