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VLP Law Group LLP Continues Growth with Addition of Corporate Partner Geoffrey Perusse

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- VLP Law Group LLP is pleased to announce that Geoffrey Perusse has joined the firm's Corporate Practice Group as a partner based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Mr. Perusse will chair the firm's Private Funds and Investment Management Group.

Mr. Perusse brings extensive experience in representing sponsors and managers of private investment funds in a variety of asset classes, including real estate, private equity entertainment, venture capital and hedge funds. He also provides transactional and counseling work for these funds. Geoff also advises registered investment advisers on compliance and regulatory matters.

Additionally, Mr. Perusse works with entrepreneurs, banks, and technology companies based in San Francisco and Silicon Valley on financings, mergers and acquisitions, securities law issues, licensing, and other general corporate matters.

Prior to joining VLP, Mr. Perusse was Senior Counsel at Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP. He has been a guest lecturer at the Presidio Graduate School in San Francisco, CA, and presents on securities law matters and legal issues affecting private fund managers.

"Geoff is a tremendously talented corporate and securities attorney. In addition to his deep experience representing emerging growth companies and the investors that finance and support them, Geoff has also developed a thriving fund formation and investment management practice that will significantly and immediately expand VLP's service capabilities in that critical practice area," said Christopher La Chance, Chair of the firm's Corporate, Emerging Growth Companies & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions and Securities & Capital Raising Practice Groups. "Geoff's expertise is a key strategic fit within VLP's corporate group and will help drive continued growth and enhance our already stellar reputation within the business and legal community. We are delighted to have Geoff join the firm."

About VLP:

Founded in 2008, VLP is a business and transactional law firm that delivers top quality legal services from experienced attorneys through an efficient platform. The firm has a broad practice, reaching across many industry sectors, including high tech, life sciences, clean tech, retail, consumer products, edtech, and real estate. VLP has continued its strong growth, and is made up of noted attorneys with significant experience who believe VLP's unique, client-oriented model is the best platform for their practice.

Our partners are regularly recognized by their peers as outstanding attorneys, and the firm has been recognized as a top company for its promotion of quality of life in the workplace. VLP partners represent clients that vary in size from individual executives and early-stage startups to Fortune 500 companies. Our clients include public and private corporations, venture capital investors, private equity funds, educational institutions and companies, nonprofits and individuals.

We provide general corporate, licensing, contract, intellectual property protection and counseling, securities regulation, financing, merger and acquisition, real estate, commercial lending, tax, employment and other legal services.

More information: http://www.vlplawgroup.com/.

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VLP Law Group LLP Continues Growth with Addition of Melissa Krasnow as a Partner in the Firm’s Privacy and Technology Transactions Practice Groups

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- VLP Law Group LLP is pleased to announce that Melissa Krasnow has joined the firm as a Partner in the Privacy & Data Security, Technology Transactions and Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Groups. As the first Minnesota attorney to join VLP, she will be based in Minneapolis and will continue her practice in these areas.

"Melissa's nationally-recognized expertise in domestic and cross-border privacy and data security matters and issues is a tremendous addition to our Privacy & Data Security and Technology Transactions Practice Groups and to VLP as a whole," said Brian Swanson, Chair of VLP's Technology Transactions Practice Group. "We are thrilled to welcome Melissa to the VLP team."

According to Krasnow, "In light of the importance of technology to companies, I am excited to join VLP Law Group, where technology is a strength, as Silicon Valley is in its DNA. VLP also offers flexibility and value in delivering top quality legal services."

Krasnow previously was a partner for almost a decade each with an Am Law 100 law firm in Minneapolis and an Am Law 200 law firm in Chicago, Illinois.

About VLP:
Founded in 2008, VLP is a business and transactional law firm that delivers top quality legal services from experienced attorneys through an efficient platform. The firm has a broad practice, reaching across many industry sectors, including high tech, life sciences, clean tech, retail, consumer products, edtech, and real estate. VLP has continued its strong growth, and is made up of noted attorneys with significant experience who believe VLP's unique, client-oriented model is the best platform for their practice.

Our partners are regularly recognized by their peers as outstanding attorneys, and the firm has been recognized as a top company for its promotion of quality of life in the workplace. Our unique model means that we can provide sophisticated, focused services to our clients, and we can do it at competitive rates. VLP partners represent clients that vary in size from individual executives and early-stage startups to Fortune 500 companies.

Our clients include public and private corporations, venture capital investors, private equity funds, educational institutions and companies, nonprofits and individuals. We provide general corporate, licensing, contract, intellectual property protection and counseling, securities regulation, financing, merger and acquisition, real estate, commercial lending, tax, employment and other legal services.

More information: http://www.vlplawgroup.com/.

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