Margaret H. Kavalaris
Partner
Maggie Kavalaris heads SNR Denton’s Corporate practice and
is a member of the Venture Technology practice.
Her practice focuses on corporate finance, securities and
intellectual property licensing, with an emphasis on the
representation of venture-backed, emerging growth companies, in
particular, technology companies.
Her transactional experience includes venture financings,
mergers and acquisitions, and public offerings, including
underwriter side representation of investment banks in technology
company equity offerings.
She also advises companies in all stages of development with
respect to corporate governance and operations, technology
development, transfer, licensing and distribution.
Maggie is a frequent speaker on technology, corporate finance,
intellectual property, law firm management and women in leadership
and law firms.
Prior to joining SNR Denton, Maggie was a partner in the Venture
Capital, Emerging Companies, Public Offerings, Mergers and
Acquisitions, and Technology Transactions practice groups in the
Washington, DC office of Cooley Godward Kronish LLP.
Before that, she served three terms as a member of the Executive
Board of Gray Cary from 1996-2005, its national Marketing Partner
from 1995-2004 and chair of the Corporate and Securities Group from
1999 to 2002.
She also served as managing partner of Gray Cary’s Washington,
DC office from 2003-2005.
Maggie received her J.D. from the University of San Francisco in
1981.
She earned her B.A. from the University of California Berkeley
in 1977, where she was elected to membership in the Pyrtanean Honor
Society and the Order of the Golden Bear.
Awards
- Elected to Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of
Government's Leadership Board
- 2005 Elected Chair of Washington, DC based WCF (formerly
Women's Campaign Fund)
- 2005 Elected to the Board of Directors, San Francisco
Zoological Society
- 2001 Named to Los Angeles Daily Journal, Top 100 Lawyers in
California List
- 2000 LMA San Francisco Law Firm Marketing Partner of the Year,
1999
Organizations
- Board of Directors, San Francisco Zoological Society
- Board of Directors, Board of Washington, DC- based Women's
Campaign Fund
- Member, Harvard Kennedy School of Government Women's Leadership
Board.
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