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Stan Lewandowski

Partner
Silicon Valley

Partner, Silicon Valley

T: +1.650.233.4529
T: +1.650.233.4529

Areas of Focus

An extremely talented lawyer, Stan is very responsive and gets the deals done. He has represented Cloe Platform since inception and has been a great advisor to us in critical strategic matters and equity round financings.
—Fernando Shayer, Founder & CEO of Cloe Platform and former M&A lawyer.

Stan Lewandowski, Silicon Valley leader of Pillsbury’s Emerging Companies & Venture Capital practice, counsels domestic and international companies on optimal structuring, financing, operations, development and other strategic transactional issues, primarily in the artificial intelligence, fintech, aerospace, education, life sciences, health care, digital health, travel, cybersecurity, gaming, climatetech and renewable energy sectors.

Stan advises clients regarding:

  • Financing, M&A and Strategic Growth. He represents emerging growth companies at every stage of the pipeline—from startup to liquidity. He works on a variety of strategic growth issues, including venture capital and private equity financing, such as drafting and negotiating debt (convertible, secured and subordinated), seed and venture capital financings on behalf of U.S. and non-U.S. companies and investors, private offerings, joint ventures and M&A transactions (including drafting and negotiating complex mergers, asset purchases, stock purchases and strategic business combinations). He also helps clients monetize their intellectual property through licensing.
  • Structuring Transactions Related to the Migration of Non-U.S. Companies into the United States. His work includes establishing R&D centers in Central and Eastern Europe for U.S. companies and optimizing relationships between parent and subsidiary companies.
  • Cross-Border Transactions. Combining his experience representing international companies with his Silicon Valley background, Stan has worked closely with investors and companies on domestic, inbound and outbound transactions, as well as onshore and offshore structures.
  • Project Finance for Renewable Energy Development. He has significant experience advising developers, their affiliates and investors, and financial institutions, in connection with commercial and industrial distributed and utility-scale solar and wind projects, valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
  • Contracts and Operations. His work includes not only advising on the major corporate milestones but also deep involvement in day-to-day operations and strategic business issues, such as structuring and formation, governance and a myriad of commercial agreements.

Representative Experience

  • Represented AI-powered digital health platform Infermedica in its $30 million Series B financing.
  • Represented McWin in several investments, including The EVERY Company, Footprint, BlueNalu, Clever Carnivore, Oishii Farm Corporation and CookUnity.
  • Represented Poland-based frontend-as-a-service platform Alokai (formerly known as Vue Storefront) in its $20 million Series A-2 financing, as well as its $17.4 million Series A financing.

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  • Representative VC Financings
    • Represented cybersecurity firm Fudo Security, Inc. in its $10 million Series A financing led by bValue.
    • Represented Poland-based digital identity verification platform Authologic Inc. in its $8.2 million Series A financing led by OpenOcean.
    • Represented Poland-based digital marketing platform Digital First AI Holding Inc. in its $3.8 million financing round led by 4growth VC.
    • Represented Humaneva, Inc., a spin-off of Poland-based wholesale pharmaceutical distributor NEUCA Group, in its $50 million Series A financing.
    • Represented global retail planning solutions provider Invent Analytics in its $17 million Series B funding round led by LFX Venture Partners.
    • Represented composable e-commerce platform Saleor Commerce in its $8 million seed extension round led by Target Global and Zalando.
    • Represented biopharmaceutical company Vasa Therapeutics in its $6 million seed funding round led by Orphinic Scientific.
    • Represented crypto index-focused platform Alongside Finance in its $11 million seed funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).
    • Represented developer of a zero-trust isolation platform Airgap Networks in its $13.4 million Series A financing.
    • Represented open-source virtual feature store Featureform in its $5.6 million venture funding.
    • Represented Poland-based clean tech startup Airly in its $5.5 million Series A financing led by firstminute capital and Pi Labs.
    • Represented generative AI-powered regulatory intelligence platform Regology in its $8 million Series A financing led by ACME Capital.
    • Represented Poland-based venture capital fund Unfold.vc in health tech startup Wally Health’s $3 million seed funding round.
    • Represented customizable backend platform for game studios Snapser in its $2.6 million Series Seed financing led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).
  • Representative Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Represented Airgap Networks Inc. in its acquisition by Zscaler, Inc.
    • Represented The Appointment Group LLC, a subsidiary of UK-based parent company (TAG), in connection with TAG’s acquisition by ECI Partners.
    • Represented Airgap Networks Inc. in its acquisition of NetSpyGlass.
    • Represented NEUCA Group, the Poland-based pharmaceutical distributor and parent company of Clinscience, in its partnership with OncoBay.
    • Represented Poland-based Clinscience in its investment agreement to acquire 51% of shares in Agati Systems.
    • Represented Booksy in its acquisition of France-based Kiute.
    • Represented WordWatch, Inc. in its acquisition by Cart.com Inc.
    • Represented Valuation Metrics in its acquisition by Citadel Securities.

Professional Highlights

  • American Bar Association
  • New York Bar Association
  • U.S.-Polish Trade Council, Board of Directors

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  • Prior to joining Pillsbury, Stan was a partner at a Silicon Valley office of an international law firm.
  • Press Mentions
  • Speaking Engagements
    • Idea to IPO, How to Get Seed and Pre-Seed Grants for Your Startup, San Francisco, February 24, 2025.
    • Vibranium Venture Capital, Zain Great Idea and Pillsbury, Middle East VC Landscape and Kuwaiti Startups Pitch Event, Silicon Valley, November 22, 2024.
    • JETRO & 10X Innovation Lab, Setting Up in the United States, San Francisco, September 23, 2024.
    • Idea to IPO, How to Prepare Your Startup for Venture Capital Funding, Webinar, September 19, 2024.
    • Santa Clara County Bar Association, Venture Capital Financing: What You Should Know About Deal Terms Today, Silicon Valley, September 5, 2024. Panelist.
    • US-Poland Science and Technology Symposium, Law in Technology and Medicine – Obstacle or Risk Management Tool, Silicon Valley and Stanford University, July 9, 2024. Panelist.
    • Navigating Legal Challenges for Startups: Best Practices, Webinar, April 6, 2023.
    • MIW and Pillsbury, U.S. – Israel Technology Meetup, Silicon Valley, March 30, 2023.
    • GlobalSF and Pillsbury, Venture Capital and Financing (What, How, Trends and Legal Perspective) and SVB Development, San Francisco, March 17, 2023.
    • Berkeley SkyDeck, From Startup to Success: The Startup Lifecycle Explained, November 3, 2022.
    • Columbia Founders, The State of Venture Capital, Webinar, September 23, 2022.
    • Idea to IPO, How to Split Founders’ Equity and Other Preliminary Startup Issues, Webinar, June 30, 2021.
    • Idea to IPO, How to Negotiate with Venture Capitalists and Win, Webinar, May 27, 2021.
    • Idea to IPO, How International Startups Can Expand to the U.S. Market via Silicon Valley, Webinar, April 22, 2021.
    • Idea to IPO, How to Get Seed Funding for Your Early Stage Startup, Webinar, March 18, 2021.
    • 10X Innovation Lab, Incorporating in the United States, NEDO Immersion Program, Webinar, January 11, 2021.
    • SkyDeck Accelerator, Corporate 2.0 for New U.S. companies: Critical Keys to Success, Webinar, October 28, 2020.
    • GABA California, Seminar Series: The Founders’ Toolkit, Part I, February 13, 2020.
    • Silicon Valley Forum, Halt & Catch Failure: Startup Mistakes and How to Avoid Them, Webinar, October 8, 2019.
    • Silicon Valley Forum’s Startup Pitch Night: Focus on Sports and Gaming, San Francisco, September 18, 2019.
    • Idea to IPO, How to Avoid Deadly Common Startup Mistakes, San Francisco, June 13, 2019.
    • Cybersecurity and Privacy, Stanford University, May 1, 2019. Panelist.
    • Silicon Valley Forum’s Startup Pitch Night: Focus on Transportation and Mobility, San Francisco, March 28, 2019.
    • First Steps by Global Startups in Silicon Valley, Start Alliance Breakfast Series with Berlin Partner of Economics and Technology GmbH, Berlin, March 14, 2019.
    • Venture Capital Panel, Investment and Latest Innovations in AI Startups, Santa Clara, January 29, 2019.
    • Idea to IPO, Seed Funding for Early Stage Startups, San Francisco, September 26, 2018.
    • Mission2Mars Academy, How to Prepare Your Startup for Angel and Venture Capital Funding, San Francisco, September 18, 2018.
    • Campus Warsaw, U.S. Flip: Why, What and When, July 19, 2018.
    • Idea to IPO, Blockchain, Bitcoin and Virtual Currencies: Overview of Legal Issues, San Francisco, July 12, 2018.
    • Idea to IPO, Fireside Chat with SC Moatti, San Francisco, May 24, 2018.
    • Silicon Valley Forum’s Startup Pitch Night: Focus on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, San Francisco, May 2, 2018.
    • Campus Warsaw, Raising Capital from U.S. Investors, July 25, 2017.
    • Mind the Bridge, Le Marriage: Eight Issues When Aligning Corporates and Startups (with an international twist), San Francisco, July 6, 2017.
    • Idea to IPO, How to Build Your Startup for a Successful Acquisition – A Legal View, Sunnyvale, May 18, 2017.
    • Silicon Valley Forum’s Startup Pitch Night: Focus on Artificial Intelligence, San Francisco, January 18, 2017.
    • Campus Warsaw, How and When to Find, Approach and Close a Deal with a U.S.-based VC, July 26, 2016.
    • Silicon Valley Forum’s Startup Pitch Night: Focus on Healthtech, San Francisco, July 13, 2016.
    • Idea to IPO, Understanding Terms in Venture Capital Financing, Sunnyvale, June 23, 2016.
    • Idea to IPO, Pre-Series A Funding Vehicles (Convertible Notes, SAFE, KISS, etc.), Sunnyvale, March 31, 2016.
    • Silicon Valley Forum’s Startup Pitch Night: Focus on Internet of Things, San Francisco, January 13, 2016.
    • Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Select Legal Issues Related to Entering U.S. Market, Katowice, December 18, 2015.
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Education

  • LL.M., University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 2003

    Diploma, Nicolaus Copernicus University, 2001
    Jean Monnet Centre for European Studies

    University of Cambridge, 2001
    Diploma in Law, British Centre for English and European Legal Studies

    LL.M., Nicolaus Copernicus University, 2001
    Faculty of Law and Administration

Admissions

  • California

    New York

    England and Wales

Courts

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

    U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Languages

  • Polish

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