BENNETT is a Partner and founding attorney of Gunderson Dettmer. Bennett’s practice focuses primarily on the representation of start-up, emerging growth and public companies, venture capital investors, with specialization in corporate and securities law, private and public financings, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate partnering transactions. Bennett has been consistently named as one of the leading corporate attorneys by Chambers USA. He received his J.D. from the UCLA School of Law and also a B.A. in Political Science and History, magna cum laude, from UCLA where he was elected Phi Beta Kappa.

Bennett has been involved in hundreds of venture financings. Bennett’s clients include leading venture capital funds such as Bessemer Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Sofinnova Ventures and Tenaya Capital. Bennett’s M&A experience is extensive with transactions having an aggregate value in the billions of dollars. Bennett’s clients have been sold to leading IT enterprises such as Google, McAfee, IBM, Sandisk, and Symantec and healthcare enterprises such as Johnson & Johnson, Guidant and Wright Medical. Recent transactions in 2011 include the sale of Pliant Technologies to Sandisk for over $300 million and the sale of a controlling interest of Qunar, a China-based travel media company, to Baidu for over $300 million. Bennett has been involved in several dozens of public offerings raising over a billion dollars in proceeds, including the 2011 IPO and secondary offering for RPX.

Bennett also helps lead the firm’s China practice and serves as counsel to leading venture capital firms investing in China including GSR Ventures, Innovation Works, Keytone Ventures, Northern Light Venture Capital and Sierra Ventures.

Bennett is admitted to practice in California.