Reese built her career on the unglamorous parts of dealmaking that most lawyers try to avoid. Based in San Francisco and a Partner at Mercier & Valez, she spends most of her time on the regulatory architecture behind corporate transactions — antitrust filings, HSR clearance, and the kind of structural risk that can sink a deal in its final weeks. Her clients tend to be growth-stage companies in regulated industries, often healthcare-adjacent, looking to consolidate market position through acquisition.
She trained at Berkeley Law and spent her early years at a boutique antitrust shop before moving into broader transactional work. Colleagues describe her as the person you call before you call anyone else, since she tends to spot the problem in a term sheet that nobody else noticed. Outside of deal work, she's known for mentoring junior associates and has a particular interest in how regulatory bottlenecks shape deal timelines in concentrated industries.
