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Kirk Fauser
Senior Associate
27th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Kirk advises emerging companies across industries on a wide range of corporate matters, with a particular focus on formation matters, financing matters, secondary transactions, and general corporate work. He works closely with founders, management teams, and investors throughout the company lifecycle, from initial structuring to exit.
Kirk has experience working on a variety of corporate matters,...
Kirk advises emerging companies across industries on a wide range of corporate matters, with a particular focus on formation matters, financing matters, secondary transactions, and general corporate work. He works closely with founders, management teams, and investors throughout the company lifecycle, from initial structuring to exit.
Kirk has experience working on a variety of corporate matters, including venture investments, securities offerings and debt financings, M&A transactions, and supporting corporate governance, as well as advising funds and asset managers regarding fund formation, capital raising, and investment management activities.
including venture investments, securities offerings and debt financings, M&A transactions, and supporting corporate governance, as well as advising funds and asset managers regarding fund formation, capital raising, and investment management activities.
Experience
Representative Matters
- Represented education technology company in connection with raising multiple venture capital financings.
- Represented healthcare technology company in connection with tender offer and other secondary deals.
- Represented major Bay Area venture capital firms in multiple financing transactions, including early-stage and growth equity financings.
- Advised founder in connection with multiple new company formations, stock issuances and options grants, IP assignments and other related corporate matters.
- Advised institutional investor client in setting up venture fund and related capital raising activities and investments in portfolio companies, primarily in the defense technology industry.
Previous Professional Experience
- Corporate Associate, Venture financing focused law firm (2024–2025)
- Attorney, Los Angeles-based entertainment law firm (2022–2024)
- Corporate Associate, Global law firm (2021–2022)
- Corporate Associate, New York-based law firm (2016–2021)
Education
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Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law,
JD,
cum laude
(2016)
- Cardozo Law Review
- Dean’s Distinguished Scholar
- Alexander Fellow
- Trinity College, BA, English (2011)
Admissions
- New York
- California
Clerkships
- Junior Clerk, the Honorable Lorna G. Schofield, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (Fall 2015)
Practice Areas
Industries
Representative Matters
- Represented education technology company in connection with raising multiple venture capital financings.
- Represented healthcare technology company in connection with tender offer and other secondary deals.
- Represented major Bay Area venture capital firms in multiple financing transactions, including early-stage and growth equity financings.
- Advised founder in connection with multiple new company formations, stock issuances and options grants, IP assignments and other related corporate matters.
- Advised institutional investor client in setting up venture fund and related capital raising activities and investments in portfolio companies, primarily in the defense technology industry.
Previous Professional Experience
- Corporate Associate, Venture financing focused law firm (2024–2025)
- Attorney, Los Angeles-based entertainment law firm (2022–2024)
- Corporate Associate, Global law firm (2021–2022)
- Corporate Associate, New York-based law firm (2016–2021)
Kirk advises emerging companies across industries on a wide range of corporate matters, with a particular focus on formation matters, financing matters, secondary transactions, and general corporate work. He works closely with founders, management teams, and investors throughout the company lifecycle, from initial structuring to exit.
Kirk has experience working on a variety of corporate matters,... including venture investments, securities offerings and debt financings, M&A transactions, and supporting corporate governance, as well as advising funds and asset managers regarding fund formation, capital raising, and investment management activities.
Experience
The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.Representative Matters
- Represented education technology company in connection with raising multiple venture capital financings.
- Represented healthcare technology company in connection with tender offer and other secondary deals.
- Represented major Bay Area venture capital firms in multiple financing transactions, including early-stage and growth equity financings.
- Advised founder in connection with multiple new company formations, stock issuances and options grants, IP assignments and other related corporate matters.
- Advised institutional investor client in setting up venture fund and related capital raising activities and investments in portfolio companies, primarily in the defense technology industry.
Previous Professional Experience
- Corporate Associate, Venture financing focused law firm (2024–2025)
- Attorney, Los Angeles-based entertainment law firm (2022–2024)
- Corporate Associate, Global law firm (2021–2022)
- Corporate Associate, New York-based law firm (2016–2021)
Education
-
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law,
JD,
cum laude
(2016)
- Cardozo Law Review
- Dean’s Distinguished Scholar
- Alexander Fellow
- Trinity College, BA, English (2011)
Admissions
- New York
- California
Clerkships
- Junior Clerk, The Honorable Lorna G. Schofield, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (Fall 2015)
Practice Areas
- Emerging Companies
- Corporate Governance
- Securities Offerings
- Corporate & Securities
- Mergers & Acquisitions
Industries
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