Varnum is pleased to announce that attorney Manan Shah has joined the firm’s Corporate Practice Team in the Birmingham office.
Shah advises clients on sophisticated financing transactions and a broad range of corporate matters, including work for private equity and venture capital firms, borrowers, emerging growth companies, and investors. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, fund investments, and transactions that support clients through periods of formation, growth, investment, and transition.
As a CPA, Shah brings a strong financial and business background to his legal practice. His experience in management consulting, accounting, financial analysis, business process improvement, and data analytics helps him approach transactions with a practical understanding of the business considerations behind them.
Prior to joining Varnum, Shah represented emerging growth companies and leading venture capital firms in corporate and financing transactions in private practice. He earned his Juris Doctor cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School, where he served as an Associate Editor of the Michigan Technology Law Review, and earned his undergraduate degree in accounting with high honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
