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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 finance transactional and advisory practice, with significant experience handling domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, venture capital transactions, project finance, capital markets activities, and foreign direct investment in the US.
Mr. Deming serves as primary outside counsel to emerging growth and middle market companies, leading 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 and software 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.
Representative clients include Arriva Pharmaceuticals, Astellas, Borrego Solar Systems, Microsoft, MPM Capital, sanofi-aventis, VantagePoint Venture Partners and Wells Fargo Bank.
Representative Matters
- Astellas Pharma in its option agreement with Alavita Pharmaceuticals which grants Astellas the exclusive right to acquire all of Alavita’s assets related to Diannexin and certain development rights in exchange for option fees of up to $45.5 million and tiered sales-based payments.
- Borrego Solar Systems, Inc., a leading integrator for commercial, public sector turnkey, grid-connected solar systems, in the sale of control to a leading Taiwanese manufacturer.
- Green Lake Capital (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Walsin Lihwa) in the development and financing of a pooled project finance transaction covering distributed solar facilities located at municipal sites throughout California.
- Microsoft in its various strategic transactions, including:
- its $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype; and
- its patent monetization transaction with Nokia and Core Wireless involving 2000+ wireless patents.
- Sanofi in its venture capital and M&A activities.
- Wells Fargo Bank in its proprietary capital markets and taxable and tax-exempt fixed income 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
- Best Lawyers in America, Mergers & Acquisitions
- The International Who's Who of Merger & Acquisition Lawyers
- Northern California Super Lawyers
Memberships and Affiliations
- Lambda Legal, Co-Chair of the Board of Directors (2011-present); 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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