Arthur F. Schneiderman

Arthur F. Schneiderman "has participated in representing and financing start-up companies in Silicon Valley since 1969 and has been with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati as a partner since 1979. He specializes in corporate and securities law, with a broad range of experience in representing the entire spectrum of emerging growth companies, from start-ups through large, growing public companies.

"He has extensive experience in venture capital financing, mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, strategic partner relationships, tender offers, public company SEC reporting, contracts and licensing, executive compensation and similar matters. Companies that Art has been involved with from their earliest stages include Cirrus Logic, Inc., Centillium Communications, Quantum Corporation, Linear Technology Corporation, Silicon Graphics, Inc., Geoworks, CyberMedia, Inc, Wink Communications, and Sagent Technology, Inc.

"He also serves as a board member of Schools Online and a director of the Global Catalyst Foundation. Art received his undergraduate degree from Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, and his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1967." [1]

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