The Legal 500 2018 Recognizes Cooley

September 7, 2018

Palo Alto – September 7, 2018 – The Legal 500 United States 2018 recognized 22 Cooley practice areas and recommended Cooley as a #1 firm for venture capital and emerging companies and technology transactions. Ten attorneys were recognized as leading lawyers in their respective fields and firm chairman Stephen Neal and partner Michael Rhodes were singled out as leading trial lawyers. Partners Adam Chase and Adriana Lofaro Wirtz were recognized as next generation lawyers in the technology transactions and tax controversy practice areas, respectively. In total, 85 lawyers were recommended in The Legal 500 United States 2018 editorial.

The following Cooley practices and lawyers were highlighted:

Recommended practice groups

Denotes tier 1 ranking

Antitrust – Merger control
Dispute resolution – Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense: advice to corporates
Dispute resolution – Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense: advice to individuals
Dispute resolution – General commercial disputes
Dispute resolution – International arbitration
Dispute resolution – Securities litigation: defense
Finance – Capital markets: equity offerings – advice to issuers
Finance – Capital markets: equity offerings – advice to managers
Industry focus – Healthcare: life sciences
Industry focus – Transport: aviation and air travel - litigation
Intellectual property – Patent litigation: full coverage
Intellectual property – Patent: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
Intellectual property – Patents: licensing
Intellectual property – Trademarks: litigation
Intellectual property – Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
Investment fund formation and management – Private equity funds (including venture capital)
M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
M&A/corporate and commercial – Venture capital and emerging companies
Media, technology and telecoms – Cyber law (including data protection and privacy)
Media, technology and telecoms – Data privacy and data protection
Media, technology and telecoms – Technology: transactions
Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: transactional
Real estate – Land use/zoning
Tax – US taxes: contentious
Tax – US taxes: non-contentious

In May, Chambers USA also bestowed a national band 1 ranking for Cooley's venture capital and emerging companies practice groups.

Leading lawyers

Keith Berets	Media, technology and telecoms – Technology: transactions
Barbara Borden	M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
John Crittenden	Intellectual Property – Trademarks: litigation
Jim Fulton	M&A/corporate and commercial – Venture capital and emerging companies
Barbara Kosacz	Industry focus – Healthcare: life sciences
Alexander Lee	Tax – US taxes: non-contentious
Fred Muto	M&A/corporate and commercial – Venture capital and emerging companies
Stephen Neal	Dispute resolution – Leading trial lawyer
Michael Rhodes	Dispute resolution – Leading trial lawyer
Adam Ruttenberg	Media, technology and telecoms – Technology: transactions
Randy Sabett	Media, technology and telecoms – Cyber law (including data protection and privacy)
Mark Tanoury	M&A/corporate and commercial – Venture capital and emerging companies

Next generation lawyers

Adam Chase	Media, technology and telecoms – Technology: transactions
Adriana Lofaro Wirtz	Tax – US taxes: contentious

Recommended lawyers

Orion Armon	Intellectual property – Patent litigation: full coverage
Jonathan Bach	Dispute resolution – Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
Celia Goldwag Barenholtz	Dispute resolution – Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
Michael Basile	Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: transactional
Mark Beckett	Dispute resolution – International arbitration
Keith Berets	Media, technology and telecoms – Technology: transactions
Barbara Borden	M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
Matthew D. Brown	Media, technology and telecoms – Cyber law (including data protection and privacy)
Alfred Browne	M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
Peter Burns	Media, technology and telecoms – Technology: transactions
Adam Chase	Media, technology and telecoms – Technology: transactions
William Corcoran	Tax – US taxes: non-contentious
Carolyn Craig	Media, technology and telecoms – Technology: transactions
John Crittenden	Intellectual property – Trademarks: litigation Intellectual property – Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
Janet Cullum	Intellectual property – Trademarks: litigation Intellectual property – Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
John Dado	Investment fund formation and management – Private equity funds (including venture capital)
Craig Dauchy	Investment fund formation and management – Private equity funds (including venture capital) M&A/corporate and commercial – Venture capital and emerging companies
Adam Dinow	Finance – Capital markets: equity offerings
Angela Dunning	Dispute resolution – General commercial disputes
John Dwyer	Dispute resolution – Securities litigation: defense
Ivor Elrifi	Industry focus – Healthcare: life sciences Intellectual property – Patent: prosecution (including reexamination and post-grant proceedings) Intellectual property – Patents: licensing
John Feore	Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: transactional
Koji Fukumura	Dispute resolution – Securities litigation: defense
Jim Fulton	M&A/corporate and commercial – Venture capital and emerging companies
Stephen Gardner	Tax – US taxes: contentious
Todd Gluth	Tax – US taxes: non-contentious
Wendy Goldstein	Industry focus – Healthcare: life sciences
Shane Goudey	Investment fund formation and management – Private equity (including venture capital)
Jacqueline Grise	Antitrust – Merger control
Div Gupta	Finance – Capital markets: equity offerings
Charles Haley	Media, technology and telecoms – Cyber law (including data protection and privacy)
Anthony Jannotta	Media, technology and telecoms – Cyber law (including data protection and privacy)
Eric Jensen	Finance – Capital markets: equity offerings M&A/corporate and commercial – Venture capital and emerging companies
Adit Khorana	Media, technology and telecoms – Technology: transactions
Charlie Kim	Finance – Capital markets: equity offerings
Barbara Kosacz	Industry focus – Healthcare: life sciences
John Lavoie	Real estate – Land use/zoning
Alexander Lee	Tax – US taxes: non-contentious
Jamie Leigh	M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
Alan Levine	Dispute resolution – Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
Jeffrey Libson	Industry focus – Healthcare: life sciences
Mike Lincoln	M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) M&A/corporate and commercial – Venture capital and emerging companies
Mark Looney	Real estate – Land use/zoning
Mika Reiner Mayer	Industry focus – Healthcare: life sciences Intellectual property – Patents: licensing
Robert McDowell	Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: transactional
Laura Medina	M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
Craig Menden	M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
Kevin Mills	M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: transactional
Howard Morse	Antitrust – Merger control
Fred Muto	M&A/corporate and commercial – Venture capital and emerging companies
David Navetta	Media, technology and telecoms – Cyber law (including data protection and privacy)
Stephen Neal	Dispute resolution – Leading trial lawyers Dispute resolution – Securities litigation: defense
William O'Connor	Industry focus – Transport: aviation and air travel - litigation
Garth Osterman	M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
Rama Padmanabhan	M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
Kathleen Pakenham	Tax – US taxes: contentious
David Peinsipp	Finance – Capital markets: equity offerings
Nicole Peppe	Investment fund formation and management – Private equity funds (including venture capital)
Susan Cooper Philpot	Tax – US taxes: non-contentious
Michael Rhodes	Dispute resolution – Leading trial lawyers Intellectual property – Patent litigation: full coverage Media, technology and telecoms – Cyber law (including data protection and privacy)
Sacha Ross	Finance – Capital markets: equity offerings
Adam Ruttenberg	Media, technology and telecoms – Technology: transactions
Randy Sabett	Media, technology and telecoms – Cyber law (including data protection and privacy)
Robert Sanchez	Finance – Capital markets: equity offerings
Jessica Valenzuela Santamaria	Dispute resolution – General commercial disputes
Marc Schildkraut	Antitrust – Merger control
William Schwartz	Dispute resolution – Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
Ian Shapiro	Dispute resolution – Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
Jordan Silber	Investment fund formation and management – Private equity funds (including venture capital)
Geoffrey Starr	Industry focus – Healthcare: life sciences
Steve Strauss	Dispute resolution – General commercial disputes
Marc Suskin	Dispute resolution – International arbitration
Scott Talbot	Intellectual property – Patents: licensing
Mark Tanoury	Investment fund formation and management – Private equity funds (including venture capital) M&A/corporate and commercial – Venture capital and emerging companies
Rachel Thorn	Dispute resolution – International arbitration
Steven Tonsfeldt	M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
Michael Tuscan	Industry focus – Healthcare: life sciences
Andrew Williamson	Finance – Capital markets: equity offerings
Peter Willsey	Intellectual property – Trademarks: litigation Intellectual property – Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
Mark Winfeld-Hansen	Tax – US taxes: non-contentious
Adriana Lofaro Wirtz	Tax – US taxes: contentious
David Wittenstein	Media, technology and telecoms – Technology: transactions Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: transactional
Nan Wu	Intellectual property – Patents: licensing

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