Martin (Marty) Waters is a partner in the San Diego, California, office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Marty represents numerous public and private growth companies, primarily in the life sciences and telecommunications industries, in a general counsel capacity. He also handles a wide variety of complex commercial transactions for clients, including public offerings of equity and debt securities; friendly and hostile mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures; licensing transactions; venture capital financings; equipment leasing transactions; and the formation of partnerships, strategic alliances, and joint ventures.
Marty regularly counsels boards of directors, management, and investors on the governance and regulation of business entities and securities laws. In addition to life sciences and telecommunications, his industry experience encompasses a broad range of issues and industries, including Internet and e-commerce, financial services, new and traditional media, and real estate.
He formerly was associated with the law firms of Cahill Gordon & Reindel and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in New York.
Marty currently serves as a member of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s Policy Committee.
SELECT CLIENTS:
- Cytokinetics
- Ciphergen Biosystems
- Digirad
- Genentech
- Pain Therapeutics
EDUCATION:
- J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1991
- B.A., Georgetown University, 1988
Cum Laude
ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS:
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Board of Directors, CONNECT
- Member, NanoBioNexus Advisory Council
- Member, New York State Bar Association
HONORS:
- Named to “Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers” list, 2007
- Named to “Lawdragon 500 New Stars, New Worlds” list, 2006
- Ranked by the IPO Journal in the top 10 of the publication’s “Top 100 Lawyers Acting as IPO Issuer’s Counsel”
SELECT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:
- “Securities Offering Reform” and “Corporate Governance and Board of Director Concerns,” Advanced Securities Law Workshop 2007, Practising Law Institute, Coronado, California, August 16, 2007
ADMISSIONS:
- State Bar of California
- State Bar of New York
