Kate Souza
Associate
Kate Souza is an associate in the firm’s Technology group in the Business Law department at Goodwin. She specializes in corporate and securities laws with a focus on representing emerging companies and venture capital firms in the Technology industry. Kate’s practice spans the entire corporate life cycle, from pre-incorporation planning, entity formations, general corporate representation and counseling to venture capital financings, growth-equity financings, secondary sales, and exits.
PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL Experience
Prior to joining Goodwin, Kate was an associate at Fenwick & West LLP.
Areas of Practice
Credentials
Education
JD
University of California Law, San Francisco
(magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, Thurston Society, Hastings Honor Society)
BA
Muhlenberg College
(magna cum laude)
Admissions
Bars
- California
Recognition & Awards
- Staff editor, Hastings Law Journal
- Russell Fulford Memorial Award recipient (scholarship awarded by the Muhlenberg College history department to the student in the junior class with the highest GPA for history classes taken at the college)
Publications
- Author, “How Will I Ever Repay You? The Borrower’s Dilemma and a Tax-Based Solution to the Student Debt Problem,” Hastings Law Journal, January 2022