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Michael Casagrande

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Legal Counsel at Mainsail Partners

Jersey City, New Jersey, United States

About

Michael Casagrande is Legal Counsel at Mainsail, supporting the firm's professionals on legal matters related to firm and portfolio company operations. He previously practiced as an attorney at Latham & Watkins LLP within its Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups, advising private equity sponsors and portfolio companies on buyouts, financings, exits, and other transactions, as well as corporate governance matters. He holds a degree from Skidmore College and a J.D. from Boston College Law School, where he served as an editor on the Boston College Law Review.

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Experience

  1. Mainsail PartnersLegal Counselcurrent2025 — present
  2. Latham & WatkinsAssociate Attorney2019 — 2025New York, New York, United States
  3. Levy RatnerLaw Clerk2018New York, New York, United States
  4. Office of the New York State Attorney GeneralLaw Clerk2017Albany, New York, United States

Education

  1. Boston College Law SchoolJuris Doctor2016 — 2019
  2. Skidmore CollegeBachelor of Science - BS, Political Science and Government2011 — 2015

Same school

Also attended Boston College Law School10

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+ 4 more

Also attended Skidmore College18

Andrea HippeauPartner at Lerer HippeauDave BalterInvestor at True VenturesJordan RamerInvestor at Motus Ventures, LlcGregg SmithFounder at Evolution VC PartnersSarah FeingoldBoard Chair & Legal Expert at Chloe CapitalSteve KupferPartner at Reach Capital

+ 12 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Latham & Watkins39

Chen Yang SiaGeneral Counsel at Golden Gate VenturesSapna MehtaInvestor at RevolutionThea CrawshawInvestor at Index VenturesJuliette PetitChief of Staff at Keen Venture PartnersZachary MillerPartner & COO at A.Capital VenturesJamesPrincipal at Draper Associates

+ 33 more

Also worked at Office of the New York State Attorney General1

Julia MagliozzoVice President at Aligned Climate Capital

Colleagues at Mainsail Partners

Andrea McNees
Senior Manager, GTM Strategy & Operations at Mainsail Partners
Ania Frankel
Senior Director, Internal Operations at Mainsail Partners
Anthony Hayes
Partner at Mainsail Partners
Anurag Sharma
Associate at Mainsail Partners
Apoorva Polisetty
Talent Director at Mainsail Partners
Atasha Bozorgzad
Executive Assistant at Mainsail Partners
Barnaby Dorfman
CTO-in-Residence at Mainsail Partners
Bashir Abdallah
Vice President, Product at Mainsail Partners