"An amazing partner who provides an outstanding caliber of work."
Chambers USA 2024
"He's responsive, practical and has a deep level of substantive knowledge."
Chambers USA 2023
"He's very cordial and knowledgeable for his clients but also works in a way to assist getting the deal done."
Chambers USA 2023
"Benjamin Potter is noted for his strong reputation in California and nationwide on the startups scene. He provides counsel to clients on a wide spectrum of issues, ranging from early-stage financing to IPOs."
Chambers USA 2022
"He's an excellent lawyer who is great at representing his clients and works very hard."
Chambers USA 2021
Profile
Ben Potter advises private and public companies, venture capital, and private equity firms, as well as investment banks involved in the technology, life sciences, and other growth industries. He serves as Global Chair of the Emerging Companies & Growth Practice and is the former Global Chair of the Technology Industry Group.
Ben provides clients timely hands-on support and leverages access to the full resources of the firm’s global platform. He draws on considerable legal insight and complementary prior experience at IBM Global Services and two education startup companies in New York City.
Ben provides clients with company representation on a full range of matters and transactions, including:
Public and private financing transactions
Mergers and acquisitions
Formation issues
Employment matters
Equity incentives
Securities law compliance
License agreements
Corporate governance matters
Experience
Ben’s representative clients include:
Technology
Adept
Agility Robotics
Area 1 Security
Atomic Industries
Bolt
Black Forest Labs
Braintrust
Bright Cellars
Bright Machines
Canva
Clarify Health
Codi
Convex
dbt Labs
Discord
Dolls Kill
Duolingo
Evernote
Expensify
Fourier
Fractal
Genmo
GoFor
Grammarly
Headspace
HomeLight
Impossible Foods
Iron Ox
Joby Aviation
KoBold Metals
Light
Lovelace
Medallion
Memebox
Mosaic
Nobell Foods
Optimus Ride
Opto Investments
Oura
Ouster
Owlet
Perplexity
Playtika
Prepared
Puzzle
Pydantic
Range
Roam
Rundoo
Saronic
SKILD AI
Skillz
Sleeper
Solvvy
Standard Metrics
Sunwink
Synack
Syntiant
Turvo
Upside Foods
Zarta
Zeal
ZeroAvia
Blockchain, Crypto, and Web3
Aave
Aptos
Arpeggi
Astaria
Azra Games
Bitwise
Collective
Connext
Core Loop
DeFi Alliance
Draup
EigenLayer
Element
Flow Carbon
Halliday
Joyride
Mad Realities
NEAR
Nillion
Nouns
OpenSea
OrangeDAO
Paper.xyz
Phantom
Polygon
Ritual
Staked
Star Atlas
Sup
Superdrop
Syndicate
Turnkey
Wintermute
Life Sciences, Healthcare, and Medical Devices
3T Biosciences
4D Molecular Therapeutics
Afferent Pharmaceuticals
CARGO Therapeutics
Character
Coherus BioSciences
Corium
Crossover Health
Curai
Curasen Therapeutics
Genascence
Harbor Health
Ideaya
Imago BioSciences
Innocoll Biotherapeutics
Latus
Memora Health
Moment Biosciences
Myome
NewLimit
Pionyr
PROCEPT BioRobotics
Tizona Therapeutics
Trishula Therapeutics
WellTheory
Venture Capital and Private Equity
8VC
a16z
B-Flexion
Base10
BuildersVC
Coatue
Eclipse
EnergizeVC
General Catalyst
Gurnet Point Capital
KKR
Lightspeed
Meritech Capital Partners
Pantera
Paradigm
Polaris Partners
Sequoia
Silver Lake
Softbank
Variant
Qualifications
Bar Qualification
California
Education
JD, University of Michigan Law School, 2006 cum laude
MBA, University of Michigan, 2006
BA in History, Yale University, 1998 with distinction
Data Technology & Transactions Practice Vice Chair Ghaith Mahmood shortlisted for Innovator of the Year, and two firm initiatives earn recognition in ALM’s annual tech-focused awards program.
Zachary Fallon brings significant experience advising companies, investors, and market participants in the crypto and digital assets space on federal securities law compliance.
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