Lawrence B. Low

Larry Low is a founding partner of the San Francisco office of Preston Gates & Ellis LLP. He has extensive experience in corporate finance transactions. He advises venture capital investors and emerging companies in structuring start-up and subsequent round financing, and companies and underwriters in the public offering of debt and equity securities. He also represents buyers and sellers in merger and acquisition transactions.

Larry’s venture capital clients include Rosewood Capital, L.P., Being Investments Corp., Nokia Ventures L.P., Venture Strategy Group and Transpac Capital Pte Ltd. His company clients include Advanced Pressure Technology, Bardeen Sciences, Inc., Xtronx, Inc., EyeFinity.com, Inc., StemCyte, Inc. and Sorrent, Inc.

Larry has served as a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He is a frequent lecturer and has published numerous articles on corporate finance matters. He has made presentations to the Practicing Law Institute, Law Journal Seminars and the California State Bar, and his articles appear in publications of the California Continuing Education of the Bar and the Practicing Law Institute. Larry also has leadership roles in numerous professional and civic organizations, and was appointed by President Clinton in 1995 as one of four U.S. representatives to serve on the panel of arbitrators of the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes. He currently serves as a trustee of The Hamlin School, Bay Area Discovery Museum and University High School.