Marianna Toma
I have over 10 years of experience in M&A, securities, financing, and corporate law advising issuers, underwriters, and private equity funds on debt and equity offerings, securities matters, mergers, fund formation, and corporate governance in the technology, banking, and energy sectors, both domestically and internationally.
San Francisco, CA
Experience
Contract Counsel, San Francisco, May 2017 - Present
Contracting as M&A and corporate counsel for SF Bay Area regional law firms.
DLA Piper, Paris (France), 2016 - 2017
Senior Associate in M&A and corporate law. Advised large companies on cross-border deals.
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, Washington DC, 2013 - 2016
Associate in M&A, securities, and corporate law. Highest ranked in the corporate group in 2015.
Toma Law Group, Washington DC, 2009 - 2013
Founder and corporate attorney. Acted as outside general counsel. Contracted in-house at NASDAQ Group OMX and Olympus Corporation of the America.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Moscow (Russia), 2008 - 2009
Associate in M&A, securities, and corporate law. Advised large companies on cross-border deals.
Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Washington DC, 2006 - 2008
Associate in energy transactions. Advised large companies on energy-specific transactions.
Education
LL.M.
Georgetown University Law Center
LL.M. Securities and Financial Regulation
2014, with Distinction, Dean's List
J.D.
Rutgers Law School - Camden
J.D.
2006
B.A.
College of William & Mary
B.A. Economics; minor Philosophy
2003
study abroad: Montpellier, France
Bar Admissions
California (pending)
New York (2007)
District of Columbia (2008)
Languages
French, Russian, Romanian: fluent
Spanish: beginning
Awards & Honors
Super Lawyers Rising Stars
(2015, 2016, and 2017)
The Legal 500 (2009)
