Acceleron Law Group, LLP is pleased to announce that Jim Black has joined the Firm as a Partner in its Washington, D.C. location.

Jim has over two decades of experience advising companies on all types of strategic transactions, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions for privately held German and Austrian companies and their U.S. subsidiaries.  He frequently advises European clients on a wide range of legal matters relating to their entry into the U.S. market.  As a highly experien...

John’s practice focuses on corporate legal services for emerging and established businesses, private equity funds, venture capital funds, founders and entrepreneurs, with an emphasis in structuring and negotiating complex mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financings as well as commercial and general corporate transactions.

John regularly advises clients across a broad spectrum of industries, including technology, healthcare, life sciences, apparel, consumer goods and real estate, on a myriad of matters, from transform...

Congratulations to Acceleron Law Group client Over, Inc., on their acquisition by GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY).  Over is the company behind the popular Over app that creates visual content to grow and promote brands.  The Acceleron team representing Over in connection with this acquisition includes Partners Joey Tran, Catherine Giddings, and Elizabeth Chandler; Senior Advisor Rod Howard; and Counsel Jeannie Tran-Mitchell.

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The Daily Journal selected Acceleron Law Group as one of the Top Boutique Law Firms in California in 2019, and one of only two law firms recognized for its transactional law practice. Acceleron Law Group, a certified minority owned law firm, specializes in corporate, commercial, and technology transactions. The Daily Journal noted Acceleron’s experience in representing Fortune 500 clients in M&A, venture capital and technology transactions. The profile also highlighted Acceleron’s emphasis on work-life balance, which has res...

California-based law firm Acceleron Law Group, LLP has expanded to the east coast with the opening of a new Washington, D.C. office. The firm currently has offices in Silicon Valley, San Francisco, and Southern California.

The office will be headed by partner, Julie Ryan, who began her legal career in Washington, D.C. The firm will continue its focus on providing corporate transactional legal services to start-ups, emerging growth, mid-market and mature Fortune 500 companies.

“Julie has been a critical piece of our firm’s deve...

Congratulations to Acceleron client SignalFx, Inc., on their acquisition by Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK), for $1.05 billion.  Acceleron Partner Rob Dang has represented SignalFx as their outside commercial licensing (outbound and inbound) and transactional counsel since 2015.

Constance’s practice focuses on protecting inventions and company know-how.  In particular, she assists clients with technology licensing, strategic alliances, joint development agreements, IP asset transfers, and intellectual property portfolio reviews, as well as patent and trade secrets protection.  She is a registered patent attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and holds degrees in physics, computer science, biophysics (PhD).  She has experience advising clients in a wide variety of technology ind...

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