CHARLES P. CARTER

Corporate/Securities Attorney
(206) 676-7000

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Practice: Charlie Carter focuses on the formation, financing and general corporate counseling of emerging companies. He frequently represents companies in venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions and corporate partnerships. He regularly speaks on venture financings. He joined Summit Law Group in 2001 and currently serves as the firm’s chief financial officer.

Recent Representations:

Financings

• Onehub Inc. Series A Financing (investor: Ignition Venture Partners)
• Powerit Holdings Series A and Series B Financings (investors: @Ventures, LLC, Expansion Capital and Siemens Ventures)
• Blade Games World Series B Financing (investor: California Technology Ventures)
• Blue Dog Bakery Class A Unit Financing (represented lead investor Buerk Dale Victor)
• Digini Series A Financing (investor: California Technology Ventures)
• RF Surgical Series A Financing (investor: Menlo Ventures) and multiple angel financings
• TangoWire Series A financing and recapitalization
• Limeade, Lookstat, Tatango, and Newline Software in Series A angel financings
• Sparta Asset Management Class A LLC Unit Financing (investor: Rosemont Partners)
• Informed Medical Communications Series A Financing (investors: Ferrer Freeman & Co and Frazier Healthcare)
• HealthTalk Series B Financing (investors: Frazier Healthcare and DeNovo Ventures)
• Nextel Partners in follow-on public offering and numerous Rule 144A financings

• Radar Networks in its sale to Evri
• 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

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)