Pillsbury Corporate partner Osama Abu-Dehays is known throughout the Middle East and North Africa for his commercial, technology, media and telecommunications law experience.

Ian Akisoglu is an associate who focuses his practice on general corporate matters, including capital markets, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, and securities law compliance.

Shinya Akiyama, a Pillsbury Corporate partner, has counseled Japanese companies starting, acquiring and managing U.S. business, and preventing and defending lawsuits, for 28 years.

Mediha Ali focuses on securities transactions and general corporate matters, including initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and venture capital financings, as well as other transactional matters.

Willie Almack is an associate who focuses his practice on general corporate matters, including capital markets, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, and securities law compliance.

Stephen Amdur, leader of Pillsbury's Private Equity team, has extensive experience in high-profile, multi-billion dollar mergers and acquisitions. He is recognized by The Legal 500 U.S. as a "Next-Generation Lawyer” and by Law360 as a "Rising Star" in the area of Mergers & Acquisitions.

Shellka Arora-Cox focuses her practice on project finance, corporate finance, Islamic finance, sustainable finance, acquisitions, tax equity, construction and restructuring.

Stephen Ashley advises clients on a wide range of securities law matters and regularly represents both issuers and underwriters in both domestic and cross-border capital markets transactions.

Nina Bakhtina has a practice that includes general corporate and securities law matters, with a focus on private equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, equity investments, joint ventures, PIPE transactions and general corporate advisory work for private and public companies. 

Melissa Bales is an associate in Pillsbury’s Corporate and Securities Group.

Joshua Becker is a Tax attorney with over 10 years of international law firm and accounting firm experience.

Baylee Beeman focuses her practice on corporate tax matters.

Tess Beimler is an associate who focuses her practice on general corporate matters, including capital markets, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, and securities law compliance.

Justin Bintrim leads his clients through the most important decisions that arise in the life of every successful business and investment.

Richard Blaylock’s practice covers financing, M&A, licensing, collaboration and partnering arrangements for start-up and established companies whose value derives from innovative technology.

Bianca Bowen focuses on mergers and acquisitions and related corporate law matters.

Martin J. Bridges is a consulting manager in Pillsbury’s corporate practice. He is not an attorney, but a business advisor who works alongside our attorneys on client matters.

Tim Brugh, Pillsbury’s Trusts & Estates practice leader, counsels individuals and families with substantial wealth regarding trusts, estate and tax planning, and philanthropy.

Nora Burke focuses her practice on the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, lending transactions and securities offerings for both domestic and international clients, as well as general tax issues faced by both businesses and individuals.

Wenjun Cai focuses his practice on a variety of cross-border transactions and legal matters, including foreign direct investment (inbound into and outbound from China), cross-border mergers and acquisitions, competition, international trade, tax, employment, cybersecurity and other general corporate, compliance and regulatory matters.

James Campbell leads the Corporate practice of the London office and acts for clients ranging from startups to Fortune 50 companies and governments on a broad range of issues.

Nathaniel Cartmell, a San Francisco-based Pillsbury Corporate partner, is nationally recognized for his M&A, corporate governance and securities work.

Paul Casas is a partner in Pillsbury’s Corporate practice, located in the San Francisco office.

Armando Castro is a partner in Pillsbury’s Emerging Growth & Venture Capital group. With a diverse practice, he represents clients ranging from formation-stage to mature public companies.

Kate Chan focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions, emerging capital, restructuring, capital markets and ESG advisory across various jurisdictions in the U.S., EMEA and Asia.

Tammy Chang represents large institutional investors in all aspects of their investment programs, including structuring and negotiating investments in private equity and hedge funds, separate accounts and commingled vehicles.

Dustin Chase-Woods focuses his practice on general and complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on disputes between buyers and sellers arising from mergers, asset sales, and service agreements.

Craig Chason, leader of Pillsbury’s Northern Virginia Office Corporate practice, advises principally in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, governance, and corporate finance for clients in the government IT, defense and aerospace sectors.

Hana regularly advises institutional clients on investments in private equity, private credit and real estate.  She also has experience working with private clients to draft and negotiate letters of intent, purchase agreements, subscription agreements, private placement memorandums, supply and distribution agreements, and service agreements.  Hana also provides counsel on offerings of equity and debt securities, joint ventures and private equity investments.

Jeong is a member of Pillsbury’s Corporate Group in Los Angeles, where he advises public and private clients on a variety of corporate transactions, such as mergers and acquisitions and private equity investments.

James Chudy leads Pillsbury’s global Tax practice and is recognized as a tax law authority by The Legal 500 U.S.

JP Cordon advises emerging growth companies, venture capital firms, private equity, and institutional and angel investors on financings, mergers & acquisitions and general corporate governance.

Jessica Dabiri focuses on securities transactions and general corporate matters, including initial public offerings, venture capital financings, and mergers and acquisitions, as well as other transactional matters.

Pillsbury Corporate partner Patty DeGaetano advises seasoned and emerging growth companies on complex public and private capital financing transactions, SEC reporting, corporate governance and M&As.

Patrick Devine, a corporate partner in Pillsbury's San Francisco office, advises clients in a variety of industries on corporate, securities and mergers and acquisitions matters.

Julie Divola’s practice focuses on corporate and partnership taxation, with particular emphasis on U.S. and cross-border mergers, acquisitions and restructurings.

Meghan Doherty represents clients in a wide variety of matters including bid protests, cybersecurity, M&A, size protests and appeals, claims, and suspensions and debarments.

Mario Dottori, Pillsbury’s Global Sourcing & Technology Transactions partner in Washington, DC, has extensive experience providing strategic advice and counsel in large-scale, complex transactions.

Brandon Eckford focuses on general corporate and securities law matters.

Jad Elchahal advises private and public companies on employee benefits and executive compensation matters.

Joseph Fastiggi represents lender and borrower side clients in a variety of public and private financing transactions, with a focus on leveraged financings for acquisitions and recapitalizations.

Ron Fleming Jr. represents entrepreneurs and financiers of leading startups in a diverse group of industries including software, ecommerce, cloud computing, video games, cleantech and sports.

Pillsbury partner Scott Flick has successfully litigated precedent-setting cases, spearheaded several of the largest media-sector M&As, and handled media-related transactions valued at over $35 billion.

Eleanor has experience working for a range of public and private entities on a variety of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital and corporate restructurings.

Ellen Grady advises public, private and nonprofit entities on complex corporate transactions, principally mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, venture capital and private equity transactions, securities offerings, and corporate governance.

Alexander Graham focuses his practice on general corporate matters, including capital markets, venture capital financings,  mergers and acquisitions, and securities law compliance.

Vernon Granneman, a Pillsbury Litigation partner and skilled trial lawyer, has extensive experience litigating technology, intellectual property and commercial disputes, and handling parallel criminal proceedings.