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CHARLES P. CARTER
Corporate/Securities Attorney
(206) 676-7000
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Practice: Charlie Carter focuses on the representation of emerging growth companies. His practice emphasizes venture capital and angel financings, mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, public offerings and general corporate counseling. Charlie’s practice covers all stages of a company’s lifecycle, from the start-up phase through liquidity and beyond. Charlie was named a “Rising Star” in 2003 and 2004 and a “Super Lawyer” in 2005 through 2007 in the Washington Law & Politics survey of lawyers in the State of Washington. He is a regular speaker on venture financings and mergers and acquisitions. He joined Summit Law Group in 2001 and currently serves as the firm’s chief financial officer.
Recent Representations:
- Blade Games World Series B Preferred Stock Financing (Investor: California Technology Ventures)
- Blue Dog Bakery Class A Unit Financing (represented lead investor Buerk Dale Victor)
- Digini Series A Preferred Stock Financing (investor: California Technology Ventures)
- RF Surgical Series A Preferred Stock Financing (investor: Menlo Ventures) and multiple angel financings
- TangoWire Series A Preferred Stock financing and recapitalization
- Limeade, Lookstat, Tatango, and Newline Software in Series A Preferred Stock angel financings
- Sparta Asset Management Class A LLC Unit Financing (investor: Rosemont Partners)
- Powerit Holdings Series A Preferred Stock Financing (investors: @Ventures, LLC and Expansion Capital)
- Informed Medical Communications Series A Preferred Stock Financing (investors: Ferrer Freeman & Co and Frazier Healthcare)
- HealthTalk Series B Preferred Stock Financing (investors: Frazier Healthcare and DeNovo Ventures)
- Digini in its merger with Blade Games World, Inc.
- Reach Machines in its merger with Fyreball
- SeaPort Controls in its sale to Valin Corporation
- The Paper Zone in its acquisition of Memories & More
- WRQ in its sale to Francisco Partners, Golden Gate Capital and Thoma Cressey Equity Partners
- HealthTalk in its merger with a health care services company
- Nextel Partners in follow-on public offering and numerous Rule 144A financings
Education: University of Washington (B.A. 1992, Philosophy, magna cum laude,
Phi Beta Kappa); Columbia University School of Law (J.D. 1995, with honors); law clerk to the
Honorable Peter K. Leisure, U.S. District Judge, Southern District of New York.
Memberships: American Bar Association; Washington State Bar Association (Member - Securities
Law Committee); King County Bar Association; University of Washington Philosophy Department Advisory Board.
Prior Experience: Venture Law Group (1999-2001); Heller Ehrman (1996-1999).
Speaking Engagements:
- Tri-Cities Venture Group, Venture Capital Financings (2001)
- King County Bar Association CLE, Mergers and Acquisitions (2001 & 2002)
- Washington State Bar Association CLE, Mergers and Acquisitions (2004)
- The Seminar Group Venture Capital Financing CLE, Founder Issues (2005)
- Washington State Bar Association CLE, Business Essentials: Contracts and Negotiations
(2006; Seminar Co-Chair)
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