Sumner Fields represents venture capital investors and emerging growth companies in a range of transactional matters. He supports financings, corporate formations and general corporate governance for early and growth-stage businesses.

He manages core deal execution, including due diligence, drafting and organizing transaction documents and coordinating closings. Sumner works closely with deal teams to keep transactions moving efficiently and to support clients through each stage of the investment lifecycle.

Before joining Polsinelli, Sumner worked at an international law firm focusing on cross-border mergers & acquisitions, securities law compliance and capital markets transactions and corporate governance.