Steven Franklin > Gunderson Dettmer LLP > Silicon Valley, United States > Lawyer Profile
Gunderson Dettmer LLP Offices
550 Allerton Street
Redwood City, CA 94063
CALIFORNIA
United States
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Steven Franklin
Work Department
Fund Formation, Fund Operations and Compliance, Tax
Position
Steve is a founding partner of the firm and heads our global Fund Formation practice.
Career
Steve is recognized globally as a leading authority on issues related to the formation and operation of both U.S. and international venture capital and private equity funds and other partnership arrangements. He has been named a Super Lawyer and a Chambers & Partners “Band 1” practitioner, with clients and other market observers describing Steve to Chambers over the years as: a “phenomenal” practitioner, a “leading light,” the “heart and soul of the practice” and “without hesitation the premier venture capital fund lawyer and adviser.”
Steve’s practice encompasses both (i) representing a dominant share of the preeminent venture capital funds globally, and (ii) advising promising emerging fund managers in their quest to become the market leaders of the future.
Education
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Stanford Law School, J.D.
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.S., Accounting
Highest Honors
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
(Firms to watch)Among Gunderson Dettmer LLP‘s client base are growth equity firms and emerging funds, who the group often assists with fundraising matters, but venture capital firms form a large part of the group’s client base. At the helm is Silicon Valley-based Steven Franklin who is key to the group’s relationships with emerging funds.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Boston Elite > Corporate & M&A
- Boston Elite > Corporate & M&A
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies