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Marco Materazzi

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Marco is a business lawyer with a practice focused on emerging growth companies, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate finance. He has extensive experience guiding clients through complex transactions at all stages of the business life cycle – from business structuring and entity formation to capital raising and commercial arrangements, and on to exit events, such as sale transactions, public offerings and shareholder separations. Marco’s clients appreciate his focus on practical results, his technical expertise, and his strategic judgment.

Based in Portland, Oregon, Marco is a member of the Oregon and New York State bars, and regularly advises clients on both coasts. He works closely with the firm’s growing East Coast offices, collaborating with clients and colleagues to help entrepreneurs and investors structure and finance business ventures.

Prior to joining Emerge Law Group, Marco was a partner at Tonkon Torp LLP and an associate at Perkins Coie LLC. He also spent three years in London and Hong Kong with Herbert Smith Freehills LLP and as in-house counsel for Morgan Stanley. Marco’s international experience continues to inform his ongoing work on cross-border transactions.

Marco has been honored as “Super Lawyer” in Securities and Corporate Finance since 2021.

Marco received his J.D. from the UCLA School of Law, where he also worked as a legal intern for the American Civil Liberties Union, was a teaching fellow, and taught legal principles to high school students. Marco received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University. He is highly proficient in Spanish and Italian. In his free time, Marco enjoys fly fishing, skiing, soccer, and spending time with his family.