Speaker 03.26.26
03.26
2026 Drones & Robotics AI Summit
8:30AM - 7:30PM EDT
Sam Lipson is a corporate attorney who represents high growth technology and life sciences companies and their investors in a wide range of industries.
Sam’s practice involves advising from formation to exit, primarily focusing on venture financings, mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, entity formation and other general corporate and strategic matters. He regularly serves as outside general counsel to innovators. He is efficient, business-oriented and reasonable, and endeavors to solve legal and business problems for clients throughout their lifecycle.
Before joining Pillsbury, Sam was the managing director and general counsel of a family office primarily focused on investing in early stage technology companies and emerging venture fund managers. Before that, he was an emerging companies attorney of a leading law firm for startups and venture capital.
Representative Experience
Prior to and since joining Pillsbury, Sam’s notable representations include:
- Represented a battery technology company through more than $200 million in equity and debt financing and related strategic partnerships.
- Represented large golf course and hospitality owner and operator in its sale to its largest competitor.
- Representation of robotics and thermal imaging company in several acquisitions of hardware and software companies in the United States and abroad.
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- Represented a workers’ compensation insurtech company through multiple rounds of equity financing raising nearly $200 million.
- Represented a prominent fintech-focused venture capital fund in its investments in 11 portfolio companies.
- Represented a data collaboration platform in its sale to a Fortune 100 technology company.
- Represented a manufacturing marketplace in multiple rounds of equity financing, an investor-led tender offer and initial public offering.
Professional Highlights
- NextGen Board Member, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Mentor, Coach and Young Professional Committee Member, Beacon House Community Ministry
Education
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J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 2015
B.A., Political Science, Washington University in St. Louis, 2010
Admissions
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District of Columbia
California