Katharine (Katie) Martin is chair of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's board of directors and a partner in the firm's Palo Alto office, where she practices corporate and securities law. Katie previously served as a member of the Policy Committee and as the leader of its business law department.

Katie has extensive experience in representing public companies. Her practice includes all aspects of company representation, including corporate governance, SEC compliance, 1934 Act issues, public offerings, private placements, and mergers and acquisitions. She also has represented underwriters in public offerings and issuers and investors in private equity financings.

Katie joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in 1999, after 12 years at Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP, where she was a partner. She is a frequent speaker on corporate and securities law, corporate governance, and mergers and acquisition topics, presenting at such venues as PLI, Corporate Board Member, and the SEC Institute.

Jared leads the asset management practice for the audit group in the Bay Area.  He has over sixteen years of professional experience serving private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, financial technology companies, fund of funds, registered investment companies, registered investment advisors, business development companies, and depository institutions throughout the San Francisco Bay Area/ Silicon Valley. 

Jared helped develop Deloitte’s national audit approach for the venture capital industry.  He is also an alternative investment subject matter specialist who interacts with engagement teams throughout the country on valuation methods applied to hard-to-value financial instruments.

Jared graduated from Ohio State University with a bachelor degree in business administration majoring in both accounting and finance.  He currently holds an active CPA license, and is a member of the AICPA.