The Lawyers on Your Matter

Every client works directly with senior lawyers. No rotating associates and no handoffs.

Our Bench

More than 20 senior attorneys work with the firm. A few are profiled on this page as a sample of the bench, not the whole of it.

100%

Senior, Big Law trained lawyers on our bench

$5B+

In transactions our attorneys have worked on, including at prior firms

150+

Transactions closed, including at prior firms

20+

Senior attorneys, including of counsel and specialists

Where they trained

Wilson Sonsini, Goodwin Procter, Thompson Hine, McGuireWoods and other leading firms

What they cover

M&A, venture financings, commercial contracts, governance, data privacy, trademarks, employment and equity

Ahmed Hasan

Ahmed Hasan

Founder & CEO

Ahmed Hasan is a Silicon Valley-based corporate lawyer and the founder of Venture Bridge Law. He has more than a decade of experience working on $1.5 billion in venture financings, M&A and other complex corporate and commercial transactions.

He understands the pressures his clients face. As Chief Strategy Officer at a hard-tech startup, he helped lead its fundraising and commercial strategy while getting his hands dirty running proofs of concept at Walmart and American Airlines. Earlier, he helped launch a VC firm’s first fund and a tech startup’s first product.

That operating and investing experience informs the advice and hands-on support he offers clients today. He is not there just to deliver legal input, but to address the underlying business concerns based on each client’s tolerance for risk. He sees himself as a closer, a partner in assuring the success of every transaction and never an impediment.

Before founding Venture Bridge Law, Ahmed was Of Counsel at White Summers Caffee & James, where he co-led White Summers International, and earlier practiced at Inventus Law in Palo Alto. He is a Fellow of Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs.

Education: UCLA School of Law, LL.M. in Banking, Corporate, Finance and Securities Law; University of Buckingham, LL.B.
Admissions: California

From the Bench

Three of the senior lawyers who work on our matters.

Daya Bean

Daya Bean

Of Counsel

M&A, venture financings, outside GC work and data privacy

Previously
dentsu international, Thompson Hine, Moses Singer, McGuireWoods
Admitted
New York
Education
University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., cum laude
Full bio

Daya is a deal attorney and principal-side investor. She has worked on more than $3 billion of M&A, venture financings and complex debt transactions across AI, SaaS, technology, retail and media.

Her practice covers buy-side and sell-side M&A, venture financings from SAFEs through later-stage rounds, outside general counsel work for venture- and PE-backed companies, and the commercial and data privacy frameworks AI and SaaS companies need to scale.

Before joining the firm, Daya was Director of Venture Investments & Partnerships at dentsu international, where she led its investment in Inworld AI. She practiced at Thompson Hine, Moses Singer and McGuireWoods, and began her career clerking on the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Jay Purcell

Jay Purcell

Of Counsel

Venture financings and M&A, from formation to nine-figure exits

Previously
Wilson Sonsini, Goodwin Procter
Admitted
California, New York, Oregon
Education
UC Berkeley School of Law, J.D.
Full bio

Jay focuses on financings and M&A. He gives clear, practical advice and looks for the straightest path to closing, turning legal complexity into workable solutions for founders, investors and family offices.

His work runs from early-stage formations to nine-figure acquisitions. He represented Lynda.com in its $1.5 billion sale to LinkedIn, FireEye in its $1 billion acquisition of Mandiant, and Machine Zone on a $400 million investment from JPMorgan Ventures.

Before joining the firm, Jay practiced at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and Goodwin Procter, advising tech and healthcare investors, public companies, founders and graduates of Y Combinator and Techstars.

Jasmin Hurley

Jasmin Hurley

Trademarks and Brand Protection

Trademark clearance, registration and enforcement, brand audits and IP ownership

Previously
Thompson Hine, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, Kegler Brown Hill + Ritter
Admitted
[Bar admissions]
Education
University of Dayton School of Law, J.D.
Full bio

Jasmin advises startups and growing companies on trademark clearance, registration and enforcement, brand audits, licensing and IP ownership. She also handles formation, commercial contracts and early-stage financings.

She was a managing associate at Thompson Hine and earlier practiced at Porter Wright Morris & Arthur and Kegler Brown Hill + Ritter. She is a U.S. Army veteran.

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The rest of the bench

Senior lawyers across M&A, financings, commercial contracts, governance, data privacy, trademarks, employment and equity. Each joins a matter only when it calls for their experience.

The full bench list is available on request.

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How a Matter Is Staffed

  1. Ahmed scopes the matterHe learns your objectives, timing and risk tolerance before anyone bills.
  2. The right lawyers joinSenior lawyers with the experience the matter calls for, and no more of them than it needs.
  3. Ahmed stays on itHe stays involved in anything complex or high-stakes, through closing.

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