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

Natalie Alexander is a senior law clerk who focuses her practice on general corporate matters, including capital markets, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, and securities law compliance.

Willie Almack is an associate whose practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and representing institutional investors in connection with commitments to a variety of investment funds.

Stephen Amdur, global leader of Pillsbury’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity practices, has extensive experience in high-profile, multibillion-dollar mergers and acquisitions. He has been called “one of the great counselors to the world of corporate America and business” by DealBook founder Andrew Ross Sorkin. 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.

Semma Arzapalo, global leader of Pillsbury’s Funds practice, represents large institutional investors in numerous private equity transactions ranging from initial due diligence to investing in complex limited partnerships.

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. 

Joshua Becker is a Corporate and Tax partner and trusted advisor to founders, emerging companies, investment funds and family offices.

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.

Daniel Belhumeur is Of Counsel in Pillsbury’s Corporate practice and brings more than 20 years of executive leadership and legal experience in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) and broader oil and gas sector. He advises clients on complex M&A transactions, project development and construction, and cross-border matters, drawing on a combination of boardroom insight and legal acumen.

Blake Berkey blends his corporate development experience and thoughtful legal approach to successfully guide clients through strategic transactions. 

Ari Berman is the co-chair of Pillsbury’s Securities Litigation & Enforcement practice and ESG team, and head of the Israel team. He focuses his practice on commercial litigation, with an emphasis on defending clients in shareholder disputes and investigations involving federal securities laws.

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

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

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.

Paul Casas is the co-leader of Pillsbury’s Corporate Venture Capital practice and is a partner in Pillsbury’s Corporate practice.

Chris Cash, repeatedly named to the Best Lawyers Ones to Watch list, advises private equity investors and public and private companies in a wide range of domestic and cross-border corporate matters.

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.

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.

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.

Payson Coleman represents high-net-worth individuals, family offices and foundations in a wide variety of estate planning, family office and trust administration, and tax residency matters.

R.J. Davis, Pillsbury’s Northern Virginia office leader, represents local, regional, and national developers, lenders, equity funds, private and institutional investors, and joint venture partners in commercial real estate transactions.

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.

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.

Recognized as “vastly experienced” and “a top-notch attorney” (The Legal 500) and praised for his ability to “help navigate deals for clients” (Chambers USA), Scott Flick has successfully litigated precedent-setting cases, spearheaded many of the largest media-sector M&As, and handled media-related transactions valued at over $70 billion.

Olivia M. Fong focuses her practice on general corporate matters, including formations, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, and capital markets.

Kayvan Ghaffari regularly advises technology companies on venture capital financings, product counseling, intellectual property, tech transactions, cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, pre-trial litigation, and other general corporate matters. His practice spans the entire corporate life cycle, from entity formation to exit events, such as acquisitions and public offerings.

David W. Gibson provides corporate, project and commercial advice to a diverse range of public and private sector clients, with a primary focus on the health care and life sciences industries. He has a particular focus on advising on international health care acquisitions and collaborations and medical equipment projects.

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

Anna Graves is co-leader of Pillsbury’s Restaurant, Food & Beverage Industry Group. She handles complex M&A transactions, private offerings, joint ventures, start-up structuring and financing, and general corporate matters.

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

Pillsbury partner Thomas Gump advises on corporate and finance matters, including debt and equity financings, M&A, and other strategic transactions, with special focus on energy, financial services and technology sectors.

Nada Hachem focuses her practice on sanctions, corporate, commercial and transactional law, with particular experience in intellectual property matters and the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) sectors.

Greg Hammond represents parties in corporate finance and projects transactions—both in the UK and internationally—including M&A, private equity, equity capital markets and JVs.

Pillsbury partner Robert Herr, a nationally recognized real estate authority, was named San Francisco’s 2013 “Lawyer of the Year” in his field by Best Lawyers.

A leader in his field, Pillsbury Corporate partner Mike Hird has received Best Lawyers’ “Lawyer of the Year” honors in three different categories.

Julia Ho-Gonzalez is a senior law clerk who focuses her practice on general corporate matters, including capital markets, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, and securities law compliance.

Christian advises corporate and private equity sponsors on a broad range of transactions, focusing on technology, financial institutions and real estate.

David Holland serves as a strategic legal and business advisor to his venture capital, growth equity and private equity clients—from the early stages of building investment firms and spearheading fundraisings to the later stages of growth into long-standing, successful fund managers.

Julia Hu focuses her practice on a diverse range of corporate finance and securities matters. Julia’s experience includes securities offerings, M&A, corporate restructurings, private equity investments, and other corporate transactions in Hong Kong and China, as well as regulatory and compliance work.

Gawain Hughes advises global institutional fund managers and investors on the structuring of and investment into unregulated investment funds and has developed a market-leading transactional practice in secondary and co-investment deals.

Peter Hunt, a New York-based Pillsbury partner, is recognized by The Legal 500 U.S. as a leader in employee benefits and executive compensation law.

Tanzilah has experience advising clients on a broad range of private equity and corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, minority investment and general corporate matters.

Nicole Islinger focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions, and other complex commercial transactions, including technology and government contracts, and general business law.

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

John Jensen is noted by Chambers USA and The Legal 500 U.S. as a federal government contracts authority.

Steve Kaplan, Emerging Companies & Venture Capital and M&A partner, guides entrepreneurs from a wide industry spectrum through every phase of building, growing, operating and eventually selling successful businesses.