Robert Dang

Current

Advisor/Legal counsel at Curriki
Partner at Fortis General Counsel, LLP

Past

Executive Committee Member, Advisors Chair at MIT/Stanford Venture Lab (VLAB)
Senior Associate at White & Lee LLP
Associate at Law Offices of Stanley J. Bell

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Education

Santa Clara University School of Law
Oxford University, Magdalen College
University of California, Berkeley

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Industry

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Robert Dang’s Summary

I'm interested in helping young technology startups grow and prosper. I act as the outsourced General Counsel for young tech companies who currently don't have the need for a full-time employee, but who still need responsive, efficient and practical legal advice.

Robert Dang’s Specialties:

Venture capital financings, M&A, technology licensing, commercial transactions, corporate transactions, corporate governance.

Robert Dang’s Experience

Advisor/Legal counsel

Curriki

(Non-Profit; E-Learning industry)

November 2006 — Present (2 years 9 months)

I am an advisor and legal counsel to Curriki, which is a nonprofit organization that is building the first and only Internet site for Open Source Curriculum (OSC), which will provide universal access to free curricula and instructional materials for grades K-12. Curriki is focusing initially on developing an online repository for K-12 curricula in the areas of mathematics, science, technology, reading and language arts, and languages. Curriki was founded by Scott McNealy, Chairman of Sun Microsystems.
Partner

Fortis General Counsel, LLP

(Partnership; Law Practice industry)

November 2005 — Present (3 years 9 months)

Fortis General Counsel, LLP (FGC) is a boutique law firm that provides general counsel services, as well as traditional corporate and technology licensing legal services, to emerging growth companies primarily in the technology sector. We advise a broad range of clients from mature public companies to early stage startup companies. Our objective is to provide companies with services typically provided by a general counsel in a cost-effective and responsive manner.

Our general counsel services concentrate on general corporate counseling, technology licensing transactions, venture financings, mergers & acquisitions, employment counseling, intellectual property protection, business formation and management of other outside counsel.

Our partners have previously served as general counsel, or provided general counsel services, to a wide variety of emerging growth companies.
Executive Committee Member, Advisors Chair

MIT/Stanford Venture Lab (VLAB)

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

August 2006 — July 2009 (3 years)

The MIT/Stanford Venture Laboratory (VLAB) is the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the MIT Enterprise Forum, a 100% volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the growth and success of high-tech entrepreneurial ventures by connecting ideas, technology and people. My position as Advisors Chair is to maintain a strong Board of Advisors. The VLAB Board of Advisors are recognized leaders, known for their business success and their ability to strategically analyze the issues facing emerging ventures. VLAB advisors help to identify emerging business and technology trends, which form the basis of VLAB programming. Our advisors also assist in identifying and securing panelists, moderators, sponsors and presenting companies for our ongoing forums.
Senior Associate

White & Lee LLP

(Law Practice industry)

April 2000 — November 2005 (5 years 8 months)

Act as primary corporate counsel to over 130 emerging growth technology companies in various stages of maturity. Counsel, structure, negotiate, supervise and document venture capital equity financings, convertible debt financings and mergers and acqusitions transactions with an aggregate value of over $300,000,000. Counsel, negotiate and document various technology license agreements, including software and hardware licensing, product development, joint development, technology transfer, distribution, beta test, source code escrow and trademark licensing. Majority of transactions involve technology companies and include various licensing transactions with Fortune 500 companies.
Associate

Law Offices of Stanley J. Bell

(Law Practice industry)

August 1996 — April 2000 (3 years 9 months)

Litigation associate for an AV-rated civil litigation firm. Primary duties included: legal research and writing, briefing and oral argument of discovery motions and law and motion matters, the prosecution and defense of lay and expert depositions, briefing and oral argument of pre-trial and post-trial motions; trial strategy and trial support, client counseling, arbitration, mediation and settlement negotiations, and the briefing of appeals.

Robert Dang’s Education

Santa Clara University School of Law

JD , Law , 1993 — 1996
Oxford University, Magdalen College

Certificate , International Human Rights , 1994
University of California, Berkeley

BA , Rhetoric , 1992

Activities and Societies:

Dean's Honor List, Association of Rhetoric Majors, The Heuristic Squelch

Additional Information

Robert Dang’s Websites:

My Company

Robert Dang’s Interests:

Entrepreneurism, technology, golf, poker, videogames, guitar, drums, game theory, science.

Robert Dang’s Groups:

MIT/Stanford Venture Lab (VLAB), Curriki, Chinese Software Professionals Association, State Bar of California, Bar of the United States District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of California.