Larry Sonsini served as Senior Founding Partner & Board Member at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. He served as Founder and Board Member at WS Investments. Sonsini also serves as Chairman at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. He is the Founder and serves as Managing Partner and Chairman at WS Investments. He has gained international recognition for his expertise in the areas of corporate law, corporate governance, securities, and mergers and acquisitions. He has been instrumental in many of the most notable IPOs, mergers, acquisitions, and other key transactions of Silicon Valley and beyond. Larry served as a member of the NYSE's board of directors from 2001 to 2003. He also teaches securities law at Stanford Law School and UC Berkeley School of Law. He serves as an Advisor at Merian Ventures.