San Francisco, CA – Silicon Legal Strategy announced today that Joe Kim has joined the firm as an associate in its San Francisco office. Joe advises emerging growth companies and investors on a variety of corporate and transactional matters, including entity formations, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance issues.
Before joining Silicon Legal, Joe was an associate in the Palo Alto office of Cooley LLP, where he represented startups, late-stage private companies, public companies, and venture capital investors. Joe received his J.D. from University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, a Master of Education degree in Curriculum and Teaching from Boston University, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Amherst College.
“Silicon Legal’s thoughtful, business-minded approach to providing client service is what drew me to the firm,” said Joe. “I am excited to work with this talented team to provide exceptional service and build lasting partnerships with founders and investors.”
“Joe’s experience advising emerging growth companies and investors, coupled with his strong background in corporate and transactional matters, makes him a tremendous asset to our team,” said Andre Gharakhanian, Managing Partner of Silicon Legal Strategy. “His practical approach and dedication to supporting clients through each stage of growth align perfectly with our client-focused practice.”
About Silicon Legal Strategy
Silicon Legal Strategy is the premier boutique law firm providing targeted, bottom-line-oriented advice to technology startups, innovative entrepreneurs and seasoned investors. Trained at the top firms in Silicon Valley, our attorneys and staff are incredibly passionate about technology and have extensive experience representing early stage companies and investors. We are a known quantity in Silicon Valley, and work with or sit across the table from every major law firm in the area. Perhaps most importantly, we ourselves are entrepreneurs. We truly understand the challenges of a startup — like building and motivating a team, creating repeatable processes to ensure continued customer satisfaction at scale and dealing with infrastructure issues. We face these challenges every day — and as a result, are able to deliver more relevant, bottom-line-oriented advice. Put simply, we actually “get” what entrepreneurs are going through.