Rose Sorensen (Moderator)

Rose B. Sorensen is a partner in the firm's Corporate and Securities group, whose practice focuses on providing services to clients from high-net-worth individuals, family-owned businesses, and entrepreneurs to strategics, multi-national corporations and nonprofits.  

Rose’s practice includes mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, reorganizations, commercial finance, private placements, venture capital, corporate governance, telecommunications services, joint ventures, licensing, entity structure and formation. She also advises many businesses on legal matters that affect operations such as contractual matters (including distribution and licensing agreements), corporate governance and shareholders arrangements, entity structure and formation, reorganizations and general legal compliance on specific matters that arise from time to time.

She has extensive experience covering a variety of industries including, software and technology, consumer goods, manufacturing and industrials (including aerospace and defense), food and beverage, healthcare, business services, and construction and building materials. She has a background counseling foreign-based businesses on the legal issues involved with entering the United States and cultural familiarity to facilitate cross-border interactions.  

Rose’s background includes serving as General Counsel of a private cable operator and internet service provider with operations throughout California, Arizona, and Texas. As General Counsel she handled a variety of telecommunications transactions, including video, Internet, telephone, rooftop antenna, and wireless services transactions (including right of entry agreements) for multifamily projects, mixed-use and master planned communities, and commercial properties. Rose has in-depth knowledge of the inner workings of this industry and a familiarity with market offerings both from the developer/property owner and cable operator perspective.  

Rose is a relationship based lawyer who values the opportunity of getting to know her clients. She is adept at helping to breakdown complex issues into comprehensible steps to move forward. Due to her prior experience as a general counsel, she has developed a keen insight focused on helping to find practical solutions to getting a deal done.