Gunderson Dettmer LLP

Corporate Governance and Strategy; Fund Investments in Companies; Mergers and Acquisitions; Public Companies/Public Offerings; Seed, Venture and Growth Financings

Trusted advisor with a practical perspective shaped by in-house and firm experience.

Melissa represents technology companies in a variety of fields including consumer products and services, software and SaaS, artificial intelligence, healthtech, online media & social technologies, hardware, and climate tech & clean technologies, and also advises venture capital funds investing in those businesses. She is experienced in transactions at all stages of the innovation lifecycle, regularly advising entrepreneurs as they form businesses, counseling growing companies and investors through rounds of financing, structuring tender offers, M&A deals, public offerings and other late-stage transactions, and providing day-to-day guidance on corporate governance, employment, and intellectual property matters.