Haiyan Tao focuses on corporate matters for startups and emerging companies. She usually assists with entity formation, securities filings with the SEC and the state regulators, drafting corporate documents and ancillary transactional documents, maintaining minute books of corporate clients, administration of equity incentive plans, and more. Before joining the firm, Haiyan Tao was working as a corporate attorney in China advising antitrust matters, private equity transactions, M&A transactions, and general corporate matters for more than four years. She is a native speaker of Mandarin.
Carney Badley Spellman is about Advocacy, Strategy, Results. Located in Seattle, we are a full-service law firm committed to exceptional client service and professional excellence. Our firm serves individuals, professionals, entrepreneurs, educators, closely-held or family businesses, franchises, Fortune 500 corporations, and insurance companies. They are in the private sector, public sector, and governments. Our clients are forward thinkers, creative, collaborative, and deliver high-quality products and business services to their markets. Their markets extend into almost every industry including, food and beverage, retail, professional services, arts, health care, education, manufacturing, technology, construction, real estate, and more. We advocate for our clients. We strategize with them to meet their goals.