J. BERG
Attorney at Law
Jesse is a corporate and securities and attorney with almost 25 years of legal experience. His clients include both large and small law firms. He is general counsel of a publicly traded software company and as the co-founder of many others. He began his career as an associate at Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro (now Pillsbury Winthrop), a large international law firm based in San Francisco where he represented financial institutions, telecommunications and energy companies.
He practiced at MBV Law representing start-up companies. He served as General Counsel to OpenTV Corp, a publicly traded interactive television software company. Prior to the formation of his own firm, he was a founder of a boutique equity advisory company providing outsourced strategic and business development advice to small technology companies as well as a founder of a business brokerage firm.
Jesse represents privately held companies. His corporate expertise includes entity formation, equity compensation, debt and equity financing, and mergers and acquisitions. He often acts as outside general counsel for private companies. In this capacity, he will frequently handle all commercial transactions, including software license agreements, consulting agreements, software-as-service agreements, purchase and sale agreements and website terms of use.
Education
• Juris Doctorate: University of California at Berkley (law review)
• Bachelor of Arts: University of California at Berkley (magna cum laude)
• California Bar Association
Industries
Jesse has experience representing clients in following sectors:
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Media.
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Emerging technology and SAAS.
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Digital publishing ventures.
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Private equity and venture capital investments.
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Education.
- Gaming.
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eCommerce.
Representative Matters
Private Offerings
- Represented leading publishing provider in the raising of over $5 million of convertible notes and equity.
- Represented catalog aggregator in raising over $5 million in multiple rounds of equity offerings.
- Represented brewery in the raising of equity capital.
- Represented cold pressed juice company with the sale of convertible notes.
- Represented truck company in the sale of convertible notes.
- Represented data storage company in the offering of $5 million in convertible notes.
- Represented private equity groups and with investments in technology companies.
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Represented an online video subscription service for crafters in the sale of its assets to Demand Media.
- Represented a casual gaming company in its sale to News Corp.
- Represented a virtual currency company in its sale to Live Gamer.
- Represented an online catalog aggregator in its sale to Coupons.com.
- Represented an organic fruit company in its sale to Albert’s Organics.
- Represented an online ticketing company in numerous acquisitions.
- Represented a provider of online local deals to EYC, Ltd.
- Represented a public relations firm in its sale to Daniel J. Edelman, Inc.Technology
- Represented an online ticketing company in all of its commercial transactions with customers and venues.
- Represented a publicly traded hard drive manufacturer in the development of its template agreements.
- Represented a genetics counseling service in its clinical development agreements.
- Represented a software company in the construction industry with all of their online agreements.
- Represented an education technology company in its software-as-service agreements.
- Represented a digital publishing company in all of its agreements with authors and print publishers.
- Represented an online advertising agency in its agreements with customers.
- Represented an online clothing company with its supplier and distributions agreements.
(888) 941-9933
jberg@vestedlaw.com