Alidad Vakili

Any result the lawyer or law firm may have achieved on behalf of clients in other matters does not necessarily indicate similar results can be obtained for other clients.

• Advised a purchaser in a $1.5 million Series Seed financing for a renewable energy startup.

• Served as temporary in-house counsel for a SaaS-based mobile analytics company, handling commercial contracts and related matters.

• Represented an aerospace company in a $13.5 million Series A financing.

• Advised a company on a $20 million secured bridge financing.

• Represented a company in a $25 million subordinated secured convertible note offering.

• Counseled a purchaser in a $2 million acquisition of a manufacturing company.

• Represented an aerospace company in a $2.3 million Series Seed financing.

• Assisted a technology company with a $1.2 million Series A-3 financing.

• Provided GDPR gap assessment and compliance guidance to a publishing company.

• Advised a technology and payment processing company on GDPR compliance.

•  Represented a technology company in a $2.2 million Series Seed-3 financing.

• Assisted a technology start-up with a corporate flip and $300,000 Series Seed financing.

• Represented an aerospace company in a $100 million Series B financing.

• Advised an aerospace company on a $250 million Series C financing.

• Represented an investor in a $37 million Series B financing.

• Assisted a chip manufacturing company with a $1.3 million Series Seed financing.

• Represented an autonomous vehicle technology company in a $100 million Series C financing.

• Advised a purchaser in a $20 million acquisition of a pharmaceutical drug manufacturing company.
  

• Round Hill Property Owners Association, Board Member, May 2022-Present 
• San Diego County Bar Association, Member, 1996-2015
  • Lawyer Referral and Information Services Committee, Board Member, 2008-2010
  • Business and Corporate Law Section, Co-Chair, 1998-2004
  • Website Committee, Member, 2002-2003
  • Committee on Civility, Integrity and Professionalism
• San Diego Lawyer Magazine, Associate Editor, 2000-2014
• California Western School of Law Alumni Association, Director, 1999-2001
• Doctors Offering Charitable Services, Former General Corporate Counsel
  

• Speaker, “How to Position Your Startup for Venture Capital Funding,” Idea to IPO, Webinar, July 28, 2022
• Speaker, “How to Avoid Big Startup Mistakes,” Idea to IPO, Webinar, June 23, 2022
• Speaker, “How to Navigate a Venture Capital Financing,” Idea to IPO, Webinar, April 28, 2022
• Speaker, “How to Avoid Big Startup Mistakes,” Idea to IPO, Webinar, March 31, 2022
• Speaker, “How to Position Your Startup for Venture Capital Funding,” Idea to IPO, Webinar, March 24, 2022
• Presenter, “Startup Corporate Issues for U.S. Companies: Critical Keys to Success,” SkyDeck Workshop, May 19, 2021
• Presenter, “Understanding Venture Capital Financings,” Direct Energy, May 21, 2019
• Speaker, “Legal Strategies for Cross-Border Start-Ups,” K&L Gates Panel Presentation for Muru-D, San Francisco, CA, February 19, 2019
• Moderator, “Nordic and Baltic Gaming Meets Silicon Valley Venture Capital,” Silicon Valley Vikings, San Francisco, CA, April 4, 2019
• Speaker, “Cybersecurity and Privacy in 2018 in Review,” K&L Gates Panel Presentation, Webinar, February 19, 2019
• Moderator, “Learning From Leaders Series,” K&L Gates and Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce Presentation by Former United States Ambassador to Sweden, Azita Raji, San Francisco, CA October 18, 2018
• Moderator, “Japanese Pitch Night: Summer 2018,” Silicon Valley Forum, San Francisco, CA, July 26, 2018
• Speaker, “Doing Business in the United States,” BelCham: Summer Catalyst 2018, San Francisco, CA 2018
• Speaker, “Workshop on GDPR Compliance”, Workshop with Julia Jacobson for Berkeley SkyDeck, Berkeley, CA April 17, 2018
• Speaker, “Venture Financing”, Hult International Business School, San Francisco, CA April 17, 2018
• Speaker, “EU’s General Data Protection Regulation Goes Into Effect May 2018: Are you Prepared?” Panel Presentation, San Francisco, CA, March 20, 2018
• Moderator, “Managing Board Expectations,” K&L Gates and Triad Group Panel Presentation, San Francisco, CA November 9, 2017
• Speaker, “War Stories: Tales from the Trenches,” SF Startup: Idea to IPO, San Francisco, CA, September 7, 2017
• Judge, Silicon Valley Forum’s Startup Pitch Night: Focus on HealthTech 2017, San Francisco, July 19, 2017
• Speaker, “Le Marriage: Eight Issues When Aligning Corporates and Startups (with an International Twist),” Mind the Bridge – Insurtech / Automotive Global Matching: Pitch DemoDay, San Francisco, CA July 6, 2017
• Speaker, “Privacy and Data Protection,” EIT Digital Event – Europe’s Vision on Digital Transformation, San Francisco, CA, January 10, 2017
• Speaker, “Annual Securities Law Update – 1 Year After the Dodd-Frank Act: Where We’ve Gone and What’s in Store for the Future,” San Diego County Bar Association, San Diego, CA, September 27, 2011
• Author, The Four Rules of Pre-Transactional Planning for a Successful Sale, PitchBook Newsletter, April 5, 2013
• Author, Taking “STEPPS” Towards Lawyering, San Diego Lawyer Magazine, September 2012
• Author, Winds of Change, Climate Change Report, K&L Gates LLP, February 9, 2011
• Author, Doing Business in the Middle East: A Guide for U.S. Companies, California Western International Law Journal, 2004

• Farsi (Persian)
• French