Jonathan Atzen

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Mr. Jon Atzen serves as Executive at Innovate Law Group. He served as Partner at Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton. He joined the Los Angeles/Downtown office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, as a Partner in the firm's Corporate practice group and member of the Emerging Companies practice in June 2010. He focuses his corporate practice on representing emerging growth and established companies, and venture capital and private equity funds, in such technology sectors as life sciences, semiconductors, wireless communications, internet, software, and clean/alternative energy technologies. In addition to private practice, Mr. Atzen previously held the positions of Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary at Advanced Cell Technology. In addition to his venture capital and private equity practice, he provides corporate and strategic counsel to publicly traded companies with respect to securities offerings including initial public offerings, secondary offerings, PIPEs and spin-offs, and reporting and compliance matters under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. He also has significant experience in public and private company mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Atzen received a J.D. from Loyola Law School Los Angeles in 1990 and a B.A. from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1987.