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Bruce Deming is a partner in the corporate group of the firm's San Francisco office.
Mr. Deming has a broad-based corporate and securities transactional and advisory practice, with significant experience handling domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, venture capital transactions, securities offerings and capital markets activities.
Mr. Deming serves as primary outside counsel to emerging growth and middle market companies, multinational corporations, venture capital funds, and individual entrepreneurs. He has represented US, Canadian, European and Asian clients active primarily in the life sciences, clean technology, software and financial industries.
Drawing on over 20 years of experience as a business executive, corporate attorney, and CPA, Mr. Deming offers a highly effective combination of legal, financial, and strategic skills.
His clients include Arriva Pharmaceuticals, Inc., bioMerieux S.A., Borrego Solar Systems, Inc., VantagePoint Venture Partners, Visa and Wells Fargo Bank.
Representative Matters
- Borrego Solar Systems, Inc., a leading integrator for commercial, public sector turnkey, grid-connected solar systems, in a $14 million minority equity financing from an undisclosed publicly-traded strategic investor.
- bioMérieux S.A., a global provider of in vitro diagnostics, in connection with its $60 million acquisition of AviaraDx, a molecular diagnostics and theranostics company.
- VantagePoint Venture Partners as lead investor in the Series A financing of Cobalt Technologies, Inc, a biofuels company.
- Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. in its proprietary capital markets and investment activities.
Previous Experience
- Workspeed, Inc., Executive Vice President and General Counsel (2000-2001)
- Tier Technologies (NASDAQ: TIER), Vice President and General Counsel (1998-2000)
- Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers), CPA (1986-1989)
Honors and Rankings
- Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Life Sciences
- The International Who's Who of Merger & Acquisition Lawyers
- Northern California Super Lawyers
Memberships and Affiliations
- Lambda Legal, Board of Directors (2008-present); National Leadership Council (2006-2008)
- California State Bar, Corporations Committee, Co-Chair (2006-2007); Member (2004-2008)
- Support for Families of Children with Disabilities, President of the Board of Directors (2006-2009); Member Board of Directors (2004-2009)
- Gumball Capital, Advisory Board (2007 - present)
- Peter M. Cicchino Justice Foundation, Trustee (2002-present)
Publications and Speeches
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