Carla Garrett

Practice Areas

Corporate and Transactional

Corporate Governance

Emerging Companies and Venture Capital Group

General Counsel Services

Intellectual Property

Mergers & Acquisitions

Technology Transactions

Professional Memberships

Chair of the SEC’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee, May 2019 – present

NASDAQ Stock Market, Listing Qualifications Panel Member, 2005 – 2015, 2019 – present

Publications

Panelist for SEC’s Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation, August 2019

Co-author, Lawyers Guide to Formulas in Deal Documents and SEC Filings, 2008

Speaker, “Law Department Alignment with Company Goals,” Association of Corporate Counsel Annual Meeting, 2004

Personal

Carla Garrett is a Partner in PLG's Corporate group. Ms. Garrett has over twenty years of experience working with corporate, private equity, securities, acquisitions and contract law matters. Ms. Garrett has advised on a range of corporate transactions, including representing buyers and sellers in acquisitions, and representing issuers in financing transactions. As the first general counsel of a publicly-traded, technology company, Ms. Garrett was responsible for all legal matters of the company, including SEC compliance, corporate governance, acquisitions, and intellectual property matters. In addition, Ms. Garrett serves as outside general counsel to a number of businesses, with a particular focus on startup and technology companies.