NICOLE L. MUSHKIN
SENIOR COUNSEL
Ms. Mushkin is a senior attorney in the firm’s corporate and technology transactions groups. She has focused her legal practice on advising Internet and technology companies in a wide range of commercial and corporate transactions, including technology licensing, strategic partnerships, private placements, public offerings, and mergers and acquisitions.
Experience
- Prior to joining CCG, Ms. Mushkin was General Counsel of Saraide com Inc., a venture-backed wireless services company. Ms. Mushkin managed Saraide’s $360 million sale to InfoSpace.com Inc., oversaw an aggregate of $50 million in company financing, implemented a patent, trademark and copyright strategy, developed an appropriate international corporate structure, negotiated technology and content acquisitions, supported commercial sales transactions, and advised with respect to corporate communications and human resources issues.
- Prior to joining Saraide, Ms. Mushkin was a Corporate Counsel with Oracle Corporation where she was responsible for structuring and negotiating transactions for various sales, consulting and business units. While at Oracle, Ms. Mushkin negotiated numerous multimillion dollar deals with Fortune 100 companies, including Bell Atlantic, SBC Communications, EDS, HP, Honeywell, McKesson and Boeing. She also trained sales teams and consultants on negotiating tactics and appropriate risk management, and she worked with Oracle senior management to orchestrate the formation, development and integration of new lines of business.
- Ms. Mushkin has also served as Director of Licensing and Corporate Development for Pangea Systems, a privately funded bioinformatics company.
- Ms. Mushkin began her legal career in the Business and Technology group of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP, where she specialized in corporate finance.
Education & Honors
- University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1991
- Duke University, A.B. in History, cum laude and with honors, 1988
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