
Jeffrey C. Thacker
Jeff is a partner in our San Diego office.
Jeff practices corporate and securities law, representing both public and private venture-backed companies. He has deep experience advising life science and technology companies in a variety of transactions, including IPOs and other public offerings, venture financings, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic collaboration and licensing transactions. He also has expertise in SEC reporting and corporate governance matters.
Jeff’s representation of public companies includes Anterix, Natera, Tricida, MediciNova, Boingo Wireless, Organovo and Pure Biosciences. He also represented CareFusion until its sale to BD for $12.2 billion, Life Technologies until its sale to Thermo Fisher for $13.6 billion, P.F. Chang’s until its sale for $1.1 billion, and The Active Networks until its sale for $1.0 billion.
Webinar
What to Know About Crossover Rounds as a Late-Stage Private Company
Gunderson Dettmer partners Ryan Gunderson and Jeff Thacker hosted a discussion on the benefits and considerations of raising capital from crossover funds as part of an IPO Summit series of workshops. The panel provided an overview of the benefits of raising capital from crossover funds from both the company and the investor perspective, as well as discussed practical considerations when choosing investors for any crossover.