Marina focuses her practice on venture financing, investment funds, and commercial contracting. She represents a broad range of clients, including startups, emerging growth companies, venture funds, and fund-of-funds, as well as companies across industries such as life sciences, financial services, and technology.
Marina advises emerging company clients throughout their full life cycle, from formation and early-stage financings through exit transactions, frequently serving as outside general counsel. Her private fund practice includes both fund-side and investor-side organization, operation and investment management. Marina’s commercial contracting experience spans day-to-day agreements, strategic collaborations, and licensing matters.
While attending law school, Marina was a legal intern at Greater Boston Legal Services’ Consumer Rights Unit and volunteered with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office. Marina spent several years after graduating college teaching overseas and in the United States and also worked in nonprofit development. Prior to joining Mintz, Marina served as a summer associate at a leading Boston law firm.
Experience
Selected Experience
- Represents numerous emerging companies, at all stages of development, as outside general counsel.
- Represented a financial services company in its $55 million Series A financing.
- Represented a biotech company in its four-tranche Series A financing valued at up to $100 million.
- Represented a renewable energy startup in its $20 million convertible note financing round.
- Represented an AI-driven energy regeneration startup in its $14 million Series A financing round.
- Represented a venture capital fund in its investment in a cybersecurity startup of up to $10 million.
- Represented a cybersecurity startup in its $3 million SAFE financing.
- Represented a health care technology startup in its $10 million Series A financing round.
- Represented a technology startup in its acquisition by a large public company.
- Represented a fund-of-funds in over $100 million in investments in certain private funds.
- Represented a family office in its sale of several home care service companies for $50 million.
- Represented a technology consulting company in its acquisition by a private equity company for up to $23.5 million.
- Represented one of the world’s largest asset managers in the negotiation of customer agreements with financial institutions nationwide.
- Represented one of the nation’s largest broker-dealers in the negotiation of several fundamental commercial contracts.
- Represented both acquirers and sellers in the negotiation of transition services agreements in the context of mergers and acquisitions.
- Represented a range of companies across industries like health care, energy, and technology in the development and negotiation of bespoke customer and supplier agreements.
viewpoints
Acquiring U.S. Businesses: Considerations for European Companies and Private Equity Funds
May 9, 2023 | Advisory | By Marc Mantell, Robert Kidwell, Marina F. Rothberg
Amid ongoing growth in global M&A, buyers evaluating cross-border opportunities need to weigh many issues. Mintz M&A and antitrust attorneys look at considerations for European companies and private equity funds seeking targets in the United States, including US deal structures, antitrust regulations, and deal-reporting requirements.
BEA Reporting Requirements: Have You Reported Your Cross-Border Investments?
April 21, 2023 | Advisory | By Marina F. Rothberg
Read about the BEA’s mandatory Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the U.S., its other investment reporting requirements, and implications of the rules for entities considering transactions.
News & Press
Mintz Advises Algoma on $2.3M Seed Funding Round
May 20, 2025
Mintz advised Algoma, an AI-native real estate development platform, in its $2.3 million seed funding round. Algoma plans to invest the funds in expanding its engineering team, enriching its product suite, and advancing its web platform.
Mintz Advises Voldex on Partnership with NFL
September 12, 2024
Mintz advised Voldex, a leading game developer, on a licensing agreement with the NFL for NFL Universe Football, Voldex’s football experience formerly known as Ultimate Football.
Members Marc Mantell and Robert Kidwell, and associate Marina Rothberg co-authored an article published by Law360 discussing cross-border M&A activity and predictions for the upcoming year.
