John Brust is a partner in the Seattle office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. John’s practice focuses on advising technology, life sciences, and emerging growth companies in corporate and securities law matters through all stages of growth.
John has considerable experience advising entrepreneurs and growth companies in such matters as company formation, founder and employee equity issuances, corporate governance, private financing transactions (including seed capital, venture capital, growth capital, and strategic investments), secondary sale transactions, initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and other strategic transactions (including joint ventures, strategic partnerships, spin-outs, recapitalizations, and corporate reorganizations). John also frequently represents financial and strategic investors in minority and majority equity investments in domestic and international high-growth companies.