San Francisco, CA – Silicon Legal Strategy announced today that Nikhil Sharma has joined the firm as a managing associate in its San Francisco office. Nikhil represents technology companies at every stage of the corporate life cycle, including in entity formation, general business and corporate governance matters, debt and equity financings, and mergers and acquisitions. Nikhil also advises venture capital investors on their investments into technology companies at every stage and level of sophistication.
Prior to joining SLS, Nikhil served as Assistant General Counsel at Andrew Ng’s venture fund and studio, AI Fund. Prior to that, Nikhil represented private and public companies and venture funds as an associate with Fenwick & West in Mountain View.
Nikhil received his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law and his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.
“In returning to practice at a law firm, I was looking for a firm at the leading edge in client service and sharp on the most sophisticated legal issues venture-backed companies and investors face, so SLS was a natural home for me,” reflected Nikhil.
“Nikhil’s experience advising technology companies and investors, including from an in-house vantage point, gives him a practical understanding of the legal and business challenges our clients face at each stage of growth,” said Andre Gharakhanian, Managing Partner of Silicon Legal Strategy. “His perspective will be a valuable addition to our team as we advise founders and investors on day-to-day corporate matters and complex transactions.”
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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.
