Perkins Coie Continues to Expand Emerging Companies Practice

MENLO PARK, CALIF. (April 16, 2007) – Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Stefan Clulow and Lior Zorea have joined the firm’s Menlo Park office as partners in the firm’s national Business practice. Both Clulow and Zorea focus on representing emerging growth companies in corporate and securities matters. They join a team of lawyers across the country that provides the full range of finance, transactional and counseling work for leading emerging growth companies, public companies, and private equity and venture capital firms.

“The firm is committed to its Emerging Growth practice, and increasingly so in Silicon Valley, where we see significant growth opportunities,” said Bob Giles, managing partner of Perkins Coie. “Stefan and Lior are widely recognized as excellent business and technology lawyers, and we are very happy to add them to our expanding group of emerging growth practitioners. Their considerable experience and knowledge base will be a tremendous asset to our transactional practice and will further enhance our ability to serve the Silicon Valley business community.”

The focus of Clulow's practice is the representation of emerging growth technology companies and their founders, as well as venture capital firms and other investors, in corporate and securities law matters. He regularly represents clients in corporate finance transactions, strategic partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, and general business counseling.

Zorea focuses on corporate and securities law matters for emerging growth companies and their founding teams, regularly advising them on formation, angel and venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, and general business counseling. He also has considerable experience in counseling public companies on equity and debt offerings, mergers and acquisitions, disclosure obligations, and governance matters. In addition, he has represented more-established companies and investment banks in a number of initial public offerings.

“We are very excited about joining a market leader in the emerging growth area. Perkins Coie will be a tremendous platform to continue the development of our practices,” said Clulow.

“We believe the firm’s capabilities, particularly in corporate, litigation and intellectual property law, are very well suited to our clients' needs,” added Zorea.