Bio

Cheston Larson is the Managing Partner of the San Diego office and leads its Emerging Companies Practice. Mr. Larson’s practice covers a broad range of general corporate matters, including counseling public and privately-held companies, as well as representing venture capital and investment banking firms, in private and public financing transactions. Mr. Larson advises clients on the formation of new businesses and their capital raising transactions, spanning the spectrum from angel and venture financings to IPOs, follow-on offerings, PIPEs, and debt financings. He also represents clients in mergers and acquisitions and other strategic transactions, as well as SEC disclosure and reporting requirements, Nasdaq and NYSE compliance, and corporate governance matters. Mr. Larson routinely counsels clients in the life sciences, software, telecommunications, cleantech, and other technology industries. In law school, Mr. Larson was an editor of the Harvard Law Review and worked for the SEC’s Enforcement Division as part of Harvard’s Clinical Practice Program.