Catherine Klaus
Corporate Attorney
California
CA, DC
About
She has represented several household name companies over the years and has experience in all aspects of a companies' life cycle. She prefers to specialize in advising start-up and emerging growth companies on strategic transactions and can handle legal matters related to many aspects of their business. Catherine graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law and lives in San Diego, California. She represents clients… read more throughout the country.
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Client Reviews
"Catherine provided Trademark advice for my startup software company. She is extremely knowledgable about both the big picture strategy and also the minutia of trademark law, identifying and remediating key hurdles that my company hadn’t considered. Catherine is very efficient in explaining technical detail and was critical to developing our trademark strategy. I was very impressed and plan to use her firm for future corporate law consulting. - Tim Dumm, CEO, icitici LLC"
"Catherine helped me set up an S-Corp for my business. Being a first time business owner, she explained all the steps required and handled all of the particulars so I did not have to stress about it. I would highly recommend her based on the exceptional job she did for me and my business. - Dolvin Buchanan, President of 4C Engineering and Geomatics Inc."
Work History
Catherine Klaus Legal
Founding Attorney
Nov 2019 - Present
Helping companies achieve their best possible outcomes in a variety of areas. Experience in entity formation, consumer contracts, licensing agreements and trademark.
The Gladstone Companies
Associate General Counsel
Feb 2012 - May 2017
Provided capital markets, corporate governance, SEC reporting and transactional advice to four NASDAQ listed public companies. Documented equity raises aggregating over $700 million. Negotiated three credit facilities with aggregate availability in excess of $600 million.
Hogan Lovells
Associate Attorney
Apr 2011 - Feb 2012
Advised on commercial real estate transactions, including REIT formation. Represented McCormick & Company, Incorporated in $250 million registered debt offering. Represented Kingdom Holding Company in $300 million private equity investment in Twitter.
Wilson Sonsini
Associate Attorney
Oct 2008 - Apr 2011
Counseled start-up technology clients on corporate governance, entity formation and stock and option issuance. Experience in all aspects of merger transactions, including: preparing non-disclosure agreements; negotiating merger agreements and ancillary documents; reviewing and amending key agreements/contracts; managing diligence teams; and drafting and editing executive diligence summaries.