Zuzanna Gruca is a corporate associate in the Bay Area offices of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Capital Markets Practice.

Zuza represents late-stage private company, public company, and investment bank clients on capital markets, securities, disclosure, and corporate governance matters. Zuza advises clients on a variety of transactions, with a focus on initial public offerings and other capital-raising transactions, including primary and secondary follow-on equity offerings and convertible note offerings. Her public company clients include US New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq-listed companies across a broad range of industries, with a particular focus on technology and life sciences.

Zuza currently serves as a member of the firm’s Associates Committee.

Zuza previously served as a judicial extern to the late Judge Ronald S.W. Lew of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Zuza’s experience includes advising:

Issuers

  • Reddit in its US$748 million initial public offering
  • 4D Molecular Therapeutics in its US$120 million underwritten public offering
  • Revolution Medicines in its US$300 million underwritten public offering
  • Corsair Gaming in its US$75 million underwritten public offering
  • Bloom Energy in its US$338 million underwritten public offering
  • Revolution Medicines in its US$230 million underwritten public offering
  • Ascendis Pharma in its US$400 million underwritten public offering

Investment Banks

  • The initial purchasers in Snap’s US$650 million convertible senior notes offering
  • The underwriters in Rubrik’s US$752 million initial public offering
  • The underwriters in LegalZoom’s secondary offering of common stock
  • The initial purchasers in Snap’s US$1 billion convertible senior notes offering
  • The underwriters in UserTesting’s US$140 million initial public offering
  • The underwriters in SentinelOne’s US$1.2 billion initial public offering

Bar Qualification

  • California

Education

  • JD, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, 2016
  • BA, University of California, Berkeley, 2013