The Legal 500 Recognizes Gunderson Dettmer as U.S. 2024 Tier 1 Law Firm

Gunderson Dettmer was ranked Tier 1 by The Legal 500 in U.S. 2024 for the firm’s work with venture capital and emerging companies. The Legal 500 evaluates the strengths of law firms globally based on quality of service, client feedback and market presence.

This year’s recognition also emphasized the commitment and dedication of three (3) of our partners for their standout contributions to their respective practices.

• Ivan Gaviria
• Kenneth McVay
• Marc Dupre

Work Highlights:

1. Represented client Habu, a data clean room software provider, in its acquisition agreement by LiveRamp
2. Represented client Flexport in its acquisition of Deliverr (d/b/a Shopify), a tech-enabled e-commerce fulfillment services intended to facilitate affordable, and hassle-free fulfillment for multi-marketplace sellers
3. Represented clients Andreessen Horowitz and Thrive Capital, as lead investors, and Index Ventures, Greenoaks and Wellington Management, as participants, in the $1 billion Series E financing of Wiz, a global leader in Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP)
4. Represented client Contineum Therapeutics, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, in its initial public offering
5. Represented life sciences client Alamar Biosciences, a company powering precision proteomics to enable the earliest detection of disease, in its $128 million Series C financing led by Sands Capital
6. Represented client Lightmatter, the leader in photonics, in its $155 million Series C-2 financing, which brought the company’s valuation to over $1.2 billion
7. Represented Corelight, a leader in open network detection and response, in its $150 million Series E financing led by Accel
8. Represented client Xaira Therapeutics, an AI biotechnology company, from formation and through $1 billion in committed funding led by ARCH Venture Partners and Foresite Capital