Eric Hanson

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Eric Hanson is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. He represents entrepreneurs, startups, high-growth, and public companies as well as venture capital funds and other investors in both ongoing counseling and transactional matters. In addition, his practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions as well as debt, capital market and other strategic transactions. Mr. Hanson’s clients operate across industries including software, big data and healthcare, cleantech, energy, fintech, telecom, consumer products, food and agtech, and mobile. Mr. Hanson has counseled numerous clients from early stages to exit transactions, and all phases in between. Along the way, he helps clients navigate the complex issues that arise during the corporate lifecycle from formation, fundraising and financing strategies to board and governance issues. When his clients approach the growth stage, he provides strategic advice on exit transactions, including public offerings and mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Hanson has represented pro bono clients in matters relating to children’s education and health, elections and disaster relief.

Prior to beginning his legal studies, Mr. Hanson worked in database and software engineering roles at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the University of Washington and IBM’s T.J. Watson Research Center.

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