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).