Don Keller

I am Head of Corporate Development at Orrick, handling internal and external corporate development matters. In 2020 and 2021, I founded and served as CEO of Joinder, a SaaS engagement platform that provides a system of record for legal projects and files/documents, which was acquired by Brightflag. Prior to founding Joinder, I spent my legal career as a corporate partner at Orrick and Venture law Group advising high growth technology companies, public companies, venture capital firms and investment banks. I advised clients on more than 60 public offerings, 75 acquisition transactions and several hundred venture financings. Chambers USA recognized me for my work, noting he is "valued for his knowledge of venture capital firms and his strength in advising technology companies on public offerings, acquisition transactions and venture financings. One client insists that 'I would not dream of starting a company without him as my outside counsel.'" I held many leadership positions at Orrick. I most recently led Orrick’s Technology Sector, which is one of the three focus areas (along with energy and finance) for the firm. I am a former member of Orrick’s Board of Directors, served as head of the firm’s global corporate practice, served as head of the firm’s Silicon Valley Office and served as co-head of the firm's diversity efforts. I also previously served for many years on the Executive Committee of Venture Law Group. I recently represented companies being sold in the following transactions: Wavefront to VMware; Nervana to Intel; TOA to Oracle; Altiscale to SAP; Mainframe2 to Nutanix; Sailthru to Campaign Monitor; Twin Prime to Salesforce; 3Scale to Red Hat; Vendavo to Francisco Partners; FoodyDirect to Goldbelly; Yieldex to AppNexus; and LS9 to Renewable Energy Group. I have worked on transactions for Google (Nasdaq GS: GOOG), Oracle (Nasdaq GS: ORCL), Tibco (Nasdaq GS: TIBX), Adaptec (Nasdaq GS: ADPT), Shutterfly (Nasdaq GS: SFLY), Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (NYSE:MSO), Sum Total Systems (Nasdaq GS: SUMT) and Rambus (Nasdaq GS: RMBS). I also represented many investment banking clients in public offering transactions, including representing Goldman, Sachs & Co. in offerings for many issuers. I was named one of the ten most influential start up lawyers by Business Today: https://businesstoday.news/top-10-most-influential-startup-lawyers-in-usa-a-comprehensive-guide/ I also am a past member of the Board of Overseers of Boston College Law School.