Jeff Seul is co-chair of Holland & Knight's Venture Capital and Emerging Companies Team within the firm's Corporate and M&A group. His practice is focused on corporate matters, mergers and acquisitions, and joint ventures, licensing arrangements and other strategic transactions. Mr. Seul's clients include investors and companies of all sizes, from start-ups to large enterprises.
Mr. Seul represents clients in the IT, cleantech and biotech sectors. In the cleantech arena, he represents companies or their investors in the solar, biofuels, geothermal, hydropower, desalination, green transportation, green housing, energy efficient products and advanced materials, and smart grid spaces.
Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Seul was general counsel of Groove Networks, a software company founded by Ray Ozzie, who created Lotus Notes and is now Microsoft's Chief Software Architect. Mr. Seul joined Groove Networks in early 2000, before the company launched its first product. He helped raise multiple rounds of venture capital, develop and execute the company’s business strategy as a member of its executive committee, and negotiate the company’s sale to Microsoft in 2005. Mr. Seul taught at Harvard Law School for several years before joining Groove Networks. He practiced with law firms in San Francisco and Boulder from 1988-1995, representing emerging growth companies or their investors in both regions.