About Brian

Brian assists emerging companies, venture capital funds and private equity sponsors with mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financings, deSPAC (special purpose acquisition company) and reverse merger engagements, and other complex transactions.

Before starting with Cooley, Brian was a senior consultant at Deloitte and provided tax and financial reporting services to clients across a range of industries.

Passions

Poker

Chess

Table tennis

Education

Rider University
BS, Accounting, magna cum laude

Experience

Heliogen Announces Sale to Zeo Energy

Heliogen Announces Sale to Zeo Energy

May 29, 2025

Cooley advised Heliogen, a provider of on-demand clean energy technology solutions, on its definitive agreement with Zeo Energy, a Florida-based provider of residential solar and energy efficiency solutions, representing the culmination of Heliogen’s review of strategic alternatives and pursuant to which Zeo will acquire all of Heliogen’s outstanding equity securities in an all-stock transaction.

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Alexander Gefter
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Pat O'Connell
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Susan Choy
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Well Mackey Jr
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Austin Holt
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Mark Cornillez-Ty
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Helenanne Connolly
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Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Michael Neumeister
Partner, Los Angeles
Justin Kisner
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Su Lian Lu
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Michael Aridi Barake
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Nikki Chang DiFederico
Associate, Palo Alto
Gary Warren Hunt III
Associate, Washington, DC
Jeremiah P. Ledwidge
Associate, New York
Eileen Leman
Associate, Los Angeles
Sangitha Palaniappa
Associate, Palo Alto
Jill Simon
Senior Paralegal, New York
Brian Mitchell
Transactional Quantitative Analyst, San Diego

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Mergers and Acquisitions
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Business Restructuring

Realta Fusion Announces $36 Million Series A

Realta Fusion Announces $36 Million Series A

May 13, 2025

Cooley advised Realta Fusion, a fusion energy startup, on its oversubscribed $36 million Series A financing.

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Partner, Chicago
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Associate, Chicago
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Associate, Chicago
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Partner, Boston
Kimberly Nguyen
Special Counsel, Reston
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Associate, Chicago
Luke Sande
Patent Agent, Boston
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Datadog Acquires Eppo

Datadog Acquires Eppo

May 7, 2025

Cooley advised Datadog (Nasdaq: DDOG), a monitoring and security platform for cloud applications, on its acquisition of Eppo, a feature flagging and experimentation platform that will tightly integrate with Datadog’s existing product analytics suite.

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Partner, New York
Grigor Lynch
Associate, Colorado
Brittany Sanok
Associate, New York
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Partner, Washington, DC
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Partner, Santa Monica
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Santa Monica
Len Jacoby
Partner, New York
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Kristen Mathews
Partner, New York
Megan Browdie
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Brad Goldberg
Partner, New York
Stella Sarma
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Leo Spicer-Phelps
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Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Stacey A. Bradford
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Julia R. Brinton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Dillon Martinson
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Ryan Bowers
Associate, Washington, DC
David Dalton
Associate, Santa Monica
Cristina DeBiase
Associate, Boston
Megan Drill
Associate, San Diego
Joshua Elefant
Associate, Palo Alto
Nathaniel Hearn Jr.
Associate, Chicago
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Edward McLaughlin
Associate, New York
Anisha Mohin
Associate, New York
Juan Nascimbene
Associate, London
Liz Paisner
Associate, New York
Shelby Saunders
Associate, New York
Patricia Myers
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CFIUS

Logik.ai Announces Acquisition by ServiceNow

Logik.ai Announces Acquisition by ServiceNow

April 3, 2025

Cooley advised Logik.ai, an industry leader offering a modern, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered, composable configure, price and quote solution, on its acquisition by ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW), the AI platform for business transformation.

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Partner, Palo Alto
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Partner, Palo Alto
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Partner, Palo Alto
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Partner, Santa Monica
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Partner, Brussels
Timothy Shapiro
Partner, Palo Alto
Steve Tonsfeldt
Partner, Palo Alto
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Bryan Berman
Special Counsel, Colorado
Stacey A. Bradford
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Kristin O'Hanlon
Special Counsel, San Francisco
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Tamara Chin Loy
Associate, Washington, DC
Joshua Elefant
Associate, Palo Alto
Jessica Li
Associate, Palo Alto
Yichen Liu
Associate, Palo Alto
Michael Pelle
Associate, New York
Breanna Qin
Associate, Palo Alto
Erica Russell
Associate, San Francisco
Kealan Santistevan
Associate, Palo Alto
Megan Stallworth
Associate, Palo Alto
Christopher Suhler
Associate, Colorado
Mickeala Tu
Associate, Palo Alto
Chris Rhem
Paralegal Specialist, San Francisco
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Transactional Quantitative Analyst, San Diego

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CFIUS
Debt Finance

Egnyte Announces Majority Investment From GI Partners and TA Associates

Egnyte Announces Majority Investment From GI Partners and TA Associates

February 25, 2025

Cooley advised Egnyte, a provider of secure content collaboration and governance solutions, on its strategic growth investment from GI Partners and TA Associates.

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Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
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Partner, Palo Alto
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Associate, Palo Alto
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Associate, Palo Alto
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Partner, Palo Alto
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Partner, New York
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Partner, San Diego
Tracy Rubin
Partner, Palo Alto
Stella Sarma
Partner, Brussels
Timothy Shapiro
Partner, Palo Alto
David Silverman
Partner, New York
Ryan Vann
Partner, Chicago
Summer Wynn
Partner, San Diego
Howard Morse
Senior Counsel, Washington, DC
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
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Special Counsel, Washington, DC
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Associate, Santa Monica
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Norma Chayo Dichi
Associate, Washington, DC
Queenie Chen
Associate, Palo Alto
Nikki Chang DiFederico
Associate, Palo Alto
Megan Drill
Associate, San Diego
Jeremy M. Exelbert
Associate, New York
Nathaniel Hearn Jr.
Associate, Chicago
Vicky Kandabarow
Associate, Washington, DC
Nicollette R. Kirby
Associate, Washington, DC
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Associate, New York
Alexandra Leavy
Associate, New York
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Associate, Palo Alto
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Associate, Palo Alto
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Associate, New York
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Associate, Palo Alto
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Associate, Colorado
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CFIUS
Private Equity
Commercial Litigation
Securities Litigation + Enforcement

Memberships and affiliations

Certified Public Accountant – New Jersey