Caitlin R. Stanton

Caitlin is a member of the firm’s Business Services and Startup and Founders practice groups. She serves as outside general counsel to entrepreneurs, start-ups, mature businesses, and non-profits. She advises clients on entity formation, corporate governance, acquisitions, equity compensation, employment matters, intellectual property, and debt and equity financings, including commercial debt and venture capital. Her work spans the entire corporate life cycle, including start-up matters and strategy, general corporate representation and counseling, venture capital financings, commercial contracts, and mergers and acquisitions. Caitlin provides experienced, practical, and insightful counsel to companies at a variety of stages, in a range of industries, and with diverse needs. 

Before joining Jensen Baird, Caitlin practiced at a boutique firm in Burlington, Vermont where she provided general corporate representation across a wide range of industries, including technology, food and beverage, consumer products, renewables, restaurants and hospitality, and manufacturing. 

Caitlin graduated from Vermont Law School, magna cum laude, where she was Articles Editor of the Vermont Law Review, a member of the Moot Court Advisory Board, and a student clinician at the law school’s Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic. As a law student, Caitlin also co-authored the book “Environmental Law for Non-Lawyers.” After graduation, she clerked for the Environmental Division of the Vermont Superior Court and then for Justice Harold Eaton of the Vermont Supreme Court. 

A graduate of Burke Mountain Academy, Caitlin enjoys skiing and hiking Maine’s mountains. She lives with her husband and daughter in Portland.

Relevant experience:

Advised SASS company on a $3.9M Series Seed financing transaction

Advised aerospace technology company on $400M Series A financing transaction

Advised medical device company on $8.9M Series A financing transaction

Advised organic cosmetics company on $7M Series A financing transaction

Advised women-owned health technology company in $7M in seed funding