24 Sep 2026
Morrison Foerster Welcomes Kaitlin Bagby as Partner in Emerging Companies + Venture Capital Group in Palo Alto
"Morrison Foerster hires Kaitlin Bagby as a partner in its Emerging Companies + Venture Capital Group in Palo Alto; she will advise high-growth technology companies and venture capital investors."
Bagby arrives as a partner with more than a decade of experience advising high-growth technology companies across the full corporate life cycle, from formation and venture financings through mergers and acquisitions and initial public offerings. She also represents leading venture capital investors in financings and other strategic transactions. Her practice has spanned sectors including fintech, artificial intelligence, software and insurtech, and she has significant experience advising early-stage companies, particularly Y Combinator companies. Bagby built her practice around longstanding relationships with founders, emerging companies, late-stage private companies and investors, serving as an embedded adviser as businesses grow and face increasingly complex financing, governance, transactional and strategic needs. She joins Morrison Foerster from a leading global law firm.
Bagby represents the firm’s tenth ECVC partner addition since 2024, reflecting Morrison Foerster’s continued strategic investment in its Emerging Companies + Venture Capital platform and expansion of its emerging companies capabilities in the United States.