| Biography:
Trevor J. Chaplick is a partner in the Corporate Department and co-managing partner of Proskauer Rose LLP’s Washington, D.C. office. He represents technology and growth companies, underwriters, private equity firms, and venture capital funds in a broad range of corporate and transactional matters, including public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, financings, as well as general corporate and securities law matters.
Trevor has significant international experience, having structured public and private acquisitions and investments in many countries, including the U.K., China, Germany, France, Switzerland, Belgium, and Canada. He has represented numerous companies in raising venture capital and other private financing from institutional investors across many industries, including software, e-commerce, communications, the Internet, entertainment and media, semiconductors, and biotechnology.
Represented issuers or underwriters in numerous public offerings, including:
- @Home
- Access Health
- Anergen
- Cell Genesys
- CellNet Data Systems
- Clarify
- Coinstar
- Eagle Test Systems
- GlobeSpan
- Intellon Corporation
- Luna Innovations
- Maxygen
- Rudolph Technologies
- SmartDisk
- Ventana Medical Systems
Represented the following underwriters in securities offerings:
- Banc of America
- Deutsche Banc Securities
- Friedman Billings Ramsey
- Goldman Sachs
- Lehman Brothers
- Merrill Lynch
- Morgan Stanley
- Robertson Stephens
Represented numerous public companies in acquisitions, including:
- Access Health
- Actel Corporation
- Cypress Semiconductor
- InfoSpace
- Luna Innovations
- Microchip Technology
- U.S. Web
Represented investors in structuring private equity and venture capital financings, including:
- Accuitive Medical Ventures
- Cargill Ventures
- Carlyle Ventures
- Core Capital
- Draper Atlantic
- Inflection Point Venture Partners
- International Finance Corporation
- Institutional Venture Partners
- New Enterprise Associates
- Novak Biddle Venture Partners
- Paladin Capital Group
- Storm Ventures
- Valhalla Partners
- Warburg Pincus
- WWC Capital
Recognized by Chambers USA in 2007 as one of America’s Leading Business Lawyers, Trevor was also selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America and named one of the “D.C. Area’s Top Deal-Making Attorneys” by the Legal Times
in 2006.
Trevor is currently a board member of the following organizations:
- Chairman of the Board of Directors, Venture Capital Fund of the State of Maryland
- Member of the Board of Directors of Bridgeborn, Inc.
Trevor is also a member of the Steering Committee for the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association, and was formerly a member of the Board of Trustees of the Fairfax County Public Schools Education Foundation.
Trevor’s recent published articles include:
- Co-author, "Directors' Responsibility for Intellectual Property in U.S. Corporations," IP Value 2006, June 2006
- Co-author, "Why Directors Must Take Responsibility for Intellectual Property," Intellectual Asset Management Magazine, Issue 10, February/March 2005 (cover article)
Trevor’s recent public speaking engagements include:
- "Essential Information for Completing a Successful IPO", RR Donnelley Capital Markets Series, October 25, 2007
- "IPO Checklist — Regulatory Perspectives," NASDAQ IPO Boot Camp 2007 Conference, April 11, 2007
- "Alternative Exit Strategies," Mid-Atlantic Venture Association Vanguard Forum, February 27, 2007
Prior to joining the Firm, Trevor was a partner with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he founded and was managing partner of the Firm’s first East Coast offices in Washington, D.C. and Virginia. Prior to founding such offices, he spent many years practicing law in Silicon Valley with WSGR. He also served on the Operations and Strategy Committees of WSGR. Trevor began his legal career at Latham & Watkins LLP in San Francisco. From 1985 to 1987, Trevor worked in the financial services group of Arthur Andersen LLP in Washington, D.C. Trevor is a CPA in the state of Virginia.
Trevor is a 1990 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was Editor-in-Chief, Virginia Tax Review, and is a 1985 graduate of the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia, where he graduated With Distinction. His academic and other honors at the University of Virginia included Beta Gamma Sigma, the Raven Society, Omicron Delta Kappa, member of the Jefferson Society and being selected to become a resident of the Lawn.
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