About Tara
Tara focuses on the representation of emerging growth companies throughout their life cycles – including corporate formation, venture capital financings, corporate spinouts, mergers and acquisitions, and capital markets transactions. In addition, she represents private equity firms, venture capital firms and angel investors in investment transactions and portfolio company-related matters. Tara is counsel to companies and their investors in a broad range of industries, such as artificial intelligence, agtech, consumer goods, cleantech, digital health, edtech, enterprise software, fintech, insurtech and spacetech.
Prior to her legal career, Tara worked as a strategy consultant for Monitor Deloitte, where she focused on long-term scenario planning. Tara also was a fellow with Kiva Microfunds in Ecuador and Kenya.
Tara’s representative transactions include advising:
- One Model on its $41 million Series B financing led by Riverwood Capital
- Rebel Girls on its $8 million Series A financing led by Penguin Random House
- BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners on its lead investment in Humata Health’s $25 million Series A financing
- Haun Ventures on its lead investment in Neynar’s $11 million Series A financing
- GroundTruth on its acquisition of Addy, an advertising platform
- Singularity Education Group on its sale of certain assets to Talespin, a spatial computing company
Education
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
JD
London School of Economics and Political Science
MS, Comparative Politics and Markets, with honors
University of California, Berkeley
BA, Political Science and Latin American Political Economy, with high honors
Memberships and affiliations
Head Over Heels Athletic Arts, Member, Board of Directors
American Bar Association, Business Law Section & International Law Section