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Krista Kim has been instrumental in supporting the rapid growth of General Assembly and expansion of GA’s geographical footprint. Krista has been exceptional in understanding the flexibility required for a fast growing startup while protecting the company’s interests along the way.

Mandy Le
Head of Market Expansion, General Assembly

Linda Shelby and Valence Law are GitHub’s first and last stop on real property, lease agreements and other related issues. The level of responsiveness, attention and cost is everything you would want from your outside legal partners and a smaller outfit and without sacrificing at all on the sophistication and quality of work product.

Julio Avalos
General Counsel, Github

We engaged Krista and her firm when we recently secured our new office space. The speed and quality of her work was impressive and I especially appreciated her cost conscious, straight forward approach which was exceptionally important to us as a startup.

Suresh Pai
CEO, CogENT Therapeutics

Valence was an essential and cost-effective solution for negotiating our new lease. They fully took on the project and their clear expertise and attention to detail left me comfortable knowing we were in good hands.

Michael Martinez
CEO, Juicebox Games, Inc.

Krista can be relied upon to author complex documents, directly interface with customers and their attorneys, and meet extremely tight deadlines with constant attention to details.

Ken Dawson
CFO, Vallejo Marine Terminal, LLC

Krista Kim helped us negotiate an office lease in San Francisco. She was extremely knowledgeable and responsive and helped us negotiate favorable terms. We were pleased with the results and would definitely work with her again.

Chris Erlich
Managing Director, Locust Walk Partners

Great level of efficiency and professionalism! Great response time!

Pierre-Emmanuel Evreux
Founder and President, LEIA Inc.

Valence Law Group was efficient, cost-effective, and extremely attentive to the unique circumstances of our small and growing business. They truly went above and beyond.

Miles Barr
CEO, Ubiquitous Energy