Legal 500 US 2019 Highlights Cooley

August 29, 2019

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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