Menlo Park, California, United States
DAVID C. LEE is a Partner at Rimon Law. His practice focuses on the representation of high-growth, venture-backed emerging companies, and the investors who fund and support such companies. He has over twenty years of experience handling corporate formation issues, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, public company securities law, technology licensing transactions and employment and executive compensation matters. David’s practice involves a broad network of entrepreneurs, angel investors and venture capital firms that are active in developing emerging companies. In addition to leveraging this network for his clients, he has acted as an outside general counsel for many of his company clients. David also has significant experience with cross border transactions involving companies and investors in Asia. His cross border work has included the initial public offering on Nasdaq for Sina, one of the leading Internet and media companies in China, and the recent sale of a start-up to Baidu, the leading Internet search company in China. David’s company clients have been backed by, among others, Accel, Blue Run Ventures, DCM, DFJ, Gobi Partners, GSR, Hummer Winblad, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed, Matrix, Northern Light, Norwest, Oak Investment Partners, Redpoint, Sequoia, Sierra Ventures, Steamboat, and USVP. Over his career, David has handled hundreds of venture financings for his clients, as well as a significant number of major M&A deals and complex licensing transactions. Prior to joining VLP, David was a partner with Gunderson Dettmer. Prior to Gunderson, David was a partner with Orrick’s Emerging Companies Group in Menlo Park. Prior to Orrick, David was a partner with Venture Law Group, which he joined as a founding member when he left Wilson Sonsini with the founding team to help form Venture Law Group.
Rimon is a highly selective, international law firm, consistently recognized for its excellence, innovation, and teamwork throughout its 32 offices in nine countries and four continents. Rimon's streamlined and distributed model allows for greater efficiency and collaboration to better serve our clients.
VLP Law Group is a cutting edge law firm model that has moved significantly away from the traditional law firm model. The firm is a geographically distributed firm of top-tier lawyers, with multiple practice areas in multiple industry sectors. We provide a full range of business and transactional legal services to clients of all sizes — from early-stage start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. But unlike a traditional law firm, we operate under a different business model. We keep overhead low by investing in technology rather than expensive offices and a large administrative staff. We collaborate through technology. Our documents are stored in a private cloud and we offer clients the ability to access their documents through a secure, private portal. Our processes are efficient and emphasize cost control, transparency, and effective project management. We’re flexible on fees. Our cost-effective systems enable us to offer efficient pricing and flexible fee structures when appropriate. In other words, VLP offers clients first-rate lawyering without requiring them to pay for unnecessary overhead, under the fee arrangement that works best for the client.
I represented start-up companies and investors in start-ups in transactions involving formation, financings, M&A and public offerings.
I provided corporate legal advice to venture-backed start-ups in Silicon Valley and China.
I counseled venture-backed start-up companies in formation, venture capital, M&A and IPOs.