Katharine Alexander
Attorney at Law
California
CA
About
She has represented clients in venture financing transactions raising over $700 million in investment capital in aggregate and M&A transactions representing over $35 billion in enterprise value.
Katharine began her legal career as a corporate associate in the San Francisco headquarters office of… read more Morrison & Foerster, LLP, where she she split her time across startup/venture capital, public company, and M&A transactional work. She then moved to the Silicon Valley office of Gunderson Dettmer, LLP, in order to focus on emerginies company and venture capital.
Katharine received her J.D. from UC Berkeley in 2011 and her B.A. from Grinnell College in 2007.
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Work History
Alexander Venture Law
Principal
Jan 2022 - Present
Katharine is an experienced corporate and securities attorney with fifteen years of experience representing startups and their founders, investors, and management teams in the consumer internet, software, telecommunications, life sciences & medical devices, fintech, food & beverage, cannabis, and entertainment technology sectors.
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP
Associate
Jul 2019 - Dec 2021
Lead associate and primary point-of-contact for over 50 active start-up clients at various stages of development in the financial, consumer internet, software, telecommunications, and entertainment technology sectors with valuations ranging from $5 million to $4 billion, as well as several leading venture funds.
King & Spalding
Associate
Jan 2016 - Jun 2019
Corporate associate supporting Silicon Valley emerging companies/venture capital practice group and Atlanta (HQ) M&A practice in transactions ranging in size from $5 million to $1.2 billion, including more than a dozen financing and M&A transactions for portfolio companies of active start-up accelerators, raising more than $200 million in financing and $500 million in M&A proceeds in aggregate.
Morrison & Foerster
Associate
Jun 2012 - Dec 2015
General corporate associate supporting M&A, emerging companies/venture capital, and public companies practice groups in transactions ranging in size from $5 million early-stage financings to $20 billion public company M&A.