Steve Bochner, Partner at Wilson Sonsini

Today, my guest is Steve Bochner, a Partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati who has served as lead counsel for many of Silicon Valley's most prominent companies, assisting them in venture capital, public offering, and merger transactions valued in the billions of dollars.

He also has represented numerous start-up companies, as well as major venture capital and investment banking firms. Steve's corporate clients include Aruba Networks (acquired by Hewlett-Packard), Autodesk, Box, FireEye, ForeScout, Lumentum, MapR, NetApp, Quantum, Rackspace, Rocket Fuel, Square and Twitter. From 2009 to 2012, Steve served as the chief executive officer of Wilson Sonsini and is currently the Chairman of the Nasdaq Private Market Advisory Board and a member of the board of directors of the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center. Steve holds a JD from Berkeley Law School (Boalt).