Bernie Vogel is a shareholder and the CEO and President of Silicon Valley Law Group. His practice emphasizes complex corporate transactions, investment financings, mergers and acquisitions, as well as the formation and maintenance of partnerships and limited liability companies. He provides ongoing business counseling to a variety of entities, ranging from venture capital firms and start up high tech and biotech companies. Advices on directors & officers liability, corporate governance, stock option plans, licensing, and contracts, as well as advice on complex tax issues with respect to transaction structuring, entity formation, reorganizations, and business succession planning. Before practicing law, Bernie was a certified public accountant.
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Tax Law
- Business Taxes, Criminal Tax Litigation, Estate Tax Planning, Income Taxes, International Taxes, Payroll Taxes, Property Taxes, Sales Taxes, Tax Appeals, Tax Audits, Tax Planning
- Securities Law
- California
- U.S. Tax Court
- English
- Attorney
- Silicon Valley Law Group
- Current
- Santa Clara University School of Law
- J.D. (1983)
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- University of California - Los Angeles
- B.A. (1977) | Economics
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- Northern California Super Lawyer
- San Francisco Magazine and Law and Politics Media
- 2004-2006, 2008-2015, 2016-2017
- Santa Clara County Bar Association
- Current
- California State Bar  # 112158
- Member
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- "How to Permanently Reduce Your Property Tax" - San Francisco Daily Journal / Daily Journal Corporation
- San Francisco Daily Journal / Daily Journal Corporation
- Directors Face Increased Scrutiny, Need To Stay Well Informed – Silicon Valley Business Journal
- Silicon Valley Business Journal
- “The Legal Eagle” – Gentry Magazine
- Gentry Magazine