Samira Seraji

Samira Seraji is an associate in the Business Law department.

Samira’s practice focuses on representing both public and private high-growth companies. Their work with companies spans the entire corporate life-cycle, including company formation and entity selection, general corporate representation and counseling, venture capital financings of equity and debt securities, and initial public offerings.

Samira has represented many high-profile companies in their IPO process, including Poshmark, Doximity, and Marqeta (Company side), and Blend (representing Goldman Sachs as the underwriter).

Samira has worked on over 20 high-value company-side financings, including a $220 million Series E financing for Rocket Lawyer, Inc, a $150 million Series C financing for Persona Identities, Inc., and a $110 million Series D financing for Workato, Inc.

Samira is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

While in law school, Samira was recognized as a 1L Kirkland Diversity Scholar and a 1L LCLD Scholar and a Berkeley Center for Law, Business, and the Economy (BCLBE) Scholar. Samira was also a recipient of Goodwin’s 2018 Diversity Fellowship Scholarship Award.

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• Author, "Reproduction and Gender Self-Determination: Fertile Grounds for Trans Legal Advocacy," Michigan Journal of Gender & Law, Fall 2021