Rick Kline, Chair of Latham’s Technology Industry Group and Bay Area Corporate Department, advises leading innovators and financiers on a full spectrum of corporate and securities matters. 

Rick combines his keenly pragmatic approach with a sophisticated understanding of the tech sector, including software, digital health, digital media, and information technology, to guide clients on:

  • Complex equity securities offerings, including IPOs, direct listings, 144A offerings, and follow-on stock offerings
  • Venture financings
  • M&A transactions
  • Corporate governance matters

He forges trusted relationships with CFOs, CEOs, and general counsel to help clients meet the challenges that arise at any stage of a company's growth, particularly as they approach life as a public company. Rick unlocks the resources of the firm's robust global platform to craft practical commercial solutions, including relating to employee benefits and M&A. 

Rick's representative clients include:

Companies

  • Airtable
  • Atlassian
  • DNAnexus
  • Elixir Medical
  • Greenlight
  • Guidewire
  • Health Catalyst
  • Kandji
  • Komodo Health
  • Kong
  • NetSuite*
  • Okta
  • Outreach
  • OwnCompany
  • Reddit
  • Retool
  • Slack
  • The Trade Desk
  • Vercel

Financial Institutions

  • Goldman Sachs
  • J.P. Morgan
  • Morgan Stanley

Rick’s experience includes representing:

Capital Markets

  • Reddit in its US$748 million IPO
  • Imago BioSciences in its US$134 million IPO
  • Slack in its:
    • Direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange*
    • US$862 million 144A offering*
  • Health Catalyst in its:
    • US$225 million secured growth financing
    • US$209 million IPO and US$230 million 144A offering* 
  • Atlassian in its US$462 million IPO and US$1 billion 144A offering*
  • Guidewire in its: 
    • US$115 million IPO
    • US$389 million, US$260 million, and US$200 million follow-on offerings*
    • US$360 million 144A offering*
  • Okta in its: 
    • US$200 million IPO* 
    • US$1.15 billion, US$1 billion, and US$345 million 144A offerings* 
  • Twilio in its US$550 million 144A offering and US$1 billion follow-on offering* 
  • The Trade Desk in its US$225 million follow-on offering* 
  • NetSuite in its: 
    • US$185 million IPO* 
    • US$310 million 144A offering* 
  • Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs in:
    • Snowflake’s US$3.9 billion IPO*
    • Snap’s US$3.4 billion IPO and US$1.3 billion and US$1 billion 144A offerings*
    • New Relic’s US$500 million 144A offering*
    • RingCentral’s US$400 million 144A offering*
  • Morgan Stanley in: 
    • HashiCorp’s US$1.2 billion IPO 
    • UserTesting’s US$140 million IPO 
    • NerdWallet’s US$130 million IPO
    • Allbirds’ US$302 million IPO
    • SentinelOne’s US$1.2 billion IPO 
    • PluralSight’s US$357 million and US$550 million follow-on offerings, and US$633 million 144A offering*
    • Model N’s US$172 million 144A offering*
  • Goldman Sachs in:
    • Rubrik’s upsized US$752 million IPO
    • Snap’s US$1.3 billion convertible senior notes offering
    • Sweetgreen’s US$364 million IPO 
    • Coupang’s US$4.55 billion IPO 
    • Switch’s US$610 million IPO *
    • Mulesoft’s US$221 million IPO*
    • Talend S.A.’s US$94 million IPO and US$93 million follow-on offering*
  • J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs in:
    • Snap’s US$1 billion convertible senior notes offering 
    • Five9’s US$259 million and US$747 million 144A offerings*
  • J.P. Morgan in:
    • LegalZoom’s US$535 million IPO
    • Lyft’s US$2.6 billion IPO and US$747 million 144A offering*
  • J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley in Trivago’s US$287 million IPO*
  • Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, and J.P. Morgan in Box’s US$175 million IPO*

M&A

  • Slack in its US$27.7 billion sale to Salesforce
  • Guidewire in its acquisition of Cyence* 
  • Okta in its US$6.5 billion acquisition of Auth0
  • NetSuite in its US$200 million acquisition of Bronto Software*

Venture Financing

  • Airtable in its US$735 million Series F financing
  • DNAnexus in its US$200 million Series F financing
  • Kandji in its US$75 million Series D financing
  • Point in its US$115 million Series C financing
  • Thumbtack in its US$275 million financing
  • Spot AI in its US$40 million Series I financing
  • Vercel in its US$250 million Series E financing

Corporate Governance

  • The Trade Desk in its amendment to extend its dual-class sunset 

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Bar Qualification

  • California

Education

  • JD, University of Michigan, 1999
  • BA/BS, University of Pennsylvania, 1993
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August 25, 2025 Recognition

Latham Leads H1 2025 Capital Markets League Tables

Firm’s Capital Markets Practice once again earns top legal advisor league table rankings across debt and equity products and industries globally in Bloomberg, Dealogic, Deal Point Data, and LSEG.