Derrick N. D. Hansen

Derrick Hansen is an associate with Friedman Dumas & Springwater LLP.  Mr. Hansen has broad experience in complex corporate transactions and advising companies and investors in connection with mergers, acquisitions, initial public offerings and corporate financings.    Mr. Hansen assists the firm's clients with all facets of their corporate needs and focuses on venture lending and commercial finance.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Hansen served as general counsel to iAsiaWorks, Inc., a publicly-traded, pan-Asia Internet Data Center company.   While at iAsiaWorks, Mr. Hansen was responsible for overseeing all aspects of the company's legal representation, including issues of corporate governance, compliance with the securities laws, strategic M&A transactions and the raising of capital.  Before working at iAsiaWorks, Mr. Hansen was a corporate associate at both Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP in Palo Alto and Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP in New York, where his practice focused on corporate and securities laws matters primarily in the context of entrepreneurial, start-up and emerging growth technology companies.  There he developed extensive expertise in a wide range of matters, including initial formation, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, public and private securities offerings, the periodic reporting requirements of publicly held companies and general corporate counseling.

Mr. Hansen received his undergraduate degree in International Relations from Brown University in 1993 and a J.D. from Duke University School of Law in 1997.   Mr. Hansen is a member of the state bars of New York (1998) and California (2003).