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Eric C. Jensen is a business partner in the Cooley Palo Alto office. Mr. Jensen is head of the Firm's Business department and a member of the Management Committee. Mr. Jensen has been with the Firm since 1988 and a partner since 1994.
Mr. Jensen practices securities and general corporate law, with an emphasis on the representation of emerging and public software, semiconductor, internet, and other information technology companies. He also has extensive experience representing venture capital funds and underwriters. He has counseled clients in the areas of corporate formations, venture financings, public offerings of equity and debt, mergers and acquisitions, joint venture, licensing and related strategic transactions, employee incentive matters and SEC reporting and compliance. Mr. Jensen has been included as one of The Best Lawyers in America in 2006 - 2010 and named as one of Northern California's "Super Lawyers" in 2007 - 2009.
Public company clients of Mr. Jensen have included:
- Adobe Systems Incorporated *
- Alteon WebSystems
- Arterial Vascular Engineering, Inc.
- Blue Martini Software
- Borland Software Corporation
- Leadis Technology, Inc. *
- NVIDIA Corporation *
- Procera Networks *
- Siebel Systems
- Synopsys, Inc. *
- VANS
- Vitria Technology
- Volterra Semiconductor Corporation *
* Indicates current client
Private company clients include:
- Aeris.net
- Beceem Communications, Inc.
- C3, LLC
- Everywun, Inc.
- Medium Entertainment, Inc.
- NextBio
- Parascale, Inc.
- PlaySpan, Inc.
- Progress Financial Corporation
- Ruckus Wireless, Inc.
- Saber es Poder, Inc.
- SeeSaw Networks, Inc.
- Silicon Clocks, Inc.
- SMachines, Inc.
- Telegent Systems, Inc.
- TriCipher, Inc.
- Yield Software
From 2000 to 2001, Mr. Jensen served as general counsel and member of the senior management team at Blue Martini Software.
Mr. Jensen received a J.D. in 1988 from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and was an editor for the UCLA Law Review. In 1987, Mr. Jensen served as an extern to the Hon. Arthur L. Alarcon of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. He received a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Political Science from Stanford University in 1984, where he graduated with distinction and honors in economics.
Mr. Jensen is admitted to practice before the California and Colorado bars and is a member of the American Bar Association. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, a non-profit corporation.
Education- University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
JD, 1988, Order of the Coif - Stanford University
BA Economics and Political Science, 1984, With distinction and honors
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