Denis Rice
Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin PC, San Francisco

Denis Rice is a founding director of Howard Rice and practices in a broad range of legal areas. His experience includes corporate and securities matters, Internet and e-commerce law, including startups, venture capital, corporate finance and intellectual property issues, financial institutions, complex litigation, dispute resolution, nanotechnology and international transactions. He has handled U.S. investments in India, China, Mexico and Europe. He handled the first public offering of a motion picture on the Internet in 2003. Mr. Rice has litigated complex cases (including class actions) in state and federal courts involving securities fraud, fiduciary duties, corporate governance, proxy contests, antitrust, trademarks and trade secrets. He has served as special counsel to corporate boards and federal agencies on governance, conflict and securities issues.

Representative clients have included Chase H&Q, General Motors Corp, H&Q Asia Pacific Ltd., Wells Fargo Bank, e-Companies Venture Group, S.F. Sentry Financial Group, Bank of Guam, Gensler, Sharp Electronics Corporation, Saint Francis Foundation, TriWorks Corp. and Granite Ventures LLC.

Sajai conducts two Negotiation Skills courses at the National Law School of India University in Bangalore, one on Negotiation Skills and another on Transactional Skills for lawyers. He is very active with Computer Law Association globally.

Education and Honors

• J.D., University of Michigan Law School (Order of the Coif, Associate Editor, Michigan Law Review)
• A.B., Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (Phi Beta Kappa)