The Legal 500 2018 Recognizes Cooley
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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