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Corporate
General corporate counsel across the full lifecycle, from formation and governance to financing and profitable exits.
Billion-dollar deal experience, delivered with the direct attention of a small team. David counsels growth companies, their investors and family offices through financings, technology transactions and M&A.
David Goldenberg is a founding partner of VLP. He helps growth-oriented companies with financing, M&A and general contractual matters, including joint ventures and other business transactions, and advises investors on their equity investments in those companies.
He also counsels family offices on business and structuring needs, from acquisitions and restructurings to planning for the transfer of private equity investments, and advises individual executives on employment matters.
David regularly guides clients through complex licensing transactions and strategic partnerships, has helped SaaS companies build the terms for their offerings, and has worked on multiple mergers ranging in size from $2M to $1.9B.
A former member of the firm's executive committee, David built a practice that lets clients receive his direct attention on critical matters while keeping routine work efficient. People choose David for a team with billion-dollar deal experience and a focus on practical legal solutions.
A focused corporate practice built around the moments that matter most to a company: raising capital, closing a deal, protecting what it has built, and planning what comes next.
General corporate counsel across the full lifecycle, from formation and governance to financing and profitable exits.
Guiding growth-oriented companies and their investors through venture rounds and equity investments.
Structuring licensing deals, strategic partnerships and SaaS terms for technology companies.
Angel, seed and institutional financings, from SAFEs and convertible notes to priced rounds.
Sell-side and buy-side deals from $2M to $1.9B, including acqui-hires and strategic transactions.
Protecting and licensing the ideas, brands and software that define a company's value.
Corporate and financing counsel for energy, equipment and sustainability ventures.
Equity and incentive structures at the executive and employee levels.
Commercial, licensing and data agreements for online and platform businesses.
Rights, licensing and commercial matters for media and content companies.
Business structuring, acquisitions and private-equity transfer planning for family offices.
David's practice reaches across VLP's groups when a deal calls for it.
Start a conversationFormer member of the firm's executive committee. Builds teams around each client so critical matters get his direct attention.
Oversaw all legal matters for the leading embedded entertainment software company in Silicon Valley, including 75+ licensing transactions with Intel, Motorola, Sony, Cisco, Fujitsu, HP, Broadcom and Marvell, through its sale to Macrovision (now Rovi).
Practiced for nearly seven years at the San Francisco headquarters of one of the country's premier law firms.
A selection of transactions David has led for founders and investors, from venture financings to acquisitions by some of technology's largest companies.
Represented Bump Technologies in its sale to Google, Inc.
Represented GazeHawk in its sale to Facebook, Inc.
Represented Airtable (Formagrid), a SaaS database platform, in its financing matters.
Represented Network Architects in its sale to ePlus Technology, Inc.
Represented Next Caller, a SaaS customer information platform, in its Series A financing.
Represented Ascend Financial, a fintech lender, in its formation and two rounds of financing.
Attorney advertising. These are representative matters; prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Certain matters may have been handled with other VLP attorneys or prior to joining the firm.
David writes and speaks regularly on financing, cap tables, M&A and the practical realities of building a company.