Bio

Rose Sorensen is a partner in the firm's Corporate and Securities group, whose practice includes mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, reorganizations, commercial finance, private placements, venture capital, corporate governance, telecommunications services, joint ventures, licensing and entity structure and formation. Rose has experience handling a range of large-scale mergers and acquisitions, project and corporate financings and restructurings in a variety of industries including the technology, healthcare, food and beverage, manufacturing, retail consumer brand, business services, construction and building materials and aerospace and defense industries. She has represented a variety of domestic and international clients including private developers and equity investors, borrowers, construction contractors, equipment suppliers and a variety of other for-profit and non-profit entities. She has extensive experience counseling foreign-based businesses on the legal issues involved with entering the United States and cultural familiarity to facilitate cross-border interactions. Rose’s background includes serving as General Counsel of a private cable operator and internet service provider with operations throughout California, Arizona, and Texas. As General Counsel she handled a variety of telecommunications transactions, including video, Internet, telephone, rooftop antenna, and wireless services transactions (including right of entry agreements) for multifamily projects, mixed-use and master planned communities, and commercial properties. Rose has in-depth knowledge of the inner workings of this industry and a familiarity with market offerings both from the developer/property owner and cable operator perspective. Rose's background as a general counsel gives her a unique and balanced pragmatic approach in advising businesses on the complexities and functional considerations of their operations.