Mr. Wells has substantial transactional experience in business formation, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, equity public offerings, and general public company representation. In addition to negotiating transactions on both coasts and throughout the intermountain states, Mr. Wells has completed cross-border deals involving companies in Canada, Mexico, the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Israel and Russia. He enjoys working with entrepreneurs in emerging growth companies and mature enterprises, and with the investors that finance them.

Mr. Wells has represented public and private technology companies since 2000 when he joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto. He later helped to open that firm's office in Salt Lake City. When Wilson Sonsini closed its Salt Lake office in 2007, Mr. Wells moved to Ray Quinney & Nebeker, P.C. with Mark Bonham and succeeded Mr. Bonham as leader of Ray Quinney's Venture Practice.

During law school, Mr. Wells was a law clerk for the Honorable Paul M. Peatross, Jr. of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit of Virginia. Prior to pursuing a career in law, he served as a management consultant for International Technology & Trade Associates, Inc. in Washington, D.C.

HONORS

Utah Business "Forty Under 40"

Super Lawyers Mountain States Rising Stars - Securities & Corporate Finance

The Best Lawyers in America - Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions and Venture Capital

Utah Business Legal Elite - Corporate Law and "Up and Coming"

"Next Generation Fellow" of the American Assembly; delegate to the Mountain States Assembly

"Young Leader" of the American Council on Germany; delegate to Hamburg conference

Member, California State Bar

Member, Utah State Bar

Board of Trustees, Utah Technology Council

Advisory Board, BYU Cougar Capital

Guest Lecturer, BYU's J. Reuben Clark Law School (Securities Regulation classes), BYU's Marriott School of Management (MBA classes), University of Utah's David Eccles School of Business (MBA classes)

Judge, BYU Business Plan Competition

Alumni Council, The Waterford School

Speaker, "Venture Capital Financings," session at the 1st Annual Tax Conference and Legal Lunch, Salt Lake City (2010)

Panelist, "Venture Capital Follow-On: A Smoother Transition," Utah Angel Group Summit (2010)

Speaker, "Presentation to BYU Technology Licensees," BYU Licensees Workshop (2010)

Speaker, "Director Duties in Uncertain Times," Holland & Hart Denver Breakfast Briefing (2009)

Panelist, "Legal Issues in Private Equity," Utah Fund of Funds Middle Market Symposium (2009)

Speaker, "Private Placements: The Best Offense is Good Form D-fense," Business Section of the Utah State Bar (2009)

Author, "Cashing Out Early," Business Connect Magazine (2008)

Speaker, "Starting a Business - Legal & Tax Issues," Utah Inventor Symposium (2008)

Speaker, "M&A Deal Points," Securities Section of Utah State Bar (2007)

Speaker, "How to Buy a Company," Utah Technology Council Clinic (2007)

Speaker, "Presentation to BYU Technology Licensees," BYU Licensees Workshop (2006)

Speaker, "Common Pitfalls in Venture Capital Financings," Securities Section of Utah State Bar (2006)

Contributor, The Initial Public Offering, A Guidebook for Executives and Board of Directors, Bowne (2004)

Author, Internet Business Method Patent Policy, 87 Va. Law Rev. 729 (2001)