Legal 500 US 2019 Highlights Cooley
Palo Alto – August 29, 2019 – The Legal 500 United States 2019 recognized 25 Cooley practice areas and recommended Cooley as a #1 firm for venture capital and emerging companies and technology transactions. Eleven 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 Ben Beerle, David Navetta, David Peinsipp and Adriana Lofaro Wirtz were recognized as next generation lawyers in the M&A, cyber law, capital markets and tax areas, respectively. In total, 83 lawyers were recommended in The Legal 500 United States 2019 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
Dispute resolution – Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense: advice to individuals
Dispute resolution – General commercial disputes
Dispute resolution – International arbitration
Dispute resolution – Leading trial lawyers
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
Intellectual property – Patents: licensing
Intellectual property – Patents: litigation (full coverage)
Intellectual property – Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
Intellectual property – Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
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 privacy and data protection)
Media, technology and telecoms – Data privacy and data protection
Media, technology and telecoms – Fintech
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 April, Chambers USA also bestowed a national band 1 ranking for Cooley's venture capital and emerging companies practice groups and life sciences.
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 lawyers |
| Michael Rhodes |
Dispute resolution – Leading trial lawyers |
| Adam Ruttenberg |
Media, technology and telecoms – Technology transactions |
| Mark Tanoury |
M&A/corporate and commercial – Venture capital and emerging companies |
Next generation lawyers
| Ben Beerle | M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| David Navetta | Media, technology and telecoms – Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection) |
| David Peinsipp | Finance – Capital markets: equity offerings |
| Adriana Lofaro Wirtz | Tax – US taxes: contentious |
Mentioned
| Celia Goldwag Barenholtz |
Dispute resolution – Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense |
| Matthew Bartus | M&A/corporate and commercial – Venture capital and emerging companies |
| Michael Basile |
Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: transactional |
| Meredith Beuchaw | M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Mark Beckett |
Dispute resolution – International arbitration |
| Matthew D. Brown |
Media, technology and telecoms – Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection) |
| Alfred Browne | M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) Media, technology and telecoms – Fintech |
| Christy Burrow | Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory |
| Luke Cadigan | Dispute Resolution – Securities litigation: defense Media, technology and telecoms – Fintech |
| Adam Chase |
Media, technology and telecoms – Technology transactions |
| William Corcoran |
Tax – US taxes: non-contentious |
| 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) |
| Michelle Doolin | Dispute resolution – General commercial disputes |
| John Dwyer |
Dispute resolution – Securities litigation: defense |
| Ivor Elrifi |
Industry focus – Healthcare: life sciences Intellectual property – Patents: licensing Intellectual property – Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings) |
| Mike Faber | Tax – US taxes: non-contentious |
| 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 |
| Bobby Ghajar | Intellectual property – Trademarks: litigation |
| Stephen Gardner | Tax – US taxes: contentious |
| Patrick Gibbs | Dispute resolution – Securities litigation: defense |
| Colleen Gillis | Real estate – Land use/zoning |
| Todd Gluth | Tax – US taxes: non-contentious |
| TJ Graham | Media, technology and telecoms – Technology transactions |
| Jacqueline Grise | Antitrust – Merger control |
| Div Gupta | Finance – Capital markets: equity offerings |
| Ron Hopkinson | M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Brendan Hughes | Intellectual property – Trademarks: litigation |
| Eric Jensen | Finance – Capital markets: equity offerings M&A/corporate and commercial – Venture capital and emerging companies |
| Kenneth Juster | Media, technology and telecoms – Fintech |
| Heidi Keefe | Intellectual property – Patents: litigation (full coverage) |
| Charlie Kim | Finance – Capital markets: equity offerings |
| Jonie Kondracki | Finance – Capital markets: equity offerings |
| John Lavoie |
Real estate – Land use/zoning |
| Travis LeBlanc | Media, technology and telecoms – Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection) |
| Jamie Leigh | M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Alan Levine | Dispute resolution – Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense Dispute resolution – General commercial disputes |
| Mike Lincoln | M&A/corporate and commercial – Venture capital and emerging companies |
| Mark Looney | Real estate – Land use/zoning |
| Mika Reiner Mayer |
Intellectual property – Patents: licensing Intellectual property – Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings |
| Robert McDowell |
Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: transactional |
| Chadwick Mills | Finance – Capital markets: equity offerings |
| Kevin Mills |
M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: transactional |
| Patrick Mitchell | M&A/corporate and commercial – Venture capital and emerging companies |
| Howard Morse | Antitrust – Merger control |
| Kathleen Pakenham |
Tax – US taxes: contentious |
| Nicole Peppe |
Investment fund formation and management – Private equity funds (including venture capital) |
| Jill Parks | Real estate – Land use/zoning |
| Susan Cooper Philpot |
Tax – US taxes: non-contentious |
| Jason Rademacher | Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory |
| Michelle Rhyu | Intellectual property – Patents: litigation (full coverage) |
| Jessica Valenzuela Santamaria |
Dispute resolution – Securities litigation: defense |
| William Schwartz |
Dispute resolution – Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense Dispute resolution – International arbitration |
| Ian Shapiro | Dispute resolution – Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense Dispute resolution – General commercial disputes Intellectual property – Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters) |
| Michael Sheetz | Intellectual property – Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters) |
| Jordan Silber | Investment fund formation and management – Private equity funds (including venture capital) |
| Stephen Smith | Intellectual property – Patents: litigation (full coverage) |
| Scott Talbot |
Intellectual property – Patents: licensing |
| Rachel Thorn |
Dispute resolution – International arbitration |
| Steven Tonsfeldt |
M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Mark Weeks | Industry focus – Healthcare: life sciences |
| Mark Weinstein | Intellectual property – Patents: litigation (full coverage) |
| Mark Winfeld-Hansen |
Tax – US taxes: non-contentious |
| David Wittenstein |
Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory |
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