John Olson

John Olson is a partner at Gunderson Dettmer, specializing in mergers and acquisitions with a focus on representing buyers and sellers of technology companies in the San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices since April 2018. Prior to this role, Olson served as Special Counsel at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, specializing in technology-related mergers and acquisitions from January 2014 to March 2018. Olson's early career included an association at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, where expertise in corporate and financial transactions was gained, as well as a summer associate position at Clifford Chance US LLP focused on mergers and acquisitions and private equity. Olson's educational background includes a JD from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, a MA from The Johns Hopkins University, and a BA from Williams College.