About the Firm

Silicon Legal Strategy provides targeted, bottom-line-oriented advice to technology startups, innovative entrepreneurs and seasoned investors.

We develop long-term relationships with our clients. We limit our number of total engagements so that we are able to deliver dedicated, ultra-responsive client service. We are more than your attorneys – we are indispensable strategic advisors.

We also have a broad and deep reach in the Silicon Valley ecosystem. Silicon Legal can help our clients connect with the investors, service providers and employee talent critical for success.

As entrepreneurs, we are sensitive to our clients' financial needs. Silicon Legal offers a variety of billing options – including flat fee, per transaction and monthly retainer arrangements.

About the Founder

Andre Gharakhanian is the founder of Silicon Legal Strategy. He has an established track record of delivering top-tier legal and strategic advice to emerging technology companies, c-level executives and venture investors.

Andre has served as the primary legal counsel for emerging companies at varying stages of development – from fledgling endeavors to venture-backed companies with hundreds of employees.

He has advised both companies and investors in connection with dozens upon dozens of angel, bridge and venture capital financings. He has also helped clients to negotiate and structure hundreds of M&A transactions, strategic partnerships, consulting arrangements and licensing agreements.

Andre has also counseled Boards of Directors as they hire executives and advised executives as they negotiate compensation packages.

Andre was most recently an attorney with Orrick's Emerging Companies Group in Silicon Valley. From September 2006 to September 2007, he also served on the Executive Board of the San Francisco Web Innovators Network.

Andre began his legal career at Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP in Chicago, where he focused on large-scale securities offerings and public company mergers and acquisitions for a number of years. Prior to Mayer Brown, Andre held positions at the US Securities and Exchange Commission and NERA Economic Consulting. Andre received his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center and his undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Michigan.

Andre's current and prior engagements include companies in the following spaces:

Internet, Software and Consumer Media

Mobile, Wireless and Networking

Semiconductor, Hardware and Clean Tech

Medical Devices and Life Science

Andre has also represented or negotiated against over 35 top venture firms, including:

Kleiner Perkins

Sequoia

DFJ

Lightspeed

Sierra Ventures

Partech

August Capital

USVP

Bay Partners

Redpoint

Shasta Ventures

Garage

Mayfield

First Round

Focus Ventures

Khosla Ventures

Scale Ventures

True Ventures

Apex Partners

Gabriel Ventures

Venrock

Altos Ventures

OnSet Ventures

Canaan Partners

DeNovo Partners

Rustic Canyon

Utah Ventures

Novak Biddle

Essex Woodlands

Lucid Ventures

Palomar

Tugboat Ventures

Flywheel

InterWest

Maveron

Baseline Ventures