Member Profiles

Related Practices  Mergers & Acquisitions International Corporate Transactions General Corporate Transactions Joint Ventures Startups Financing and Secured Lending Investment Funds and Search Funds Securities Laws Compliance Edward Grenville, the managing partner of the firm, is admitted to practice in California and has over 25 years’ experience representing companies in M&A transactions, financing transactions, emerging company transactions, joint ventures, cross-border transactions, and other business transactions.  He also provides day-to-day advice to companies on corporate governance, contracts, partnerships, vendor relationships, technology transactions, employments matters, and intellectual property matters.  Edward is experienced in representing startups in Silicon Valley and the Bay Area, representing these companies from incorporation of the business, through friends and family capital raises, seed rounds, Series A and later rounds, and to eventual exit in an M&A transaction.  Edward’s practice also includes representing lenders and borrowers in a range of secured lending transactions, including revolving and terms loans.  Edward also represents sponsors and investors in hedge fund, private equity fund, and search fund formations, including drafting the principal fund documents, the private placement memorandum, the fund subscription documents, securities laws compliance, and regulatory compliance.  Edward has broad experience in M&A, representing private equity firms and strategic buyers in acquisitions,  sellers, and management teams.  Edward also represents clients in cross-border M&A transactions. Edward combines big law firm experience with the personal approach of a boutique business law firm.  He has been a partner in leading national and international law firms, and was formerly the head of the corporate practice for the West Coast of a global law firm.  He was also previously the General Counsel of a subsidiary of GE Capital, which financed transportation assets, and engaged in global transactions.  He has worked across many industries, including technology, software, fintech, adtech, manufacturing, healthcare, consumer, and transportation sectors. Representative work includes: Represented private equity firm in a series of acquisitions of manufacturing companies Represented manufacturing company in stock sale to private equity firm Represented US private equity firm in acquisition of services company Represented a software technology company (seller) in a stock sale transaction Represented a technology company (acquirer) in an acquisition transaction Represented a public strategic acquirer of a private software technology company Represented a US private company in an asset sale transaction Represented a US services company in a stock acquisition transaction Represented a private equity firm in a sale of a portfolio of loans and equipment leases Represented the management team in a $100 million private equity acquisition transaction Represented a foreign private company in a US stock acquisition transaction Represented numerous Silicon Valley startups in formation, financing, Series A, employment, and intellectual property matters Represented fintech company in restructuring and Series A transaction Represented US and UK company in joint venture for a fintech product Represented sponsors in the formation of a long-short hedge fund Represented sponsors in the formation of real estate private equity funds Represented US bank in numerous revolver and term loan credit transactions Represented UK bank in US asset-based transactions Professional Memberships and Activities State Bar of California – Business Law Section American Bar Association – Business Law Section Director and Chairman of the Board (2021) of the British American Business Council (BABC) – San Francisco Member of the Association for Corporate Growth – San Francisco Director of Tech Bay Area Advocates (TBAA) – San Francisco Bar Admissions California Education B.A., M.A., Modern History, University of Oxford, England JD, University of San Francisco - Law Review - Managing Editor, Maritime Law Journal

Practicing Criminal Defense in state and federal courts in Washington D. C., Maryland and Virginia.

Stephen Vlock is a principal of the firm. He earned his B.A. degree from Columbia University and his J.D. degree from Fordham Law School. Mr. Vlock practices in State and Federal Courts and is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. He also teaches continuing legal education for the New York State Bar Association in the area of Judgment Enforcement and Collection, as well as for Rossdale CLE and Lorman Education Services. Mr. Vlock has been appointed Special Counsel to the Bankruptcy Trustee in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York for Judgment Enforcement and Collection. The Firm Vlock & Associates, P.C. practices in the areas of commercial and business-related litigation, appeals, arbitration, mediation, judgment enforcement and collection, mortgage foreclosures, creditor representation in bankruptcy cases and adversary proceedings, fraudulent conveyance, breach of contract, debtor-creditor issues, property damage, personal injury, insurance defense, estate litigation, and partner and shareholder controversies.

Sherry Young is a founder, shareholder and past President of the law firm of Rath, Young and Pignatelli, P.C. She heads the firm’s Environmental Practice Group, and assists clients on federal and state environmental matters, real estate transactions, and business and finance transactions. Sherry focuses her practice on environmental law and environmental litigation, including environmental compliance, permits and approvals, and real estate transactions involving contaminated properties. She has extensive experience in litigation with state and federal regulators and has achieved numerous successful settlements for industrial, commercial and municipal clients in a variety of cases. Sherry also has considerable experience in general corporate law, public and private financing, and estates and trusts. She is general counsel for a large, non-profit health care foundation, and advises several non-profits. Sherry serves on the Board of Directors of Walden Mutual Bank, the Board of Directors of the University of New Hampshire Foundation, the Dean’s Advisory Board of the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law, and is Chair of the Board of New Hampshire Public Radio. A recipient of a number of legal awards and recognitions, Sherry lives in Concord, New Hampshire with her husband Gary and their two golden doodles. She enjoys hiking, skiing, and spending time with her grandchildren. Education: University of New Hampshire School of Law, J.D., 1982 Cornell University, B.A., 1975 Bar Memberships/Court Admissions: Member, United States District Court, District of New Hampshire Member, United States Tax Court Member, New Hampshire Supreme Court Member, American Bar Association Member, New Hampshire Bar Association