King & Spalding is a global firm of over 1400 lawyers in 25 offices across the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. The firm handles matters – transactional, regulatory and disputes – in more than 160 countries involving all 7 continents. Laura Bushnell co-chairs the firm’s Emerging Company & Venture Capital practice and is the managing partner of King & Spalding’s Silicon Vally office. She counsels management and boards of directors in the technology and life sciences industries on capital raising matters, strategic investments and transactions, M&A and joint ventures, equity compensation, commercial and development agreements and collaborations, corporate governance and general securities law compliance. She has represented high growth technology companies and investors in numerous venture capital and seed financings, crossover rounds, strategic investments, initial public offerings, follow-on and secondary offerings and recapitalizations. She is ranked a top California lawyer by Chambers USA in Venture Capital and by Legal 500 US for startups and emerging companies. She chairs the Dean’s Advisory Council at the Baskin Engineering School at University of California, Santa Cruz, and serves on the Board of Trustees of the UCSC Foundation.