Ronald Star is a director with the firm Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin who focuses on securities law, financings, venture capital, intellectual property, and mergers and acquisitions. He works closely with start-up and private companies on issues related to equity and financings, intellectual property matters, the structuring of executive compensation (including stock arrangements), strategic ventures, acquisitions and management buy-outs.

Mr. Star's engagements run the gamut from representing start-up companies in formation to representing major multinational companies in strategic transactions. His particular industry specialties include computer software and hardware, semiconductors, information services businesses, Internet and multimedia companies, medical technology, food related companies, retail operations and financial services companies.

His representative clients include Tower Semiconductor, Ltd., Maxager Technology, Inc., BridgeLux, Inc., HighWired, Inc., Joint Juice, Inc., Reiter Affiliated Companies, Vocera Communications, Inc., Navis LLC, Transmeta Corporation, Technology Partners and Steeleye Technology, Inc.

Mr. Star is a lecturer at the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley, where he teaches an MBA course on entrepreneurship. He is a guest lecturer at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. He also is a frequent lecturer on venture capital transactions, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, employment matters and closely held businesses.

MOT Course(s):

• ENTREPRENEURSHIP

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