Bryan Berman

Special Counsel
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Working with technology companies of all sizes, gives me the opportunity to handle a wide array of legal and business issues.

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Volleyball, fly fishing, spending time with family

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Cooley Advises Investor Syndicate on $2.25 Billion Acquisition of HistoSonics

August 7, 2025

Cooley advised a syndicate of globally recognized private and public investors in connection with the management-led majority stake acquisition of HistoSonics, the developer of the Edison Histotripsy System and novel histotripsy therapy platform, valuing the company at approximately $2.25 billion.

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Andrew Epstein
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Robert Jacques
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Christian Lee
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Son Nguyen
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Karen Tsai
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Stefan Cohen
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Sharon Davidov
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Jameson Davis
Associate, Boston
Michael Fernando
Associate, London
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Alexandra Leavy
Associate, New York
Eileen Leman
Associate, Los Angeles
Sunny J. Levine
Associate, Colorado
Edward (Teddy) Nimetz
Associate, New York
Emma Plankey
Associate, Boston
Breanna Qin
Associate, Palo Alto
Shu-en Wee
Associate, Singapore
Asal Yunusov
Associate, New York
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Patent Agent, Palo Alto
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Paralegal Specialist, London
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Daniel Grooms
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Rillet Secures $25 Million Series A

May 28, 2025

Cooley advised Rillet, an artificial intelligence-native enterprise resource planning platform, on its $25 million Series A financing round.

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Partner, Palo Alto
Shaun (Tianjie) Wang
Associate, New York
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Partner, New York
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Elaine Huang
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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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Ross Eberly
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Timothy Shapiro
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Jessica Li
Associate, Palo Alto
Yichen Liu
Associate, Palo Alto
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Associate, Palo Alto
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Associate, San Francisco
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Associate, Palo Alto
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Poppi Announces $1.95 Billion Sale to PepsiCo

March 17, 2025

Cooley advised VNGR Beverage (doing business as poppi), a fast-growing prebiotic soda brand, on its acquisition by PepsiCo (Nasdaq: PEP) for $1.95 billion, including an additional potential earnout consideration subject to the achievement of certain performance milestones within a specified period after closing.

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Colleen Badgley
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Willy Cowles
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Of Counsel, Palo Alto
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Auguste Humphries
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Cooley Advises DFJ Growth on Lead Investment in Hidden Levels’ $65M Series C Financing

February 3, 2025

Cooley advised DFJ Growth on its lead investment in the $65 million Series C financing of Hidden Levels. A venture capital firm focused on high-growth tech companies, DFJ Growth provides funding and support to companies in the expansion stage, helping them scale and reach their full potential. Lawyers Sale Kwon and Alanna Anderson led the Cooley team advising DFJ Growth.

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