About Bernard Vogel
Bernard Joseph Vogel III is a veteran attorney primarily based in San Jose, California, with a focus on complicated corporate transactions, funding financings, mergers and acquisitions, and the formation and upkeep of partnerships and limited legal responsibility companies. He serves as a shareholder, CEO, and President of Silicon Valley Law Group.
Vogel earned his Juris Doctor from Santa Clara University School of Law in 1983 after obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1977. His educational background laid a robust foundation for his professional legal career, equipping him with the important skills to navigate the complexities of business law.
His practice emphasizes complicated company transactions, funding financings, mergers and acquisitions, as well as the formation and maintenance of partnerships and restricted liability firms. He offers ongoing enterprise counseling to a number of entities, which includes project capital firms and startup excessive-tech and biotech companies. His expertise encompasses advising on administrators and officials liability, corporate governance, inventory option plans, licensing, contracts, and complex tax problems related to transaction structuring and enterprise succession making plans.
Vogel has held several notable positions throughout his career, which includes serving as Corporate Counsel for a number of companies in meaningful transactions. He has acted as lead corporate legal advisor for more than one companies at some point of their reorganizations and acquisitions. He is admitted to practice in California State Courts, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, and the U.S. Tax Court.
In addition to his legal practice, Vogel has been acknowledged as a Northern California Super Lawyer from 2004 to 2006, 2008 to 2015, and 2016 to 2020. He is actively concerned in professional institutions, which includes the Santa Clara County Bar Association, and has held leadership roles in a number of network organizations, reflecting his dedication to both the legal profession and the Silicon Valley community.
