Kaoru Christopher Suzuki

I’m an associate in the firm’s New Ventures practice group with a focus on securities transactions, including convertible note financings, SAFE/KISS offerings, preferred equity financings, and registered public offerings.

I advise startup companies, investment funds, stockholders, directors, and management across various industries, including life sciences, health care, retail and consumer products, financial services, and technology, on general corporate and securities matters. I also advise public companies in various transactions, including registered public offerings (including IPOs and shelf offerings), private placements, and registered direct offerings.

I’m a graduate of Rice University and Boston College Law School. In my free time, I enjoy playing music, golfing, and playing board games.

• Massachusetts
• Ohio

• “Launching a Startup? Consider Forming a Corporation Instead of a Limited Liability Company,” Thompson Hine Business Law Update, Spring 2018
• “Spin-Offs: Key Considerations,” Thompson Hine Business Law Update, Winter 2018
• Ohio’s Crowdfunding Bill,” Thompson Hine Business Law Update,Spring 2017
• “The Role of Nuisance in the Developing Common Law of Hydraulic Fracturing,” Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review, 2014

• Included in the inaugural edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch 2021 for Corporate Law
• Selected to the Ohio Rising Stars list, 2021