Michael E. Coke

Michael Coke is a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where his practice focuses on a wide variety of corporate, securities, and related matters, primarily for technology companies.

Michael's practice spans the full range of corporate transactions, including representing clients in connection with initial public offerings and other securities offerings, corporate governance and disclosure matters, mergers and acquisitions, and venture-backed private financings. He also has experience advising on secondary market transactions for institutional purchasers. Michael has worked on matters in numerous technology and other industries, including cloud computing software and services, social media and online gaming, network services and devices, data security, biotechnology and life sciences, semiconductor, consumer products, media, public utilities, clean technology, natural resources, insurance, and finance.

Michael has been with the firm since 2006. He started his legal career in New York and Singapore, focusing on public and private offerings of equity, equity-linked securities, and investment-grade and high-yield debt, on both the company and the underwriter side, in addition to mergers and acquisitions and other corporate matters. He also spent six months on secondment to the legal department of JPMorgan Chase Bank's Singapore branch. Michael speaks Thai.

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Areas of Practice 1) Corporate Finance, 2) Corporate Law & Governance, 3) Entrepreneurial Services, 4) Life Sciences, 5) Mergers & Acquisitions and 6) Venture Capital
Law School Stanford Law School, (J.D., 1997)
Admitted Year 2007
Education University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1992)
Bar Member / Association California State Bar Association, New York State Bar Association
Most recent firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
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