"Rick is a great lawyer and his clients trust him tremendously."
Chambers USA 2023
"Rock star."
The Legal 500 2020
"A really strong lawyer."
Chambers USA 2022
"Fantastic to work with."
Chambers Global 2020
"Phenomenal." "Takes a practical approach to solutions."
Chambers USA 2014-2021
Profile
Rick Kline, Chair of Latham’s Technology Industry Group and Bay Area Corporate Department, advises leading innovators and financiers on a full spectrum of corporate and securities matters.
Rick combines his keenly pragmatic approach with a sophisticated understanding of the tech sector, including software, digital health, digital media, and information technology, to guide clients on:
Complex equity securities offerings, including IPOs, direct listings, 144A offerings, and follow-on stock offerings
Venture financings
M&A transactions
Corporate governance matters
He forges trusted relationships with CFOs, CEOs, and general counsel to help clients meet the challenges that arise at any stage of a company's growth, particularly as they approach life as a public company. Rick unlocks the resources of the firm's robust global platform to craft practical commercial solutions, including relating to employee benefits and M&A.
Experience
Rick's representative clients include:
Companies
Airtable
Atlassian
DNAnexus
Elixir Medical
Greenlight
Guidewire
Health Catalyst
Kandji
Komodo Health
Kong
NetSuite*
Okta
Outreach
OwnCompany
Reddit
Retool
Slack
The Trade Desk
Vercel
Financial Institutions
Goldman Sachs
J.P. Morgan
Morgan Stanley
Rick’s experience includes representing:
Capital Markets
Reddit in its US$748 million IPO
Imago BioSciences in its US$134 million IPO
Slack in its:
Direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange*
US$862 million 144A offering*
Health Catalyst in its:
US$225 million secured growth financing
US$209 million IPO and US$230 million 144A offering*
Atlassian in its US$462 million IPO and US$1 billion 144A offering*
Guidewire in its:
US$115 million IPO
US$389 million, US$260 million, and US$200 million follow-on offerings*
US$360 million 144A offering*
Okta in its:
US$200 million IPO*
US$1.15 billion, US$1 billion, and US$345 million 144A offerings*
Twilio in its US$550 million 144A offering and US$1 billion follow-on offering*
The Trade Desk in its US$225 million follow-on offering*
NetSuite in its:
US$185 million IPO*
US$310 million 144A offering*
Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs in:
Snowflake’s US$3.9 billion IPO*
Snap’s US$3.4 billion IPO and US$1.3 billion and US$1 billion 144A offerings*
New Relic’s US$500 million 144A offering*
RingCentral’s US$400 million 144A offering*
Morgan Stanley in:
HashiCorp’s US$1.2 billion IPO
UserTesting’s US$140 million IPO
NerdWallet’s US$130 million IPO
Allbirds’ US$302 million IPO
SentinelOne’s US$1.2 billion IPO
PluralSight’s US$357 million and US$550 million follow-on offerings, and US$633 million 144A offering*
Firm honored by Law360 for advising startups, financial institutions, VCs, digital asset and Web3 participants, and corporations on their most innovative and complex transactions, investigations, litigation, and regulatory matters.
Five recognitions across a diverse range of disciplines reflect the firm’s continued achievements at the leading edge of legal practice and technology.
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