Daniel Zimmermann > WilmerHale > Palo Alto, United States > Lawyer Profile

WilmerHale
950 PAGE MILL ROAD
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94304
CALIFORNIA
United States

Work Department

Big Data Blockchain and Cryptocurrency ; Cross-Border Transactions ; Emerging Company and Venture Capital ; FinTech ; Mergers and Acquisitions ; Technology

Position

Partner

Co-Chair, Emerging Company and Venture Capital Practice

Career

Daniel Zimmermann is an accomplished lawyer with extensive experience in complex corporate transactions and venture technology issues. For more than 20 years, he has advised entrepreneurs, emerging companies and technology startups, and draws on his global experiences counseling companies in the United States and Europe. His technology clients span the industry, including telecom, infrastructure, digital media, software, energy, clean tech, ecommerce, FinTech, edtech, digital health and healthcare IT, robotics and big data.Mr. Zimmermann provides sophisticated counsel on a variety of corporate governance and finance matters, as well as exit transactions, such as public offerings and mergers and acquisitions. He further counsels Silicon Valley-based venture capital firms, as well as global venture and private equity funds in their portfolio investments in the US and abroad. Learn more about his practice and how he can support your startup on WilmerHaleLaunch.com.

International in scope, his practice involves the regular representation of clients in global expansions and off-shore acquisitions by US companies. From 2007 to 2008, he was seconded to a European law firm where he worked on private equity, capital markets, and venture capital transactions in both London and Munich.

Professional Activities

Mr. Zimmermann is a member of the California and New York Bar Associations and the International Law Sections of the American, California and New York Bar Associations.

Mr. Zimmermann has served as Chair of the Executive Committee of the International Law Section of the State Bar of California for the 2009-2010 term and as Chairman of the Board of the German American Business Association. Mr. Zimmermann also previously served as president and board member of Alto International School in Menlo Park and serves as primary pro bono counsel to the School.

Memberships

California

New York

Education

LLM, University of California, Los Angeles, 1996

First State Exam, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg im Breisgau, 1995

Lawyer Rankings

United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies

‘Well versed in the start-up ecosystem’, WilmerHale assists clients from the initial stages of company formation to fundings and exits, whether through sale or IPO. The firm offers a holistic approach to serving emerging companies, leveraging its wide-ranging expertise in intellectual property, employment and regulatory matters, and more. The practice is under the joint leadership of Gary Schall in New York, who specializes in advising tech clients across e-commerce, mobile technologies, software, and life sciences, and Daniel Zimmermann in Palo Alto, who assists Silicon Valley-based venture capital clients with their portfolio investments domestically and internationally. Mick Bain, based in Boston, offers his experience in company formation, governance, securities law, and capital markets transactions. Jason Kropp, also in Boston, focuses on representing emerging and growth-stage companies, as well as venture capital and late-stage investors. Frances Mosley is a notable counsel within the Palo Alto team.