Patrick A. Pohlen is a partner in Latham & Watkins' Silicon Valley office, where he is the global co-chair of the firm's Emerging Company Practice and a member of the firm's Corporate Department. Mr. Pohlen is one of the nation's leading attorneys in representing technology, clean technology and life science companies and the financial institutions (venture capitalists and investment banks) that finance them. His practice focuses on general corporate counseling, private finance, public offerings, securities and mergers & acquisitions.
Prior to joining Latham & Watkins, Mr. Pohlen ran a high profile technology start-up. This experience makes him especially attuned to the business and legal issues facing emerging growth companies today.
Mr. Pohlen has extensive experience in corporate finance and securities matters. He has represented companies, underwriters and investors in private financings and public offerings. Since 1997, Mr. Pohlen has been ranked nationally in the IPO Journal's listing of the country's top ten IPO lawyers based on the number of initial public offerings completed.
From 1996 to 2000, Mr. Pohlen was a partner at Cooley Godward LLP where he headed the firm's Public Offering Practice Group and the Investment Banking Practice Group. Earlier in his career, Mr. Pohlen practiced at a major law firm in New York.
In addition to serving on the Corporate Laws Committee of the ABA, Mr. Pohlen has been a guest lecturer and publisher of materials for several Practising Law Institute seminars, including Securities Offerings; Securities Laws and Internet; and Venture Capital: Planning an Exit. He has also been an instructor at the University of Iowa College of Business and has been a guest lecturer for the Executive MBA Program at Rockhurst College. Mr. Pohlen is also active in many community activities.
Mr. Pohlen was named one of America's Leading Business Lawyers in Chambers USA in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America.
Mr. Pohlen is a member of the California, Missouri and New York State Bar Associations and admitted to practice in California, Missouri and New York.