Armando Castro

Partner

Armando Castro is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Business and Finance Practice. Mr. Castro has counseled entrepreneurs, emerging growth companies, public companies, venture capital firms, and investment banks for more than 15 years in a wide variety of private and public equity and debt transactions, strategic partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, and SEC and other regulatory reporting matters. His industry background includes renewable energy technologies, industrial chemicals, synthetic biology, energy conservation technologies, enterprise and telecom networking technologies, wireless technologies, electronics, software, and semiconductors.

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Mr. Castro was a partner in the Palo Alto office of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison. He also served as general counsel and secretary to Cyras Systems, Inc. and as vice president of CIENA Corporation.

Mr. Castro earned his J.D. from Stanford University Law School in 1992 and his B.S. from Loyola Marymount University in 1985. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Castro was a certified public accountant with the Los Angeles office of Ernst & Young. He is fluent in Spanish.

Mr. Castro is admitted to practice in California.