DIANA M. SACA
Tel: (415) 505-5003
Fax: (415) 647-1106

Diana Saca has over 17 years of experience in representing both privately held and publicly traded high technology, real estate, retail, and entertainment clients. Diana has served as outside General Counsel to many of her high technology start-up clients and has advised them through all aspects of formation, funding, intellectual property protection, securities regulation, licensing, employment issues and general business structure and strategy. Diana has extensive experience in negotiating, drafting and enforcing asset and/or stock purchase agreements, financing (equity and debt) agreements, licensing agreements, manufacturing and services agreements, leases, employment agreements, real estate purchase agreements, strategic partnerships and other standard or complex business contracts. From 2000 to the present, on behalf of her client’s, Diana has negotiated and closed over $5 Billion worth of business contracts with Fortune 100 companies, including but not limited to Microsoft, IBM, Manpower, Fidelity, CalPERS, Intel, KLA, InVision, Emcor, Bax Global, and others. Diana is Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Saca Development and is a significant real estate developer and private-equity investor herself.

Diana was an associate with the San Jose law firm of Ferrari, Alvarez, Olsen & Ottoboni until 1993. In 1993, Diana became a founding partner of the Silicon Valley law firm, Hagan, Saca & Ryan. In 2000, Diana left the firm and became a founding partner of EnterVentures, a high-technology start-up accelerator, while still maintaining her own independent law practice. Diana now serves as outside counsel for many domestic and international technology companies in the semi-conductor and manufacturing industry, and provides business and legal consulting services to many Bay Area start-ups.

Diana holds degrees in Political Science and Administration of Justice. She completed certification with the Hong Kong International & Comparative Law Institute and obtained her law degree from Santa Clara University School of Law, where she was a member and Associate Editor of the Santa Clara Law Review. Diana is admitted to the California Bar Association, and is also admitted to practice law before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and Federal Courts in the Northern District of California. She is also a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC).

Sampling of Past and Present Represented Clients: Lam Research Corporation, Cymer Corporation, SiTime Corporation, Avenda Systems, Allegro EMS Manufacturing Ltd Pvt., Intandem, Inc., Manpower, Inc., S.Com, Inc., Commonwealth Equity Trust (REIT), The Noyes Foundation, Sepragen Corporation, Anastacia, Specialized Bicycles, San Francisco 49ers, Silicon Valley Bank, Owens Design, and Filco Appliances.