Bio

Rezwan Pavri is a corporate and securities partner in the Palo Alto office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he works with private and public technology and life sciences companies through all stages of their growth, as well as with investment banks, venture capital firms, and private equity firms. He currently serves on the firm's board of directors and leads the firm's capital markets practice. Rezwan represents an extensive number of private and start-up companies in matters ranging from incorporation and initial capitalization to venture capital and debt financing and board fiduciary duties. Rezwan also regularly represents public companies in securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, SEC reporting, and corporate governance matters. In addition, he has extensive experience in counseling public companies and their boards of directors on defensive measures, disclosure matters, and other complex securities and corporate law issues. Further, he frequently represents investment banks in their underwriting transactions, and has broad transactional experience representing venture capital firms in connection with their investments. Listed in the 2014-2022 editions of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Rezwan has received substantial market endorsement for his practice. Sources say "he is worth his weight in gold" and describe him as "an outstanding lawyer who gets nothing but A's across the board for his performance." Prior to rejoining Wilson Sonsini in 2017, Rezwan was a partner at Goodwin in Menlo Park. From 2008 to 2014, he was a corporate partner in Wilson Sonsini's Palo Alto office, after joining the firm as an associate in 2004. Earlier in his career, he was an associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York and London.