CEO & Managing Partner
Rimon, P.C.
Michael is the CEO and a managing partner of Rimon. He is in charge of strategic partnerships and recruiting for the firm. He was recognized by the American Bar Association Journal as a top innovator and legal rebel in 2012. Michael's practice focuses on technology company representation. He represents both companies and investors in investment rounds and stock sales. He has worked on deals ranging from small angel investments to representing a private equity firm in a $6 billion acquisition. He is also heavily involved in secondary markets of private stock, representing sellers of restricted stock in Facebook, Twitter, Zynga, SolarCity, Dropbox, Bloom Engergy, Gilt Groupe, Etsy and other pre-IPO companies. Internationally, Michael represented Bain Capital and Morgan Stanley in their international investment funds and has worked with foreign counsel in 130 jurisdictions on several international securities deals.
Michael serves as a corporate officer of two non-profit robotics corporations. He sits on the boards of AJC and the Palo Alto Area Bar Association and is on the American Bar Association's Advisory Panel. Prior to Rimon, Michael practiced corporate law at Ropes & Gray, LLP in San Francisco. Michael also worked at the United States Attorney's Office in San Francisco. Before law school Michael worked for several high-tech companies in the Silicon Valley including Napster and Check Point Software, as well as Silicon Valley law firms Capstone Law Group and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Michael also co-founded EZ Web Mall in 1997. Michael lives in Burlingame, California with his wife and two daughters.
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