Michael Podolny

MICHAEL PODOLNY focuses his practice on representing technology and life sciences companies at all stages of their life cycle, from formation to exit, providing comprehensive legal guidance to emerging companies, high-growth private and public companies, as well as venture capital and private equity firms that finance such companies.

Often the first phone call for tech founders in critical times, Mike serves as a day-to-day advisor and leads transactions worth billions of dollars annually on behalf of companies, investors, and entrepreneurs. His extensive experience covers a range of corporate and securities transactions, including:

• Public and private financing transactions
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Tender offers, liquidity programs, and secondary stock transactions
• Corporate governance matters
• Formations and restructurings
• Crowdfunding transactions
• Employment matters
• Equity incentives
• Securities law compliance
• License agreements

In addition to his transactional work, Mike frequently facilitates connections within the Silicon Valley startup ecosystem, leveraging his extensive network to benefit his clients. He also maintains a robust cross-border practice, regularly advising foreign clients based in Israel, Australia, Europe, and across Asia.

Mike’s representative clients include:

• Canva
• Discord
• Grammarly
• Joby Aero
• Adept
• Perplexity
• Brillio
• Flare
• Shipper
• SummerBio
• PURE
• Ramp Corporation
• Harbor Health
• Duetti
• Syntiant
• Riskified
• Vast Data
• Trax Retail
• Zap Surgical Systems