David Segre

Of Counsel
dsegre@cooley.com
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About David

Dave works with public and private technology companies through all stages of their growth, from startup through public offerings and beyond. He was one of the lead partners on the teams that represented Google, Square and Tesla on their initial public offerings. His clients also include venture capital firms and investment banks.

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Experience

DataStax Announces Acquisition by IBM

DataStax Announces Acquisition by IBM

February 25, 2025

Cooley advised DataStax, an artificial intelligence (AI) and data solution provider, on its acquisition by IBM (NYSE: IBM), a provider of global hybrid cloud and AI solutions and consulting expertise.

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Rishab Kumar
Partner, Palo Alto
David Segre
Of Counsel, Palo Alto
Grigor Lynch
Associate, Colorado
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
Timothy Shapiro
Partner, Palo Alto
Caitlin Courtney
Partner, Palo Alto
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Michael Bergmann
Partner, Washington, DC
Wendy Brenner
Partner, Palo Alto
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Annie Froehlich
Partner, Washington, DC
Stella Sarma
Partner, Brussels
David Wilson
Partner, London
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
David Burns
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Tiffany Allen
Associate, Palo Alto
Harry Calkin
Associate, London
Queenie Chen
Associate, Palo Alto
David Dalton
Associate, Santa Monica
Cristina DeBiase
Associate, Boston
Juan Pablo González
Associate, Palo Alto
Cameron Gyorffy
Associate, Santa Monica
Kelley Harrington
Associate, Chicago
Josh Himmelstern
Associate, San Diego
Katie Kaufman
Associate, Boston
Joseph J. Kim
Associate, Palo Alto
Eerik Kukebal
Associate, London
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Eileen Leman
Associate, Los Angeles
Breanna Qin
Associate, Palo Alto
Katie Stevens
Associate, Palo Alto
John Alec Stouras
Associate, Palo Alto
Nicholas Yacoubian
Associate, Palo Alto
Christy Fairlie
Paralegal Specialist, Reston
Katie Kissner
Quantitative Analyst, San Francisco

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Technology Transactions
Technology
Data Center
Artificial Intelligence
Mergers and Acquisitions
Compensation and Benefits
Emerging Companies
Tax
Trademark, Copyright and Advertising
Cyber/Data/Privacy
Labor and Employment
CFIUS
Antitrust and Competition

Delphix to Be Acquired by Perforce

Delphix to Be Acquired by Perforce

February 14, 2024

Cooley advised Delphix, a vendor of test data management software, on its acquisition by Perforce, a provider of solutions to enterprise teams requiring productivity, visibility and scale along the development life cycle.

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David Segre
Of Counsel, Palo Alto
Rishab Kumar
Partner, Palo Alto
Vicky Kandabarow
Associate, Washington, DC
Noel Ripberger-Scheick
Associate, Palo Alto
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Patrick Flanagan
Partner, New York
David Fletcher
Partner, Washington, DC
TJ Graham
Partner, Palo Alto
Blake Martell
Of counsel, San Francisco
Joshua Mates
Partner, San Francisco
Timothy Shapiro
Partner, Palo Alto
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Stella Sarma
Partner, Brussels
Grant Schweikert
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Umer Chaudhry
Associate, Washington, DC
Queenie Chen
Associate, Palo Alto
Athina Gaki
Associate, Brussels
Jenny Ge
Associate, Santa Monica
Jose Luis Gonzalez
Associate, Palo Alto
Nicollette R. Kirby
Associate, Washington, DC
Celine Koh
Associate, Palo Alto
Kristin R. Marshall
Associate, Washington, DC
Erica Russell
Associate, San Francisco
Tania Soris
Associate, New York
John Alec Stouras
Associate, Palo Alto
Mickeala Tu
Associate, Palo Alto
Andy Zachrich
Associate, San Francisco
Kim Merritt
Paralegal Specialist, San Francisco
Sarah Buchik
Associate, New York

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Mergers and Acquisitions
Emerging Companies
Technology Transactions
Technology
Cyber/Data/Privacy
Compensation and Benefits
Antitrust and Competition
Tax
Labor and Employment
CFIUS
Debt Finance

StepZen Sells to IBM

StepZen Sells to IBM

February 8, 2023

Cooley advised StepZen – the developer of a GraphQL server with a unique architecture that helps build GraphQL application programming interfaces (APIs) quickly and with less code – on its sale to IBM. Partner David Segre led the Cooley team advising StepZen.

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David Segre
Of Counsel, Palo Alto
Dannielle Antone
Associate, San Francisco
Lukhan Baloch
Associate, Palo Alto
David Dalton
Associate, Santa Monica
Timothy Shapiro
Partner, Palo Alto
Virat Gupta
Associate, Washington, DC
Megan Drill
Associate, San Diego
Megan Drill
Associate, San Diego
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
Kafeel Azher
Associate, London
Jose Luis Gonzalez
Associate, Palo Alto
Randy Sabett
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Carly E. Gibbons
Associate, Chicago
Mari Dugas
Associate, Washington, DC
Joshua Mates
Partner, San Francisco
Chris Stack
Partner, London

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Mergers and Acquisitions

Freshworks – $1.13 Billion IPO

Freshworks – $1.13 Billion IPO

September 30, 2021

Cooley advised Freshworks, a leading software company empowering businesses to delight their customers and employees, on its $1.1286 billion initial public offering of shares of Class A common stock. Lawyers Jon Avina, Dave Segre, Calise Cheng and Sepideh Mousakhani led the Cooley team advising Freshworks.

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Jon Avina
Partner, Palo Alto
David Segre
Of Counsel, Palo Alto
Ferish Patel
Partner, Singapore
Will Cai
Partner, Hong Kong
Sepideh Mousakhani
Partner, Palo Alto
Noel Ripberger-Scheick
Associate, Palo Alto
Nikki Chang DiFederico
Associate, Palo Alto
John T. Stellini
Associate, Palo Alto
Jeramie Perez
Senior Paralegal, Palo Alto
Allison Peth
Associate, Palo Alto
Travis LeBlanc
Partner, Washington, DC
John H. Hemann
Partner, San Francisco
Randy Sabett
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Stephanie Gentile
Partner, New York
TJ Graham
Partner, Palo Alto
Caitlin Courtney
Partner, Palo Alto
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Kevin King
Partner, Washington, DC
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Wendy Brenner
Partner, Palo Alto
Joshua Elefant
Associate, Palo Alto
Francis Wheeler
Senior Counsel, Colorado
Jim Fulton
Partner, New York

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Capital Markets
Public Companies
Emerging Companies
Software
Technology
India

Endgame Sells to Elastic for $234 Million

Endgame Sells to Elastic for $234 Million

November 19, 2019

Cooley advised Endgame, a developer of an endpoint security platform on its agreement to sell to Elastic, a developer of a document-oriented database and search engine technology for $234 million. Partner Josh Holleman led the Cooley team.

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Partner, Washington, DC
David Segre
Of Counsel, Palo Alto
Rishab Kumar
Partner, Palo Alto

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Admissions and credentials

California

Rankings and accolades

Best Lawyers in America: Lawyer of the Year for Securities/Capital Markets Law, San Jose (2022)

Best Lawyers in America: Lawyer of the Year for Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law (2017)

Best Lawyers in America: Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law (2006 – 2020)

Lawdragon: 500 Leading Lawyers in America (2014 – 2015)

Northern California Super Lawyers (2007 – 2010 and 2013 – 2017)

Martindale-Hubbell: AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating 

Memberships and affiliations

Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs’ Conference, co-chair

American Bar Association, Business Law Section