Overview

Meaghan Nelson offers clients 15 years of legal experience, combining her strong foundation from working at major law firms with the business acumen and insight gained from serving as in-house counsel. She handles public company representation, corporate governance, executive compensation, and corporate transactions, including venture financings, mergers and acquisitions, and public offerings. Meaghan's experience spans working with Am Law 50 firms, where she honed her skills in M&A and securities law, to serving as in-house counsel at two prominent tech companies—Veeva Systems and SingleStore.

Meaghan played a vital role in Veeva’s IPO and follow-on offering and its historic conversion to a public benefit corporation, making Veeva the first publicly traded company to do so. As associate general counsel, corporate, she led Veeva’s M&A efforts and advised senior executives and the Board on various corporate matters, including governance, SEC reporting, executive compensation, stock exchange listing compliance, insider trading and Rule 10b5-1 plans, and shareholder engagement.

As a general counsel of SingleStore, Meaghan was responsible for all aspects of the legal function, including go-to-market support, privacy, data security, global employment law matters, executive compensation, international equity compensation, intellectual property and product counseling, corporate governance and Board and shareholder relations, and litigation strategy and management as well as support for the company’s international expansion and venture fundraising.

Meaghan’s practice now focuses on advising clients in public company reporting and securities law (‘33 Act and ‘34 Act compliance), stock exchange listing compliance, corporate governance and ESG matters, insider trading and Rule 10b5-1 plans, executive compensation, and shareholder communication and engagement trends, as well as advising emerging-growth companies on general corporate matters, financings, and equity compensation issues. Her depth of expertise strengthens the firm’s ability to handle complex transactions for public companies and high-growth startups alike. She is also recognized for her strategic counsel on executive compensation plans and her leadership in guiding clients through high-stakes corporate governance issues.

With a bicoastal admission to practice in the private equity and venture capital hubs of California and New York, Meaghan is well situated to serve as a trusted advisor to boards and C-suites. Her practical and technical experience provides value to Idaho’s vibrant emerging growth companies. In addition to her legal practice, Meaghan is an adjunct professor at the University of Idaho College of Law and is a Contributing Editor for CCRcorp, providing practical guidance to 88% of the publicly traded Fortune 100, 93% of the AmLaw 100, and countless smaller and midsized companies and firms.

Education

University of Illinois College of Law, J.D., 2010, summa cum laude; Order of the Coif; Articles Editor, University of Illinois Law Review

Georgia Institute of Technology, B.S., International Affairs, 2005, with high honors

Admissions

Not licensed to practice in Idaho

Admitted only in California and New York

Experience

  • Counseled clients in all stages of maturity on corporate matters and transactions, including incorporation, venture financings, and mergers and acquisitions.
  • Advised public clients on corporate matters, including SEC and stock exchange-based disclosure issues, stock exchange listing compliance, and mergers and acquisitions.
  • Advised public clients on corporate governance matters, including shareholder engagement and response to shareholder proposals, compliance programs, executive succession matters, board effectiveness, beneficial ownership and short-swing profit form filings, and insider trading and Rule 10b5-1 plans.
  • Guided issuers through initial public offerings and follow-on offerings and listings on the NYSE and Nasdaq.
  • Represented selling stockholders of several companies in connection with the respective companies’ IPOs and follow‐on offerings; managed process with transfer agents, venture capital funds, and investment banks.

Insights

Insights & Presentations

  • “Heart and Hustle: Managing Co-Founder Challenges," Roseville Venture Lab, February 12, 2025

  • Blogger, TheCorporateCounsel.net (The Mentor Blog) and CompensationStandards.com (The Advisors’ Blog)
  • Editor, “In-House Essentials Treatise,” TheCorporateCounsel.net
  • Editor, “Proxy Season Disclosure Treatise,” TheCorporateCounsel.net
  • Editor, “Lynn & Borges’ Executive Compensation Disclosure Treatise,” CompensationStandards.com
  • Inside Track with Liz: Meaghan Nelson on Veeva Systems’ Conversion to a Public Benefit Corporation, February 10, 2021

Affiliations

Professional

  • The Society for Corporate Governance, Securities Law Committee Member
  • The Society for Corporate Governance, Corporate Practices Committee Member

Civic

  • Volunteer, Let Grow, 2024–present

Industries

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