Lara Alice Pender

Lara Alice Pender is a partner at Gunderson Dettmer since June 2022 and serves as an adjunct professor of Late Stage Venture Capital at the University of Michigan Law School since September 2020. Prior to these roles, Lara was a partner at JONES DAY® from September 2016 to June 2022 and held attorney positions at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, and Morrison Foerster. Lara's academic background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Trinity College Dublin, obtained between 2002 and 2006.