Chip Lion's practice touches every stage of the life cycle of a technology start up company. He counsels emerging-growth technology companies on formation, finance, and operation matters as well as merger and acquisition strategies and other liquidity and exit alternatives. He also regularly advises institutional investors and fund sponsors in connection with the formation of venture capital funds, leveraged buyout funds, real estate opportunity, and other private equity funds.

Mr. Lion has extensive experience in structuring, negotiating, and advising clients on a wide variety of acquisition transactions and related matters, including stock acquisitions, asset acquisitions, mergers, divestitures, auction transactions, tender offers, defensive strategies, leveraged buy-outs, and cross border transactions.

As former Chair of the Partnerships Committee of the Business Law Section of the California State Bar, he formed and participated in the Committee that helped draft the California LLC Act that became law on September 30, 1994.

Mr. Lion is the immediate past Chair of the Venture Capital & Private Equity Committee of the ABA's Business Section and a past chair of the Partnerships Committee of the Business Law Section of the California State Bar. He has served as an advisor to the Uniform Limited Liability Company Act and the Revised Uniform Partnership Act Drafting Committees of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Mr. Lion currently serves as an advisor to the Model-Entity Transaction Act drafting committee of NCCUSL.

Mr. Lion was a member of Phi Beta Kappa at the University of California at Davis where he earned his B.A. degree. At Santa Clara University School of Law, he was an Associate Editor of the Santa Clara Law Journal and vice chair of the Honors Moot Court Board.