Bio

Throughout his career, Michael Brown has advised emerging and established companies on some of the most high-profile transactions in the technology sector. He provides strategic counseling in a wide variety of corporate transactions, including venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, initial and follow-on public offerings, direct listings, 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 Law360, Legal 500, Super Lawyers, and LMG Life Sciences.