Claire Olin

Cooley secured an early summary judgment for Freshworks in a putative securities class action under Section 11of the Securities Act – before class certification and with minimal fact discovery. The case is Sundaram v. Freshworks Inc. (Case No. 22-cv-06750-CRB) The Cooley team representing Freshworks includes partners Brian French and Shannon Eagan and associates Linh Nguyen, Andy Johnson, Trevor O’Bryan, Anne Bigler, Anuva Ganapathi and Claire Olin.

Cooley secured the dismissal with prejudice for Accelerated Assets and two other entities, SS Purchco and Pahrump Valley Real Estate, in a securities enforcement action brought by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation alleging that these entities engaged in aiding-and-abetting securities violations allegedly committed by the developer and certain executives and employees of the Silver Saddle Ranch & Club in the Mojave Desert.

Cooley represented Accelerated Assets, an investment firm that is focused on the acquisition, development, sale and financing of timeshare assets, and two other entities, SS Purchco and Pahrump Valley Real Estate Co. (PVRE), in a securities enforcement action brought by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation that has received significant media attention, in which all claims against Cooley’s clients were dismissed with prejudice. Partner Michael C. Tu led the Cooley team representing Accelerated Assets, SS Purchco and PVRE.