Senior Counsel
Paula Green
Phone: 914-432-5095
Email: paulag@outsidegc.com
Paula brings a comprehensive legal and business
background to Outside GC, with extensive experience in the field of
venture capital. Prior to joining Outside GC, Paula served as General
Counsel for Bessemer Venture Partners, an early-stage venture capital
firm with over a billion dollars under management, investing in various
technology sectors including communications technology and internet
infrastructure. As General Counsel, Paula managed all legal aspects
of portfolio company venture capital financing as well as legal affairs
relating to Bessemer's investment partnerships and operations.
Paula also supported Bessemer's 100+ portfolio companies by providing
them legal counsel on a variety of corporate law and general business
matters including business contracts (service agreements, software
licenses, NDAs, vendor agreements, etc.), corporate ownership and
governance, corporate charter interpretation, stock option plans and
vesting, employment issues, intellectual property protection, leases,
dispute resolution and HR and risk management policies and procedures.
Before going in-house at Bessemer, Paula spent approximately 12 years
in New York City law firm practice, first at Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP,
and then at Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP, where she specialized
in general business and transactional law and trademark protection,
and represented non-profit organizations in connection with joint-venture
alliances in the area of technology development. Paula received her
J.D. from Fordham University School of Law, graduating in the top 10%
of her class.
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