MoForever Alumni News - Summer 2020

11 | MoForever Summer 2020 UNITED STATES San Francisco Office Alexa Belonick , a member of the Corporate Department and of the Corporate Finance | Capital Markets Group , advises public and private companies on a range of corporate and securities transactional matters, including financings and mergers and acquisitions, as well as on public reporting, compliance, and corporate governance spanning the technology, software and the internet, consumer and retail, energy, and life sciences industries. Ms. Belonick represents clients preparing to go public and in the full scope of post-IPO matters. She assists clients with a broad range of securities law structures for mergers and acquisitions and other strategic transactions and has directed registered offerings on Form S-4, tender offers, issuer share repurchases, and reorganizations. (J.D., 2011, University of Virginia School of Law) Anita Choi , a member of the Corporate Department and part of the firm’s Patent Counseling + Prosecution Group , focuses on patent prosecution, patent diligence, and patent litigation support across a wide array of technologies. Ms. Choi counsels clients in the fields of biochemical and renewable materials, clean technology, agriculture, food products, materials science, molecular diagnostics, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals. She has extensive experience in the preparation and prosecution of U.S. and foreign patent applications, patent portfolio analyses and management, patent due diligence, and freedom-to-operate analyses. She also has experience in developing, strengthening, and managing clients’ patent portfolios to maximize their commercial value. (J.D., 2010, University of Pennsylvania Law School) Amanda Hines Gold , a member of the Tax Department and part of the firm’s Executive Compensation Group , focuses on executive compensation matters, including designing, drafting, and negotiating equity-based compensation arrangements, severance, change in control and executive employment agreements, preparing related disclosures for securities filings, and managing all executive compensation and employee benefits aspects of public and private mergers and acquisitions. (J.D., 2007, Arizona State University College of Law)