Samson Mesele
General Counsel at Union Square Ventures LLC
Profile
Samson Mesele is Partner and General Counsel at Union Square Ventures.
He began his legal career as a corporate attorney at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York, where he advised public and private companies, private equity firms and boards of directors across a broad range of transactions and industries.
Samson received his B.S.
in economics from Duke and his J.D.
from Yale Law School.
As a law student, Samson served as a Teaching Fellow for Financial Theory in the Economics Department at Yale.
Before attending law school, Samson worked in investment banking at Morgan Stanley.
Samson is from Charlotte, North Carolina.
Samson Mesele active positions
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Union Square Ventures LLC
Union Square Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Union Square Ventures LLC (USV) is a venture capital firm founded by Brad R. Burnham and Frederick R. Wilson in 2003. The firm is headquartered in New York. | General Counsel | 2021-03-31 |
Former positions of Samson Mesele
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Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz provides advisory and legal services. It specializes in mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, takeovers and takeover defense, corporate and securities law, and corporate governance. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2021-02-28 |
MORGAN STANLEY | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2011-06-30 |
Training of Samson Mesele
Duke University | Graduate Degree |
Yale Law School | Graduate Degree |
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Linked companies
Listed companies | 1 |
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MORGAN STANLEY | Finance |
Private companies | 2 |
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Union Square Ventures LLC
Union Square Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Union Square Ventures LLC (USV) is a venture capital firm founded by Brad R. Burnham and Frederick R. Wilson in 2003. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Finance |
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz provides advisory and legal services. It specializes in mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, takeovers and takeover defense, corporate and securities law, and corporate governance. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Commercial Services |
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