Sarah Axtell

sarah.axtell@lw.com

+1.650.470.4993

sarah.axtell@lw.com

"An amazing partner and business advisor. Her advice is practical and focused to our needs."

Chambers USA 2024

"A wonderful and technical attorney."

Chambers USA 2024

"Sarah is terrific, she is a very smart and very talented attorney."

Chambers USA 2023

"She is a rockstar."

Chambers USA 2022

"She is a really good lawyer, handles clients well and knows the law well."

Chambers USA 2022

Rising Star – Capital Markets

Law360 2020

California Attorney of the Year

The Daily Journal 2020

Profile

Sarah Axtell counsels public and private companies at every stage of their corporate life cycles, with a focus on advising technology companies and leading initial public offerings and other capital-raising transactions.

Drawing on her broad background in corporate and securities law, Sarah helps clients grow their businesses from startup to IPO, and beyond. She brings particular experience handling transactional and corporate governance matters on behalf of growth-stage companies, including leading tech innovators. She focuses on capital markets transactions. Sarah also represents venture capitalists and investment banks involved in private and public stock offerings.

Her company-side work encompasses:

Corporate governance
Public offerings
General corporate representation and counseling
Public company representation
Venture capital financings
Mergers and acquisitions

Sarah is a local leader of Latham's Bay Area Women Enriching Business (WEB) Committee, a firm-wide initiative developed to promote the long-term success of women lawyers and executives. She is frequently recognized for her practice work by legal and industry publications, including Law360 (which named her a 2020 Capital Markets Rising Star) and the Daily Journal (which selected her as California Attorney of the Year in 2020).

Experience

Sarah's experience includes advising:

Reddit in its US$748 million initial public offering
The underwriters in Rubrik’s upsized US$752 million initial public offering
The underwriters in OneStream’s US$563.5 million initial public offering
Airtable in its US$735 million Series F financing
Morgan Stanley in the US$130 million initial public offering of NerdWallet
Thumbtack in its US$275 million investment
Khosla Ventures in its initial public offerings of Khosla Ventures Acquisition Co., Khosla Ventures Acquisition Co. II, and Khosla Ventures Acquisition Co. III
Goldman Sachs in the US$4.55 billion initial public offering of Coupang
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley in the US$3.9 billion initial public offering of Snowflake*
Slack in its direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange and its US$862.5 million 144A convertible note offering*
Vlocity in its acquisition by Salesforce*
J.P. Morgan and the underwriters in the US$2.6 billion initial public offering of Lyft*
Okta in its:
- US$6.5 billion acquisition of Auth0
- US$200 million initial public offering and 144A convertible notes offerings of US$345 million and US$1 billion*
Twilio in its US$172 million initial public offering, follow-on offerings of US$320 million and US$1 billion, and US$500 million 144A convertible note offering*
Atlassian in its US$462 million initial public offering and US$1 billion 144A convertible note offering*
Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, and J.P. Morgan in the US$201 million initial public offering of Box*
Opower in its US$116 million initial public offering and US$532 million sale to Oracle*
Guidewire Software in its US$389 million and US$260 million follow-on public offerings*
Xoom in its US$101 million initial public offering and US$124 million follow-on offering*
J.P. Morgan in the US$120 million initial public offering and US$113.62 million follow-on offering of Penumbra*
Luxe Valet in its acquisition by Volvo Car Corporation*
Tomfoolery in its acquisition by Yahoo!*
Nexgate in its acquisition by Proofpoint*
Fluidic in its strategic transaction and investment from Nant Capital*