Julia Vax is a Retired Partner at Arnold & Porter and while practicing law she specialized in business,
corporate and securities laws focusing on representing emerging growth and public companies, primarily in
the life sciences and technology sectors, from formation and early-stage capital raising to publicly traded
entities. Julia has extensive experience in private and publicly-registered equity and debt offerings, including
venture capital financings, PIPE transactions and IPOs, as well as in executive compensation, corporate
governance and SEC reporting and compliance. Julia currently serves as an Executive Coach with the Athena
Alliance and is a regular panelist on the How Women Lead Board Readiness Workshop. She previously
served as a Visiting Professor with the Law Faculty at the University of Tartu, Estonia through the Center for
International Legal Studies.