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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