Cooley Adds Key Emerging Companies and Venture Capital Partner in Boston

Boston – May 7, 2025 – Laura Stoffel has joined Cooley as an emerging companies and venture capital partner in the firm’s Boston office. She brings extensive experience advising high-growth technology companies and venture capital investors, enhancing Cooley’s ability to provide sophisticated solutions regionally and beyond.

“We are thrilled to welcome Laura to Cooley,” said Sacha Ross, co-chair of Cooley’s global private companies practice group. “Boston is a critical tech, life sciences and venture market for us, and Laura will be a leader of our continued growth in the market.”

Stoffel joins from Gunderson Dettmer, where she spent 12 years building her career advising high-growth technology companies and venture capital funds. Stoffel serves clients across industries, including enterprise software and medtech as general corporate counsel and on equity, debt financing and M&A transactions.

“Laura’s addition will further strengthen Cooley’s capabilities in the Boston region, where she will bring value to clients throughout their life cycle,” said Alfred Browne, a senior partner and co-founder of Cooley’s Boston office. “We take a lot of pride in our market-leading Boston team, and Laura’s practice and character are a welcome addition.”

“I am delighted to join Cooley’s talented and collaborative emerging companies and venture capital practice,” said Stoffel. “Cooley’s robust Boston offering and broad, purpose-built platform represent a significant opportunity for my clients to further build their businesses.”

Stoffel is the latest addition to Cooley’s top emerging companies practice in the past year across top venture markets. The firm welcomed partner James Schneider in Boston in May 2024, Emma Mann-Meginniss in San Francisco in July 2024, and three new partners – Angus Miln, Ali Ramadan and Helen Pantelides – in London over the past six months.

Cooley is the go-to advisor to innovators and disruptors. As one of the most active firms globally in advising on early- and late-stage financings, initial public offerings and M&A, Cooley combines a multidisciplinary platform with efficient, tech-enabled resources designed to provide clients with premium counsel through each stage as they scale. Cooley is deeply connected in the venture ecosystem, working with startups, boards, management teams and investors to support 7,000+ high-growth private companies reshaping the global economy.

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