Gunderson Dettmer hires veteran in-house counsel as corporate partner

Gunderson Dettmer hires veteran in-house counsel as corporate partner

Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian has hired Sangeetha Raghunathan as a corporate partner in San Francisco. She previously worked at finch company Earnin as a general counsel, chief compliance officer, corporate secretary and head of government relations for just under three years.

In her new role, Raghunathan will focus her practice on regulatory and compliance support for companies in the fintech, web3 and modern finance spaces, the firm said.

Prior to joining Earnin in 2019, Raghunathan held various in-house roles at major fintech players including crowdfunding company Indiegogo and consumer electronics warranty and insurance platform SquareTrade, where she led the company's $1.4bn sale to insurance giant Allstate in 2016.

Before that, she spent three years as associate principal counsel at Disney and worked as privacy and data security counsel at Visa between 2010 and 2011.

On her appointment, Raghunathan said: "As in-house counsel, I had the opportunity to impact one company at a time. At Gunderson, I will have the opportunity to work with a wide range of companies and investors, which together will have a sizable impact on the industry."