Los Angeles, CA – Silicon Legal Strategy announced today that Aaliya Kapadia has joined the firm as an associate in its Los Angeles office. Aaliya advises ambitious startups and venture capital firms on key business milestones as well as day-to-day corporate guidance – from company formation and capital raises to board structure and M&A transactions.
Prior to joining SLS, Aaliya worked with startups and venture capital companies as an Associate with Orrick’s Technology Companies Group in Santa Monica. Before joining Orrick, Aaliya was an Associate at Fenwick & West in Santa Monica, where she provided a broad range of corporate services to startups and emerging companies in the technology, AI and life sciences sectors.
Aaliya received her J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, with a specialization in Public Interest Law and Policy and Critical Race Studies. She received her undergraduate degrees in Political Science and Interpersonal Communication from Santa Clara University.
“Silicon Legal’s results-driven approach to startup and venture law has always resonated with me, and I’m thrilled to bring my experience to such a talented and sharp team,” said Aaliya. “I look forward to working with my exceptional teammates to deliver pragmatic guidance to founders and investors alike, helping them navigate an increasingly unknown and ever-changing market and set them up for lasting success.”
“Aaliya is exactly the kind of lawyer we’re excited to add to the SLS team,” said Gaurav Mathur, Partner at Silicon Legal and head of its Los Angeles office. “She understands the pace and complexity of working with startups and VC investors, and she’ll help us continue giving clients the practical, business-minded support they need.”
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.
