Professional Biography

Yashreeka Huq Counsel

  • New York

    D +1.332.238.2770

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    New York

    1155 Avenue of the Americas, 22nd Floor

    New York, NY 10036-2711

    +1.332.238.2770

    YHuq@perkinscoie.com

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Overview

Yashreeka Huq advises public and private companies, with an emphasis on early-stage companies, in the technology and life sciences industries on a broad range of matters, including corporate governance; venture capital financings; and complex mergers, acquisitions, and restructurings. 

Prior to joining Perkins Coie, Yashreeka was a corporate senior associate at a leading technology and life sciences-focused law firm, where she counseled emerging companies and venture capital investors through complex venture financings, debt transactions and mergers, acquisitions and restructurings.

Professional Recognition

  • Recognized by the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association as one of the "Best LGBTQ+ Lawyers Under 40," 2023

Related Employment

  • Fenwick & West LLP, New York, NY, Senior Associate, 2018 – 2023
  • Foley Hoag LLP, New York, NY, Associate, 2017 – 2018
  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY, Associate, 2013 – 2017; Summer Associate, 2012
  • EDGE, Premier Performing Arts Nonprofit Company, Cairo, Egypt, Founder and Senior Manager, 2007 – 2009

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Bar and Court Admissions

  • New York

Education

  • Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, J.D., 2013, Staff Editor, Journal of International Law & Business
  • Georgetown University, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, B.S., Foreign Service, International Political Economy, 2007

Languages

  • Bengali