About Caroline

Caroline Pignatelli focuses on international commercial arbitration and commercial litigation. She has experience in a range of complex arbitration disputes (both domestic and international, commercial and investment-treaty and mass arbitrations) and commercial litigation disputes, including disputes in the energy and banking sectors (including representing lenders and official committees in chapter 11 cases and adversary proceedings), as well as disputes concerning joint ventures and long-term cooperation agreements. Caroline's practice includes challenging arbitral awards in courts in the United States under the Federal Arbitration Act. Caroline is also active in Cooley’s pro bono practice.

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Experience

Cooley Secures Decisive Win for Scynexis in Securities Class Action

Cooley Secures Decisive Win for Scynexis in Securities Class Action

August 29, 2025

Cooley secured a decisive win for Scynexis in a putative securities class action under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The case is Feldman v. Scynexis, Inc. et al (Case No. 2:23-cv-22082) before the US District Court for the District of New Jersey. The Cooley team representing Scynexis includes partners Shannon Eagan and Brett De Jarnette, special counsel Caroline Pignatelli, and associates Amanda Jereige and Priya Gambhir.

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Shannon Eagan
Partner in Charge – Palo Alto, Palo Alto
Brett De Jarnette
Partner, Palo Alto
Caroline Pignatelli
Special Counsel, New York
Amanda Jereige
Associate, San Diego
Priya Gambhir
Associate, Palo Alto

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Securities Litigation + Enforcement
Commercial Litigation
Trials

Cooley Files Amicus Brief in Reproductive Rights Case Before SCOTUS

Cooley Files Amicus Brief in Reproductive Rights Case Before SCOTUS

November 10, 2021

Cooley has filed an amicus brief in Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson, one of the two cases currently before the Supreme Court challenging Texas Senate Bill 8 (SB 8), an unprecedented attempt to nullify the federal constitutional right to receive an abortion recognized in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Lawyers Kathleen Hartnett, Adam Gershenson, Julie Veroff, Patrick Hayden, Kelsey Spector, Marc Suskin, Rachel Thorn and Alessandra Vittoria Rafalson led the Cooley effort.

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Kathleen R. Hartnett
Partner, San Francisco
Patrick J. Hayden
Special Counsel, New York
Marc Suskin
Partner, New York
Rachel Thorn
Of counsel, New York
Alessandra V. Rafalson
Associate, New York
Caroline Pignatelli
Special Counsel, New York
Laura Unga
Paralegal Specialist, Palo Alto

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Pro Bono

Admissions and credentials

New Jersey

New York

Memberships and affiliations

Legal Aid Society

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