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Samy A. Akli

Associate

Palo Alto
T: +1 650.433.5599 F: +1 650.433.5700 sakli@lowenstein.com
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Samy A. Akli is a member of The Tech Group. He works with emerging companies in both the United States and Europe on formation, financing, flips, and mergers and acquisitions.

Prior to joining the firm, Samy worked in the Paris offices of several prominent American law firms, where he negotiated and drafted French and U.S. documentation in the context of flips and financings in early-stage companies, including certificates of incorporation; bylaws; securities exchange, stock purchase, investor rights, and voting agreements; and other incorporation, founder, and financing documents.

His experience also includes supervising a U.S startup accelerator and its investments in French startups, in addition to drafting their financing documentation.

Samy speaks French and English and is conversationally proficient in Spanish.

  • Represented Mercantile, the industry-specific credit card platform designed to meet the unique needs of small businesses, in a $15 million Series A fund raise.
  • Represented Bigeye, the provider of the leading data observability platform, in its $45 million Series B funding raise to further its leadership in the emerging category. 
  • Represented 645 Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm, in its Series A preferred stock financing investment in Skydropx, a Mexico City-based logistics management platform that helps reduce time and costs by centralizing shipments in one place to provide better customer service

Education

  • University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (LL.M. 2015), Certificate of Specialization in Business Law

    L’École des Hautes Etudes Appliquées du Droit (Master 2014), Law and Business, magna cum laude

    Université Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité (Master 2013), Domestic & International Business Law, cum laude

    Université Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité (LL.B. 2011)

Admissions

  • California
  • New York
  • Paris, France

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