Harpreet S. Walia

Partner/Corporate & Securities Practice Group Leader

Harpreet S. Walia

Partner/Corporate & Securities Practice Group Leader
“My role at the firm isn’t just about executing deals. It’s about leading a highperforming team of transactional lawyers who deliver counsel that’s responsive, aligned, and focused on client outcomes.”

Harpreet Walia advises high-growth companies, emerging innovators, and multinational corporations on complex corporate transactions that unlock opportunity, mitigate risk, and fuel strategic expansion. The firm’s Emerging Companies & Venture Capital Chair, his practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and growth financings, joint ventures, and corporate governance—frequently involving cross-border elements and fast-moving deal environments.

With deep experience advising clients in the technology sector—from Silicon Valley and Silicon Beach to emerging innovation markets—Harpreet brings sharp insight into the commercial and structural considerations that shape modern tech deals. He also regularly assists clients with commercial lending and leasing, intellectual property licensing, outsourcing arrangements, and India-related cross-border matters such as offshore operations, joint ventures, and inbound M&A.

Having a practice spanning the U.S. and cross-border markets, Harpreet brings national scope and international fluency to every transaction. His ties to both Northern and Southern California are complemented by experience advising clients across key business hubs in North America, Europe, and Asia. Having served as general counsel to a mid-market company and earlier as a practitioner at a Silicon Valley corporate and tax boutique, Harpreet offers a rare blend of practical insight and strategic foresight that informs deal structuring, negotiation, and execution on a global scale.

Associated Practice Areas

Corporate & Securities

Representative Matters

  • Acquisition: Assisted biotech client in its sale to a large European Private Equity fund in a deal valued in excess of $300 million. Led the transaction from term sheet to closing, including obtaining the approval from all 60-plus shareholders. Assisted the company in a spin-out of ancillary business assets not acquired by purchaser in advance of transaction closing.
  • Acquisition: Assisted solar company in the sale of business to a private equity backed acquirer. Advised client and shareholders to create most efficient tax structure for transaction in coordination with tax counsel, including contribution of equity interests in acquirer.
  • Acquisition: Successfully advised India’s largest media company in its acquisition of a group of U.S. and offshore companies to purchase various television distribution rights to international cricket leagues. Helped client determine the most efficient manner of acquiring the various companies and assisted in structuring the U.S. operations post-acquisition. Handled all aspects of the transaction from negotiation of the term sheet to documentation of the various deal documents.
  • Corporate Restructuring: Assisted Hong Kong-based company with a restructuring to “flip” to U.S. corporate entity in advance of seed funding in the U.S. On the eve of seed funding close, negotiated a buy-out of one of the founding shareholders to avoid disruption to funding.
  • Financing: Assisted gaming company in its seed funding and subsequent Series A financing. In advance of seed funding, advised and assisted client in its restructuring of LLC entity to corporate entity and in reorganizing the international operations to facilitate funding.
  • Financing: Assisted security analytics and operations management technology company in its $29 million Series A financing from both domestic and international investors. Advised client in pre-investment corporate restructuring.
  • Financing: Assisted cloud access governance technology company in its $40 million Series A financing, which involved both direct and secondary investment. Helped negotiate and document all aspects of the investment.
  • Lending: Assisted client in multiple refinancings of its real estate portfolio valued in excess of $500 million under mortgages insured by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) multi-family financing program.
  • Lending: Structured and closed a $3 million credit facility on behalf of a private lender secured against both domestic and international assets of borrower. Negotiated and drafted all loan and security documents.

Credentials

Bar & Court Admissions
  • California
Professional Affiliations
  • California Bar Association
  • San Francisco Bar Association
  • The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE)
Education
  • Boston University School of Law, J.D.
  • University of California, Los Angeles, B.A.