Otto Hanson

Otto Hanson is an associate in the Finance & Acquisitions Department of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP. Before pursuing a legal career, Mr. Hanson worked in business management roles at startups in Boulder, Colorado and Silicon Valley. Among other roles, Mr. Hanson spent three years selecting and managing outside counsel for those companies. Mr. Hanson’s practice focuses on financing, technology, and commercial transactions as well as general matters of corporate law including public benefit corporations. He is fluent in Spanish, conversational in Portuguese, and is the co-chair of the New Lawyers Subsection of the Business Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association. In 2012, Mr. Hanson received the Executive Certificate in Management and Leadership from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management. In law school, Mr. Hanson focused on corporate law, including the types of issues most commonly faced by emerging companies. He took on various leadership roles, including helping allocate CU Foundation investment funds through a student-run venture capital team, running the Silicon Flatirons Student Group, leading a national title-winning M&A moot court team, and serving as a part-time lecturer at the Leeds School of Business. Beyond his legal practice, Mr. Hanson enjoys engaging in various political, pro bono, and entrepreneurial endeavors.