Partner at Virtual Law Partners; Outsourced General Counsel; Corporate/Securities/Licensing Attorney
San Francisco Bay Area
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- Partner at Virtual Law Partners, LLP
- Past
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- Principal at Parkhill Venture Counsel
- Attorney at Montgomery Law Group, LLP
- Attorney at Niesar & Diamond LLP
- Various at MCI
- Education
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- University of California, Hastings College of the Law
- Bates College
- Kansai Gaidai University
- Belmont Hill School
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Jay Parkhill’s Summary
I am a lawyer and work principally with two types of companies:
Early stage startups, where I help the founders to create new businesses, allocate equity among founders and document fundraising transactions from the angel and VC communities; and
Growth-stage and mature companies, where I work with busy legal departments on licensing, sales, development, marketing and other revenue-driving transactions.
My clients run the gamut from IT and web fields to restaurants, consumer products, service industries and many other types of companies. I love the consumer web, sustainability and the outdoor industries, but invariably it is the people who make my job interesting more than the industries.
In addition to my legal work I am a long-standing volunteer at the Cleantech Open business plan competition, I wrote numerous profiles of successful consumer internet companies at www.startupreview.com and I race bicycles on www.TeamRoaringMouse.com.
My online life:
I blog at http://blog.jparkhill.com
I twitter @park3
And I collect snippets from around the web relating to entrepreneurship, the legal industry, bicycles and other notable events at http://park3.posterous.com
Jay Parkhill’s Specialties:
My areas of speciality include licensing, development, sales and other commercial transactions; corporate governance; employment counseling; executive employment, M&A and general business counseling
Jay Parkhill’s Experience
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Partner
Virtual Law Partners, LLP
(Law Practice industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
I provide hands-on, practical advice and counseling to growth-oriented companies.
Depending on my clients' needs, I am able to work on-site or remotely and use company email and phone contact information to facilitate communication with my clients' partners.
I have experience counseling clients on entity formation and founder equity issues, venture capital financings, licensing, development and other technology transactions, employment counseling, M&A and corporate governance matters. -
Principal
Parkhill Venture Counsel
(Law Practice industry)
June 2006 — July 2008 (2 years 2 months)
Outsourced general counsel.
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Attorney
Montgomery Law Group, LLP
(Law Practice industry)
2005 — March 2006 (1 year )
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Attorney
Niesar & Diamond LLP
(Law Practice industry)
1999 — 2005 (6 years )
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Various
MCI
(Public Company; Telecommunications industry)
1993 — 1995 (2 years )
Jay Parkhill’s Education
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University of California, Hastings College of the Law
JD , Law , 1995 — 1998
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Bates College
Rhetoric , Japanese, Rhetoric , 1987 — 1991
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Kansai Gaidai University
Japanese 1989 — 1990
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Belmont Hill School
1981 — 1987
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Jay Parkhill’s Interests:
technology, alternative energy, outdoor industry, cycling industry, cycling, skiing, yoga,
Jay Parkhill’s Groups:
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Hub Bay Area
Jay Parkhill’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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