Craig Dauchy, Partner

Craig E. Dauchy is a partner in Cooley's Business department and head of the Venture Capital practice group. Associated with the Firm since 1975, Mr. Dauchy became a partner in January 1981 and is resident in the Palo Alto office. He is a member of the Firm's Management Committee.

Mr. Dauchy was named the 2010 Corporate Lawyer of the Year in the San Francisco Bay Area by The Best Lawyers of America and has been listed in the publication for a number of years. In addition, Mr. Dauchy has been named as one of Northern California's "Super Lawyers" by San Francisco Magazine for the past several years.

Mr. Dauchy specializes in representing venture capital and private equity partnerships and emerging companies. He has participated in the formation of more than 200 venture capital and private equity funds and in hundreds of venture capital financings.  In addition to his extensive experience with all aspects of venture capital, Mr. Dauchy has handled a variety of general corporate and securities transactions, including private placements and public offerings, mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures. He is counsel to companies in diverse industries, including enterprise software, semiconductor, Web 2.0, medical devices and computer hardware products.

Mr. Dauchy is co-author of the book "The Entrepreneur's Guide to Business Law" (South-Western, Cengage Learning, 4th ed., 2012). He is also co-author of "Structuring Venture Capital Limited Partnerships" (The Computer Lawyer). He has been a panelist on several occasions for the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), the Practising Law Institute (PLI), the California Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB), the American Bar Association and the National Association of Small Business Investment Companies, and was featured in the Venture article, "Don't Call Just Any Lawyer." He has written for the Venture Capital Journal.  He also has lectured at the Stanford Law School, the Stanford Graduate Business School, the Stanford Graduate Engineering School, and the Owen Graduate Business School (Vanderbilt).

Mr. Dauchy received a joint J.D./M.B.A. degree in 1975 from Stanford University. He was elected to the Order of the Coif at the Stanford Law School. In 1971, he received a B.A., magna cum laude, in History from Yale University. He is a past member of the Board of Visitors at Stanford Law School. 

Education

  • Stanford Law School
    JD, 1975, Order of the Coif
  • Stanford University
    MBA, 1975
  • Yale University
    BA History, 1971, magna cum laude

Admissions

  • California

Memberships

  • American Bar Association
Palo Alto—Hanover Campus
3175 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, California 94304-1130

Phone: +1 650 843 5033
Fax: +1 650 849 7400
cdauchy@cooley.com
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