Patrick Sims

Patrick Sims

Associate
Patrick Sims
Los Angeles
+1 213 426 2691
Patrick Sims is an associate in the firm’s Business Law department and Technology group specializing in emerging companies and venture capital. Patrick advises his clients on formations, general corporate matters, and venture capital financings as well as their eventual exits, whether through an acquisition or public offering. Patrick also represents various digital currency and blockchain companies and investors on equity and token financings and token launches. Patrick joined Goodwin in 2021.

Experience

Patrick’s work with company- and investor-side clients crosses a broad swath of industries and verticals, including artificial intelligence, biotech, digital currency and blockchain, cleantech and climate tech, fintech, hardware, and SaaS.

Patrick’s representative company-side clients currently include: Anthro Energy, Hightouch, Hive, Iyo, Menlo Security, Pattern, and Vested Finance.

Patrick’s representative investor-side clients include: Andreessen Horowitz, ArcTern Ventures, BOND Capital, Craft Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, and Sequoia Capital.

Professional Experience

Prior to joining Goodwin, Patrick was a corporate associate at Sidley Austin LLP in Los Angeles.

Credentials

Education

JD2019

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

(cum laude)

BS2016

California Lutheran University

Admissions

Bars

  • California

Publications

Author, "The Circumvention of UEFA's Financial Fair Play Rules Through the Influx of Foreign Investments," 39 NW. J. NT'L L. & BUS. 59, 2018