Andrew J. Piunti
(408) 715-7250 (Ext. 707 (Int'l))
Drew Piunti is the owner of the DPA Law Group. He is our lead attorney on equity financing, corporate and start-up counseling and mergers and acquisition matters.
He has particular expertise structuring and advising companies in the telecommunications, semiconductor, medical device, BPO outsourcing, construction and software industries in acquisition transactions including mergers, stock acquisitions and asset sales.
On a select basis Drew represents technology companies and investors in matters of business litigation and dispute resolution in both state and federal courts.
Drew graduated with honors from the University of California at Berkeley in 1980 with a bachelors of arts degree in political economy. He graduated with honors from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1984 where he was a member of the Hastings Law Journal. After graduation, he served as a judicial law clerk to the Hon. William B. Enright, U.S. District Court Judge, Southern District of California, and as a deputy district attorney with the Office of the District Attorney, Santa Clara County, California. Before forming DPA Law Group Drew practiced with the Silicon Valley office of Pillsbury Winthrop in Palo Alto. Drew lives in San Jose with his wife and two children.
Areas of Practice
- Business Enterprises
- Business Law
- Business Planning
- Buying and Selling of Businesses
- Securities
- Cross Border Transactions
- Copyrights
- Business Litigation
- Business Acquisitions
- Intellectual Property
- Real Estate Investment
- Licensing
- Real Estate Securities
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Strategic Alliances
- Trade Secrets
- Trademarks
Bar Admissions
- California, 1984
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
Education
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, California
- J.D. - 1984
- Law Journal: Hastings Law Journal, Member
- University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California
- B.A. - 1980
- Major: Political Economy
Honors and Awards
- "AV" Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Professional Associations and Memberships
- State Bar of California , Member
- Santa Clara County Bar Association
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs
- The Indus Entrepreneurs
Past Employment Positions
- Ferrari, Olsen, Ottoboni & Bebb, LLP
