Michael A. Brown

Offices

San Francisco

Santa Monica

Practices

Corporate Governance

Industries

Education & Admissions

J.D., Concentration in Business Law
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law

B.S., magna cum laude, Business Administration
California State University, Chico

Admitted to practice in California

Throughout his career, Michael has advised emerging and established companies on some of the most high-profile transactions in the technology sector.

Michael guides world-class technology companies—ranging from early-stage startups to mature, publicly traded corporations—in a wide-range of corporate transactions, including venture and growth financings, mergers and acquisitions, initial and follow-on public offerings, debt financings, and corporate reorganizations.

His experience in structuring a wide range of complex capital markets transactions includes representation of Coinbase on its 2021 direct listing, the first major crypto company to go public and the first technology direct listing on Nasdaq. In 2022, Michael was named an American Lawyer “Dealmaker of the Year” for his role advising Coinbase in this transaction.

Michael has received numerous accolades and has been consistently recognized as a leading lawyer to technology companies and their investors by publications including Chambers, Law360, Legal 500, Super Lawyers, and LMG Life Sciences.

Brown provides the kind of top-shelf, business-focused lawyering essential for game-changing technology innovators—from startups to mature market leaders—as well as leading venture capital firms and key incubators that help to finance these companies’ efforts.”

The Los Angeles Business Journal

2019 Leaders in Law Finalists: Corporate Attorney of the Year

Multiple financings for Databricks, including its $500M Series I, $1.6B Series H, $1B Series G, $400M Series F, $250M Series E and $140M Series D financings
Multiple financings for Relativity Space, including its $650M Series E, $500M Series D and $140M Series C financings
Multiple financings for Tanium, including over $600M in common stock financings and its $120M Series G financing
Multiple financings for Carta, including its $500M Series G, $180M Series F, $300M Series E and $80M Series D financings
Multiple financings for Illumio, including its $225M Series F, $65M Series E, $125M Series D and $100M Series C financings
Multiple financings for Side, including its $150M Series D financing and additional $50M financing
Multiple financings for Dragos, including its $74M Series D extension, $200M Series D and $110M Series C financings
Multiple financings for Anyscale, including its initial $100M Series C and additional $99M Series C financings
Multiple financings for Ursa Major, including its $138M Series D and D-1 and $85M Series C financings.
Multiple financings for Uber, including its publicly-announced $3.5B investment by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and Series F, Series E and Series D financings
Multiple financings for Airbnb, including its publicly-announced $1.5B Series E and $475M Series D financings
Wiz in its $1B funding
Securonix in its $1B+ financing led by Vista
CoreWeave in its $1.1B Series C funding and its $642M secondary sale
AvantStay in its $160M Series B financing
MOLOCO in its $150M Series C financing
Nylas in its $120M Series C financing
Invoca in its $83M Series F financing
Modern Animal in its $75M Series C financing
Multiple investments representing Alpha Edison, Databricks Ventures and Fidelity Investments:

Alpha Edison in 30+ investments, including Red 6’s $97M Series B, Alto’s $40M Series B, Kin’s $35M Series B, Parsley Health's $26M Series B, DoltHub’s $16M Series B, United Dwelling's $10M Series B, Mojo’s $5.5M Series A and Frame’s $5M Series Seed
Databricks Ventures in 25+ investments, including dbt Labs’ $222M Series D, Tecton’s $100M Series C, Hunters’ $68M Series C, Hex’s $52M Series B and Arcion's $13M Series A
Fidelity Investments in connection with 70+ investments, including Stripe’s $6.9B Series I and $600M Series H, Epic’s $1.78B and $1B late-stage financings, ThoughtWorks’ $720M growth round, Lime’s $523M financing, Zipline’s $330M Series F and $250M Series E, Bowery Farming's $300M Series C, Sonder’s $170M Series E, Inscripta’s $150M Series E, and Endeavor in its initial investment as well as in connection with the company’s $511.2M IPO

Multiple financings for Databricks, including its $500M Series I, $1.6B Series H, $1B Series G, $400M Series F, $250M Series E and $140M Series D financings
Multiple financings for Relativity Space, including its $650M Series E, $500M Series D and $140M Series C financings
Multiple financings for Tanium, including over $600M in common stock financings and its $120M Series G financing
Multiple financings for Carta, including its $500M Series G, $180M Series F, $300M Series E and $80M Series D financings
Multiple financings for Illumio, including its $225M Series F, $65M Series E, $125M Series D and $100M Series C financings
Multiple financings for Side, including its $150M Series D financing and additional $50M financing
Multiple financings for Dragos, including its $74M Series D extension, $200M Series D and $110M Series C financings
Multiple financings for Anyscale, including its initial $100M Series C and additional $99M Series C financings
Multiple financings for Ursa Major, including its $138M Series D and D-1 and $85M Series C financings.
Multiple financings for Uber, including its publicly-announced $3.5B investment by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and Series F, Series E and Series D financings
Multiple financings for Airbnb, including its publicly-announced $1.5B Series E and $475M Series D financings
Wiz in its $1B funding
Securonix in its $1B+ financing led by Vista
CoreWeave in its $1.1B Series C funding and its $642M secondary sale
AvantStay in its $160M Series B financing
MOLOCO in its $150M Series C financing
Nylas in its $120M Series C financing
Invoca in its $83M Series F financing
Modern Animal in its $75M Series C financing
Multiple investments representing Alpha Edison, Databricks Ventures and Fidelity Investments:

Alpha Edison in 30+ investments, including Red 6’s $97M Series B, Alto’s $40M Series B, Kin’s $35M Series B, Parsley Health's $26M Series B, DoltHub’s $16M Series B, United Dwelling's $10M Series B, Mojo’s $5.5M Series A and Frame’s $5M Series Seed
Databricks Ventures in 25+ investments, including dbt Labs’ $222M Series D, Tecton’s $100M Series C, Hunters’ $68M Series C, Hex’s $52M Series B and Arcion's $13M Series A
Fidelity Investments in connection with 70+ investments, including Stripe’s $6.9B Series I and $600M Series H, Epic’s $1.78B and $1B late-stage financings, ThoughtWorks’ $720M growth round, Lime’s $523M financing, Zipline’s $330M Series F and $250M Series E, Bowery Farming's $300M Series C, Sonder’s $170M Series E, Inscripta’s $150M Series E, and Endeavor in its initial investment as well as in connection with the company’s $511.2M IPO

Alteryx sale to Clearlake Capital Group and Insight Partners ($4.4B)
Cepheid sale to Danaher ($4B)
Multiple acquisitions for Cisco Systems, including its acquisition of WebEx Communications ($3.2B)
Data Domain sale to EMC ($2.4B)
Opsware sale to Hewlett-Packard ($1.6B)
ArcSight sale to Hewlett-Packard ($1.5B)
Databricks acquisition of MosaicML ($1.3B)
Dermira sale to Eli Lilly ($1.1B)
OpenDNS sale to Cisco Systems ($635M)
ScoutRFP sale to Workday ($540M)
ThousandEyes sale to Cisco Systems
Doctor On Demand in its merger with Grand Rounds to form Included Health
Kareo in its merger with PatientPop to form Tebra
Vast in its acquisition of Launcher
Voyage Auto sale to Cruise
Elevate Securite sale to Mimecast
Chubbies sale to Solo Brands
Invoca in its acquisition of DialogTech
Wiz in its acquisition of Gem Security
Coinbase acquisitions of Cipher Browser, Keystone Capital, Earn.com, Memo.AI, Paradex and Tagomi
Alteryx acquisitions of ClearStory Data, Lore IO, Semanta, Trifacta and Yhat
Airship acquisitions of Accengage, Apptimize, Gummicube and ReplyBuy
Carta acquisitions of Yearend, Preferred Return, MarketGrid and Kik Interactive

Alteryx sale to Clearlake Capital Group and Insight Partners ($4.4B)
Cepheid sale to Danaher ($4B)
Multiple acquisitions for Cisco Systems, including its acquisition of WebEx Communications ($3.2B)
Data Domain sale to EMC ($2.4B)
Opsware sale to Hewlett-Packard ($1.6B)
ArcSight sale to Hewlett-Packard ($1.5B)
Databricks acquisition of MosaicML ($1.3B)
Dermira sale to Eli Lilly ($1.1B)
OpenDNS sale to Cisco Systems ($635M)
ScoutRFP sale to Workday ($540M)
ThousandEyes sale to Cisco Systems
Doctor On Demand in its merger with Grand Rounds to form Included Health
Kareo in its merger with PatientPop to form Tebra
Vast in its acquisition of Launcher
Voyage Auto sale to Cruise
Elevate Securite sale to Mimecast
Chubbies sale to Solo Brands
Invoca in its acquisition of DialogTech
Wiz in its acquisition of Gem Security
Coinbase acquisitions of Cipher Browser, Keystone Capital, Earn.com, Memo.AI, Paradex and Tagomi
Alteryx acquisitions of ClearStory Data, Lore IO, Semanta, Trifacta and Yhat
Airship acquisitions of Accengage, Apptimize, Gummicube and ReplyBuy
Carta acquisitions of Yearend, Preferred Return, MarketGrid and Kik Interactive

Informatica initial public offering (underwriters’ counsel)
Coinbase direct listing and convertible senior notes offering
Nurix Therapeutics initial public offering and follow-on public offering
Alteryx initial public offering and follow-on public offering
Dermira initial public offering and multiple follow-on public offerings
Marin Software initial public offering and at-the-market offerings
Silver Spring Networks initial public offering
ArcSight initial public offering
Dexcom multiple follow-on public offerings
Glu Mobile follow-on public offering
Alteryx, Cepheid, Coinbase, Dermira and Dexcom convertible debt offerings pursuant to Rule 144A

Informatica initial public offering (underwriters’ counsel)
Coinbase direct listing and convertible senior notes offering
Nurix Therapeutics initial public offering and follow-on public offering
Alteryx initial public offering and follow-on public offering
Dermira initial public offering and multiple follow-on public offerings
Marin Software initial public offering and at-the-market offerings
Silver Spring Networks initial public offering
ArcSight initial public offering
Dexcom multiple follow-on public offerings
Glu Mobile follow-on public offering
Alteryx, Cepheid, Coinbase, Dermira and Dexcom convertible debt offerings pursuant to Rule 144A