David Walsh

Senior Counsel
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My experience in executive compensation issues lets me help companies at all stages in their lifecycle, from inception to exit, and means that I'm a part of their transactions from private financings to public offerings.

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Kudu Dynamics Announces $300 Million Sale to Leidos

May 28, 2025

Cooley advised Kudu Dynamics, a company developing state-of-the-art cyber capabilities and nonkinetic effects against a variety of military-relevant systems, on its sale to Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations.

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Vicky Kandabarow
Associate, Washington, DC
Danielle Joe
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Tyler Kennedy
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Megan Browdie
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David Fletcher
Partner, Washington, DC
Steve Flores
Partner, Chicago
Christopher Kimball
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Kevin King
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Eileen Marshall
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David Walsh
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Karun Ahuja
Special Counsel, Chicago
Stacey A. Bradford
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Julia R. Brinton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Jeff Goldman
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Heather Harrington
Special Counsel, Boston
Kimberly Nguyen
Special Counsel, Reston
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Grant Schweikert
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
MaryBeth Shreiner
Special Counsel, Reston
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Umer Chaudhry
Associate, Washington, DC
Stefan Cohen
Associate, New York
Mari Dugas
Associate, Washington, DC
Paula Fleckenstein
Associate, Reston
Katie Kaufman
Associate, Boston
Amanda Pacheco
Associate, Palo Alto
Patricia Myers
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado
Cortney Smith
Senior Paralegal, Reston
Katie Kissner
Quantitative Analyst, San Francisco

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Atsena Therapeutics Announces Oversubscribed $150 Million Series C

April 2, 2025

Cooley advised Atsena Therapeutics, a clinical-stage gene therapy company developing best-in-class treatments for the reversal or prevention of blindness from inherited retinal diseases, on the close of its oversubscribed $150 million Series C financing.

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Christian Plaza
Partner, Reston
Matthew Schwee
Partner, Reston
Tyler Kennedy
Associate
Sarah Howard
Associate, Washington, DC
Leo Metz
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David Walsh
Senior Counsel, Reston
Paula Fleckenstein
Associate, Reston
Brandon Lefebvre
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PetLab Co. Announces Majority Stake Sale to BC Partners

February 26, 2025

Cooley advised PetLab Co., a rapidly growing independent pet supplement brand headquartered in London, on its majority stake sale to BC Partners, a top international investment firm.

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Partner, London
Kevin Cooper
Partner, New York
Louise Burt
Associate, London
David Wilson
Partner, London
Eerik Kukebal
Associate, London
Aaron Pomeroy
Partner, Colorado
Paula Holland
Partner, London
Harry Calkin
Associate, London
Rick Jantz
Associate, Santa Monica
Jia Xie
Associate, London
Patrick Flanagan
Partner, New York
Paula Fleckenstein
Associate, Reston
David Walsh
Senior Counsel, Reston
Chris Coulter
Partner, London
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Caroline Hobson
Partner, London
Colm Murphy
Partner, London
Gerard O'Shea
Partner, New York
Lauren A. Reichardt
Partner, New York
Guadalupe Sampedro
Partner, London
Stella Sarma
Partner, Brussels
Leo Spicer-Phelps
Partner, London
Nicola Squire
Partner, London
Chris Stack
Partner, London
Henry Stewart
Partner, London
Michael Tollini
Partner, Washington, DC
Karun Ahuja
Special Counsel, Chicago
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Christine Graham
Special Counsel, London
Jack Jones
Special Counsel, London
Cristina DeBiase
Associate, Boston
Athina Gaki
Associate, Brussels
Gary Warren Hunt III
Associate, Washington, DC
Danielle Joe
Associate, Washington, DC
Alexandra Leavy
Associate, New York
Daniel Millard
Associate, London
Megan Mojabi (Flynn)
Associate, London
Breanna Qin
Associate, Palo Alto
Alice Wong
Associate, London
Steven A. Zuckerman
Associate, New York
Margie Murphy
Paralegal Specialist, New York
Jake Ironfield
Transactional Quantitative Analyst, New York
Kafeel Azher
Associate, London

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Plain Raises $15 Million Series A

February 10, 2025

Cooley advised Plain, a business-to-business support platform, on its $15 million Series A.

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Ali Ramadan
Partner, London
Kerry Corrigan
Associate, London
Xander Lee
Partner, Santa Monica
Ryan Montgomery
Partner, Boston
Leo Spicer-Phelps
Partner, London
Nicola Squire
Partner, London
David Walsh
Senior Counsel, Reston
Alice Wong
Associate, London

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AttackIQ Acquires Assets from DeepSurface

February 4, 2025

Cooley advised AttackIQ, a leading vendor of adversarial exposure validation solutions, on its acquisition of assets from DeepSurface Security, a security posture management and vulnerability prioritization company. Partner Matt Browne led the Cooley team advising AttackIQ.

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Partner, San Diego
Amy Hallman Rice
Special Counsel, San Diego
Michael Pelle
Associate, New York
Eileen Marshall
Partner, Washington, DC
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