Press Release

Chambers USA 2021 Recognizes Cooley Lawyers + Practices

May 28, 2021

Palo Alto – May 28, 2021 – Chambers USA 2021 recognized 111 Cooley lawyers as leaders in their respective fields. Twelve Cooley practices received a Band 1 ranking, with 38 practices recognized as national or regional leaders – nine of which were ranked across multiple regions. Eleven lawyers received one or more Band 1 rankings.

The following is a complete list of Cooley's Chambers USA rankings for 2021:

Leading practices

Nationwide
Capital Markets: Equity: Issuer
Capital Markets: Equity: Manager
Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
Intellectual Property
International Arbitration: Highly Regarded
Investment Funds: Venture Capital: Fund Formation
Life Sciences
Privacy & Data Security: The Elite
Private Equity: Fund Formation
Securities: Litigation
Startups & Emerging Companies
Tax: Controversy

California
Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation
Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
IT & Outsourcing: Transactions
Life Sciences
Litigation: General Commercial
Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite
Litigation: Securities
Technology Transactions
Venture Capital

California: Los Angeles & Surrounds
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

California: San Diego
Corporate/M&A
Litigation: General Commercial

California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrounds
Corporate/M&A
Corporate/M&A: The Elite

Colorado
Corporate/M&A
Intellectual Property

District of Columbia
Antitrust
Corporate/M&A Private Equity
Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
Media & Entertainment: Regulatory
Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite

Massachusetts
Capital Markets
Corporate/M&A
Intellectual Property
Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment
Technology

New York
Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations: Highly Regarded

Northern Virginia
Corporate/M&A
Intellectual Property
Real Estate
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use

Virginia
Litigation: General Commercial

Washington
Corporate/Commercial
Corporate/M&A

Ranked Practitioners

Denotes Band 1 ranking

Mazda Antia Litigation: General Commercial (California: San Diego)
Orion Armon Intellectual Property (Colorado)
Michael Attanasio Litigation: General Commercial (California: San Diego)
Jon Avina Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California)
Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Western United States (Nationwide)
Michael Basile Media & Entertainment: Regulatory (District of Columbia)
Mark Beckett International Arbitration (Nationwide)
Ben Beerle Corporate/M&A (California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrounds)
Laura Berezin Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California)
Aaron Binstock Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (District of Columbia)
Eric Blanchard Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States (Nationwide)
Barbara Borden Corporate/M&A (California: San Diego)
Nicole Brookshire Capital Markets (Massachusetts)
Alfred Browne Corporate/M&A (Massachusetts)
Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment (Massachusetts)
Gina Cavalier Healthcare (California)
Kay Chandler Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California)
Bill Christiansen Intellectual Property (Washington)
John Clendenin
Venture Capital: Fund Formation(California)
Investment Funds: Venture Capital: Fund Formation (Nationwide)
Venture Capital: Fund Formation (Nationwide)
Michael Coburn Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory (New York)
Thomas Coll Corporate/M&A (California: San Diego)
Derek Colla Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (District of Columbia)
John Dado Venture Capital: Fund Formation(California)
Investment Funds: Venture Capital: Fund Formation (Nationwide)
Venture Capital: Fund Formation (Nationwide)

Craig Dauchy

Venture Capital: Fund Formation (California)
Investment Funds: Venture Capital: Fund Formation (Nationwide)
John Dwyer Litigation: Securities (California)
Ivor Elrifi Intellectual Property: Patent (New York)
Sonya Erickson Corporate/Commercial (Washington)
Corporate/M&A (Washington)
John Feore Media & Entertainment: Regulatory (District of Columbia)
Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite (District of Columbia)
Koji Fukumura Litigation: Securities (California)
Stephen Gardner Tax: Controversy (Nationwide)
Patrick Gibbs Litigation: Securities (California)
Colleen Gillis Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Virginia: Northern)
Todd Gluth Tax (California: Southern)
Celia Goldwag Barenholtz Litigation: General Commercial (New York)
Shane Goudey Venture Capital: Fund Formation (California)
Investment Funds: Venture Capital: Fund Formation (Nationwide)
Venture Capital: Fund Formation (Nationwide)
Jacqueline Grise Antitrust (District of Columbia)
Div Gupta Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States (Nationwide)
Chris Holly Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution (District of Columbia)
Lila Hope Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California)
Christopher Hutter Intellectual Property (Virginia: Northern)
Craig Jacoby Venture Capital (California)
Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide)
Eric Jensen Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California)
Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Western United States (Nationwide)
Venture Capital (California)
Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide)
Robert Jones Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California)
Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (Nationwide)
Heidi Keefe Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation (California)
Intellectual Property (Nationwide)
Jason Kent Corporate/M&A (California: San Diego)
Adit Khorana Technology: Transactions (California)
Charlie Kim Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California)
Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Western United States (Nationwide)
Chris Kimball International Trade: CFIUS Experts (Nationwide)
Kevin King International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions (Nationwide)
Jonie Kondracki Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California)
Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Western United States (Nationwide)

John Lavoie Real Estate (Virginia: Northern)
Travis LeBlanc Privacy & Data Security (Nationwide)
Alexander Lee Tax (California: Southern)
Randall Lee Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (California)
Jamie Leigh Corporate/M&A (California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrounds)
Alan Levine Litigation: General Commercial (New York)
Elizabeth Lewis Labor & Employment (Virginia)
Jeffery Libson Corporate/M&A (New Jersey)
Michael Lincoln Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide)
Corporate/M&A (Virginia: Northern)
James Linfield Corporate/M&A (Colorado)
Douglas Lobel Litigation: General Commercial (Virginia)
Mark Looney Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Virginia: Northern)
Andrew Lustig Corporate/M&A (Virginia: Northern)
Mischi a Marca Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California)
Capital Markets: Convertible Debt (Nationwide)
Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Western United States (Nationwide)
Blake Martell Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrounds)
Mika Reiner Mayer Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution (California)
Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation (California)
Robert McDowell Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite (District of Columbia)
Erik Milch Intellectual Property (Virginia: Northern)
Barbara Mirza Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (California: Los Angeles & Surrounds)
Patrick Mitchell Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment (Massachusetts)
Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide)
Howard Morse Antitrust (District of Columbia)
Fred Muto Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California)
Venture Capital (California)
Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide)
David Navetta Privacy & Data Security (Nationwide)
Privacy & Data Security: Incident Response (Nationwide)
Stephen Neal Litigation: General Commercial (California)
William O'Connor Transportation: Aviation: Litigation (Nationwide)
Sarah Oliai International Trade: CFIUS Experts (Nationwide)
Kathleen Pakenham Tax: Controversy (Nationwide)
Matthew Pavao Intellectual Property (Massachusetts)
David Peinsipp Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California)
Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Western United States (Nationwide)
Nicole Peppe Investment Funds: Venture Capital: Fund Formation (Nationwide)
Venture Capital: Fund Formation (Nationwide)
Frank Pietrantonio Intellectual Property (Virginia: Northern)
Michael Platt Corporate/M&A (Colorado)
Obrea Poindexter Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance) (Nationwide)
Marya Postner Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California)

Rachel Proffitt

Venture Capital (California)
Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide)
Marc Recht Capital Markets (Massachusetts)
Michael Rhodes Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation (California)
Litigation: General Commercial (California)
Privacy & Data Security: Litigation (Nationwide)
John Robertson Corporate/Commercial (Washington)
Corporate/M&A (Washington)
Sacha Ross Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide)
Randy Sabett Privacy & Data Security (Nationwide)
Diane Savage IT & Outsourcing: Transactions (California)
Technology: Transactions (California)
William Schwartz Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York)
Richard Segal Capital Markets (Massachusetts)
Michael Sheetz Litigation: General Commercial (Massachusetts)

Jordan Silber

Investment Funds: Venture Capital: Fund Formation (Nationwide)
Investment Funds: Venture Capital: Fund Formation (Nationwide)
Venture Capital: Fund Formation (Nationwide)
Brent Siler Corporate/M&A (Virginia: Northern)
Steve Strauss Litigation: General Commercial (California: San Diego)

Marc Suskin

International Arbitration (Nationwide)
International Arbitration: Counsel (Nationwide)
Scott Talbot Intellectual Property (Virginia: Northern)

Mark Tanoury

Venture Capital (California)
Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide)
Rachel Thorn International Arbitration: Counsel (Nationwide)
Steven Tonsfeldt Corporate/M&A (California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrounds)
Christina Trotta Roupas REITs (Nationwide)
Jessica Valenzuela Santamaria Litigation: Securities (California)

Kristin VanderPas

Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California)
Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Western United States (Nationwide)
Ryan Vann Labor & Employment (Illinois)
Miguel Vega Corporate/M&A (Massachusetts)
David Vogel Litigation: General Commercial (Virginia)
Mark Weeks Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California)
Francis Wheeler Corporate/M&A (Colorado)

Andrew Williamson

Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California)
Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Western United States (Nationwide)

Denny Won

Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California)
Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Western United States (Nationwide)
David Young Venture Capital (California)
Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide)

Up and coming

Ben Beerle
Corporate/M&A (California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrounds)
Aaron Binstock
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (District of Columbia)
Derek Colla
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (District of Columbia)
Chris Holly Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution (District of Columbia)
Jonie Kondracki Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California)
Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Western United States (Nationwide)
Kristin VanderPas Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California)
Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Western United States (Nationwide)

Senior statespeople

John Feore
Media & Entertainment: Regulatory (District of Columbia)
Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite (District of Columbia)
Stephen Gardner Tax: Controversy (USA - Nationwide)
Robert Jones Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California)
Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (Nationwide)
James Linfield Corporate/M&A (Colorado)
Fred Muto Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (California)
Diane Savage Technology: Transactions (California)
Francis Wheeler Corporate/M&A (Colorado)

Associates to watch

Michael Coburn
Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory (New York)
Sarah Oliai International Trade: CFIUS Experts (Nationwide)
Denny Won Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California)
Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Western United States (Nationwide)

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