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Craig E. Dauchy is a partner in Cooley Godward Kronish's Business department and head of the Venture Capital practice group. Associated with the Firm since 1975, Mr. Dauchy became a partner in January 1981 and is resident in the Palo Alto office. He is a member of the firm's Executive Committee.
Mr. Dauchy specializes in representing venture capital partnerships and emerging companies. He has participated in the formation of more than 175 venture capital and private equity funds and in hundreds of venture capital financings. In addition to his extensive experience with all aspects of venture capital, Mr. Dauchy has handled a variety of general corporate and securities transactions, including private placements and public offerings, mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures. He is counsel to companies in diverse industries, including enterprise software, semiconductor, web services, medical devices and computer hardware products.
Mr. Dauchy was named the 2010 Corporate Lawyer of the Year in the San Francisco Bay Area by The Best Lawyers of America and has been listed in the publication for a member of years. In addition, Mr. Dauchy has been named as one of Northern California's "Super Lawyers" by San Francisco Magazine for the past several years.
Mr. Dauchy is co-author of the book "The Entrepreneur's Guide to Business Law" (Thomson, 3rd ed., 2007). He is also co-author of "Structuring Venture Capital Limited Partnerships" (The Computer Lawyer). He has been a panelist on several occasions for the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), the Practising Law Institute (PLI), the California Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB), the American Bar Association and the National Association of Small Business Investment Companies, and was featured in the Venture article, "Don't Call Just Any Lawyer." He has written for the Venture Capital Journal. He also has lectured at the Stanford Law School, the Stanford Graduate Business School, the Stanford Graduate Engineering School, and the Owen Graduate Business School (Vanderbilt).
Mr. Dauchy received a joint J.D./M.B.A. degree in 1975 from Stanford University. He was elected to the Order of the Coif at the Stanford Law School. In 1971, he received a B.A., magna cum laude, in History from Yale University. He is a past member of the Board of Visitors at Stanford Law School.
Mr. Dauchy is a member of the American Bar Association and the State Bar of California. He is also a member of the Partnership Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California and the Venture Capital Committee of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association.
Education- Stanford Law School
JD, 1975, Order of the Coif - Stanford University
MBA, 1975 - Yale University
BA History, 1971, Magna cum laude
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