GRAEME WALLER is an associate in the firm’s Emerging Companies and Venture Capital practice where he advises on a broad variety of corporate matters.
Graeme provides strategic counseling to emerging and high-growth companies at all stages of the life cycle, from formation to IPO and acquisition. Graeme has extensive experience representing companies in venture capital financings, joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions and regularly advises companies on general corporate and governance matters, including employment law, equity compensation, and intellectual property law. Graeme also regularly represents venture capital funds, corporate venture capital arms of Fortune 100 companies, and other strategic investors.
Prior to joining Sidley, Graeme was an associate in the Chicago office of a leading New York law firm focusing on M&A and other corporate transactions.
Senior Managing Associate
Graeme Waller
- Emerging Companies and Venture Capital
- M&A
- Private Equity
Experience
- Representative Matters
- Inventive AI, an AI-driven tool for streamlining and optimizing workflows, in its Series Seed financing.
- Placer.ai, a geolocation and proximity data analytics technology company, in its additional US$75 million financing at a US$1.5 billion valuation.
- Sequence Fintech Inc., a developer of a financial router that is set to redefine how people interact with their finances, in its US$5.5 million financing round.
- BMW i Ventures as lead investor in the US$21 million financing round of Formant.io, a developer of a robotic data platform designed to offer monitoring and operations infrastructure.
- Voia, Inc., a developer of AI-based technology to enable users to produce Hollywood-quality videos on mobile, in its US$3 million pre-seed funding from undisclosed investors.
- Flip, a next-generation social and live e-ecommerce platform, on its US$60 million Series B funding led by WestCap, with participation from Streamlined Ventures and other investors.
Capabilities
SERVICES AND INDUSTRIES
News & Insights
Credentials
Admissions & Certifications
- Illinois
Education
- University of Southern California Gould School of Law, J.D., 2014
- University of Michigan, B.A., 2010