Alexander C. Pherson

Senior Associate

  • Alexander C. Pherson
  • Phone: +1 212 471 1839

    Import to Address Book

  • Duane Morris LLP
    22 Vanderbilt
    335 Madison Avenue, 23rd Floor
    New York, NY 10017-4669
    USA

Alexander C. Pherson practices in the area of corporate law. Mr. Pherson has represented Fortune 500 companies and investment banks in a variety of capital markets transactions and general corporate matters. His experience includes public and private offerings of equity and debt, initial public offerings and M&A transactions.

Mr. Pherson is a 2014 graduate of Stanford Law School and a summa cum laude graduate of UCLA, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. .

Admissions

  • New York

Education

  • Stanford Law School, J.D., 2014
    - Stanford Journal of Law, Business and Finance
  • University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., summa cum laude, 2010
    - Phi Beta Kappa

Experience

  • Duane Morris LLP
    - Senior Associate, 2025-present
    - Associate, 2020-2024
  • Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.
    - Financial Advisor, Private Wealth Management, 2016-2020
  • Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
    - Law Clerk, 2014-2015

Representative Matters

  • Represented Jefferies LLC as sales agent in connection with an “at the market” offering by Cognition Therapeutics, Inc. of $75 million of common stock.

  • Represented Lucid Capital Markets, LLC as sales agent in connection with an “at the market” offering by MedicNova, Inc. of $50 million of common stock.

  • Represented B. Riley Securities, Inc. and BTIG, LLC as sales agents in connection with an “at the market” offering by Hyperfine, Inc. of $50 million of Class A common stock.