Bisi Akinola
InvestorInvestment Committee at Unreasonable Capital
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About
An attorney and business executive currently serving as senior commercial counsel at LinkedIn, with international legal experience spanning technology licensing, M&A, venture capital financings, IP, and securities compliance. She is a member of the California Bar, the Law Society of England and Wales, and is admitted as a barrister in Nigeria.
Experience
- MetaSenior Director and Associate General Counsel, Legalcurrent2021 — present
- Unreasonable CapitalBoard, Investment Committee2016 — 2024
- BoxSenior Director, Legal2019 — 2020
- LinkedInDirector, Legal2014 — 2019Mountain View, California
- Zazzle Inc.Senior Legal Counsel2011 — 2013Redwood Shores, California
- Fenwick & West, LLPAttorney2007 — 2011Mountain View, California
- Streamthing I.OVice President Legal2004 — 2007
- Burness Paull LLPAttorney/Solicitor, Corporate and Business Law Group2001 — 2002Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
- SchlumbergerSenior Attorney1997 — 1999
- Dentons ACAS-LawSenior Attorney1995 — 1997
Skills & more
People Skills9Leadership27Strategic Thinking8Management9Corporate Law54Venture Financing12Corporate Governance41Intellectual Property48IPO10Thinking Outside The Box13Commercial Litigation13Privacy Law10
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Software LicensingIT lawMergers & AcquisitionsCopyright LawTrade SecretsPatent LitigationVenture CapitalLegal WritingStart-upsLegal AssistanceLicensingLegal AdviceLanguages English · Spanish · Yoruba
- CIPP/E — IAPP
- Jeff Weiner on Establishing a Culture and a Plan for Scaling — LinkedIn
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- Who is Bisi Akinola?
- An attorney and business executive currently serving as senior commercial counsel at LinkedIn, with international legal experience spanning technology licensing, M&A, venture capital financings, IP, and securities compliance. She is a member of the California Bar, the Law Society of England and Wales, and is admitted as a barrister in Nigeria.
- Where does Bisi Akinola work?
- Bisi Akinola is Investment Committee at Unreasonable Capital.
- Where did Bisi Akinola go to school?
- Bisi Akinola studied at UCL (LLM, Law - Corporate and Commercial Law).
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Also worked at Meta437
Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceDrew HoustonCo-founder & CEO of DropboxGabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of HarveyTinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear VenturesMike ArpaiaComputer scientist working on machine learning and data infrastructure
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Also worked at LinkedIn287
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersDylan FieldCo-founder, CEO & Chair of FigmaRyan HrabakInvestor at LightbankBen CasnochaSilicon Valley-based entrepreneur, author, and investor
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