Gerry Murfitt
Attorney
Location / Bay Area
Phone / (650) 353-5713
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State Bar of California
Gerry Murfitt is a Partner at VLP. Gerry's primary focus and passion is advising entrepreneurs with respect to all aspects of structuring, growing and selling their start-up companies. During the course of his career he has assisted such entrepreneurs raise hundreds of millions of dollars of venture-capital financing from a variety of top-tier investors. In addition, he has also advised private individuals, venture capitalists and boards of directors on hundreds of other transactions and has extensive experience in all areas of corporate law, including corporate governance, securities law, intellectual property, licensing, employment matters, equity compensation, equity and debt financings, IPOs, and M&A transactions.
Gerry started his career at the height of the Internet boom with the preeminent Silicon Valley law firm, Venture Law Group, and continued his career at Heller Ehrman LLP after its acquisition of Venture Law Group in 2003. He later moved to the Silicon Valley office of global law firm, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, along with several other Venture Law Group attorneys in order to form Orrick's new "Emerging Companies Group."
Gerry received his Juris Doctor (J.D.) and Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degrees from the University of California, Davis where received a merit-based scholarship from the university's Graduate School of Management. During his studies he received significant academic recognition including awards for being the top student in several classes important to start-up companies including contracts, corporations, finance and business strategy. As an undergraduate, he graduated summa cum laude at the University of Auckland, where he received a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) degree with majors in Economics and International Business. Gerry is currently a member of the State Bar of California. He speaks Spanish and in his spare time he has a variety of interests including traveling (more than sixty countries to date), cycling, skiing, scuba-diving (advanced PADI certification) and wine-collecting.