WELCOME TO VELA | WOOD. We are a boutique corporate law firm with a local feel and a global impact. We focus our practice in the areas of M&A, Private Equity, Fund Representation, and Venture Transactions.

We provide a full suite of services to our clients. With a flexible billing model that focuses on relationships, not time, we seek to enable our clients to fulfill their personal and professional goals. We thrive on turning an initial consultation into a successful, long-term relationship.

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Meet Our Attorneys

• “Fall seven times. Stand up eight.”

  – Japanese Proverb

  Zach Jones

  Senior Tax Counsel

  Zach is Senior Tax Counsel at Vela Wood. He focuses his practice on tax disputes with government authorities and complicated business transactions. Read More

• “The important thing is to not stop questioning.” – Albert Einstein

  Paul Wolpert

  Senior Associate

  Paul is a senior associate at Vela Wood. He practices in all areas of corporate law, including securities and corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and fund formation Read More

• “Don’t count the things you do, do the things that count.”

  – Zig Ziglar

  Lindsey Altmeyer

  Senior Associate

  Lindsey is a senior associate at Vela Wood. She focuses her practice in the areas of venture financing, securities exemptions, and general corporate governance. Read More

• Give them what they never knew they wanted. – Diana Vreeland

  Lara Bubalo Manor

  Senior Associate

  Lara is a senior associate at Vela Wood. She focuses her practice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions, and private placements. Read More

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  “A [wo]man’s got to have a code.”

  – John Wayne

   

  Lacey Shrum

  Associate

  Lacey is an associate at Vela Wood where she serves businesses that use blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies, helping clients identify and mitigate particular risks arising out of this new technology. Read More

• “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”

  – Anais Nin

  Jenny Young

  Senior Associate

  Jenny is a senior associate at Vela Wood. She focuses her practice on employment law and general corporate matters. Read More

• “When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.”

  – Elon Musk

  Jeff Villalobos

  Associate

  Jeff is an associate at Vela Wood. He focuses his practice in the areas of intellectual property, technology commercialization, privacy, advertising, and corporate transactional matters. Read More

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  “It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.”

  – Marcus Aurelius

  Fernando Avelar

  Senior Associate

  Fernando is a senior associate at Vela Wood. He focuses his practice in the areas of M&A, venture capital, and private equity. Read More

• “A mind that is stretched by new experiences can never go back to its old dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

  Denise Rizo-Patron

  Senior Associate

  Denise is a senior associate at Vela Wood. Denise’s experience includes representing clients ranging from public companies to startups in transactional matters. Read More

• “Curiosity is the spark behind the spark of every great idea. The future belongs to the curious.”

  – Unknown

  Blake Hart

  Associate

  Blake is an associate at Vela Wood. She focuses her practice on contract drafting, review, and negotiation on behalf of sports and entertainment individuals and enterprises. Read More

• “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”

  – Anonymous

  Carr Staley

  Partner

  Carr is a partner at Vela Wood. He focuses his practice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions and real estate transactions and investment activities. Read More

• “The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”
  — Marcus Aurelius

  Radney Wood

  Partner

  Radney is a named partner at Vela Wood. He divides his practice between commercial litigation and general corporate matters, concentrating on partnership disputes, corporate governance, venture financing, and contract negotiations. Read More

• “Vela, stop shooting so much.”

  – Coach Cranfill

  Kevin Vela

  Partner

  Kevin is the managing partner at Vela Wood. He focuses his practice in the areas of M&A, venture financing, fund representation, and gaming law. Read More

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