Professional Biography
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Michelle Edwards Senior Counsel

  • San Francisco

    D +1.415.344.7173

    F +1.415.344.7050

    San Francisco

    505 Howard Street, Suite 1000

    San Francisco, CA 94105-3204

    +1.415.344.7173

    MichelleEdwards@perkinscoie.com

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Overview

Michelle Edwards has advised clients for more than 20 years on a wide range of corporate matters, including numerous venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, and capital market transactions. Michelle represents companies throughout their life cycle, from formation through financings, growth through business combinations, and exit transactions. She also has broad experience counseling publicly listed companies on securities law, corporate governance, and compliance matters.

A former partner with a leading Silicon Valley firm, her experience also includes prior roles as counsel and corporate secretary for the board of a leading online career platform, where she advised on issues that involved the board of directors and corporate governance.

Michelle is a member of the Society for Corporate Governance, a nonprofit organization committed to serving as a positive force in corporate governance.

Professional Recognition

  • Listed in Thomson Reuters “Stand-out Lawyers,” 2023 – 2024

Related Employment

  • VLP Law Group LLP, San Francisco, CA, Counsel, 2021
  • Corporate Attorney, Beijing, China, Independent Consultant, 2013 – 2020
  • Covington & Burling LLP, Beijing, China, Partner, 2012 – 2013
  • Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Palo Alto, CA and Shanghai, China, Partner, 2003 – 2011; Associate, 1997 – 2003
  • Baker Botts, LLP, Houston, TX, Associate, 1994 – 1996

Experience

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Bar and Court Admissions

  • California

Education

  • Stanford Law School, J.D., with distinction, 1994
  • Stanford University, M.A., Russian and East European Studies, 1994
  • Yale University, B.A., Political Science, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1991